Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2.00 higher this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were steady this week compared to last week. Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

9 hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.76/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −90.20 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.

Average price

$225.76

3 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.64

vs NC average

−78.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	225.76	1,242	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

225.76

—

NC average8 barns · 147 hd

240.40

−14.64

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−78.27

This barn, trailing median3 sales

315.96

−90.20

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,791	150.37	2,693	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,300	124.70	1,620	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	800	99.73	798	3thin

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	228.33/cwt	210.00–247.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	198.75/cwt	185.00–212.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	233.70/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	225.14/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	268.51/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,273	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Bulls	—	—	1,898	152.77/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,900	6
Bulls	—	—	1,150	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,564	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	870	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,018	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	615	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	108.59/cwt	107.00–110.00	896	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	925	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,267	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	124.12/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,738	8

How this sale compares

North Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon Jan 13, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 68Year ago 107

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 12Year ago 29

9 hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	255.00	255.00
4	450–500	474	240.00–290.00	268.51
2	500–550	530	210.00–247.00	228.33
1	650–700	655	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	780	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	825	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	875	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	227.00–240.00	233.70
2	500–550	535	210.00–240.00	225.14
1	550–600	580	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	610	195.00	195.00
2	650–700	668	185.00–212.00	198.75
1	700–750	710	197.00	197.00
1	750–800	760	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,898	150.00–155.00	152.77
1	—	1,150	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	117.00	117.00
1	—	925	137.00	137.00
8	—	1,400	121.00–130.00	124.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	82.00	82.00
2	—	825	107.00–110.00	108.59

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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