Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 4.00 lower this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings moderate with quality average .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $281.66/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −68.31 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.

Average price

$281.66

6 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$539

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$85.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.74

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	295.99	1,631	5thin
Medium and Large 2	520	210.00	1,092	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.99/cwt here — about $539 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.25, low $327.99, median $349.97 across 5 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 sale6 hd

281.66

—

NC average9 barns · 276 hd

301.40

−19.74

This barn, trailing median5 sales

349.97

−68.31

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	—	Low	1,321	135.38	1,788	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	134.22	1,610	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	858	106.94	917	6thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	250–300	253	305.30/cwt	275.00–335.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	342.15/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,276	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	298.29/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	310.62/cwt	250.00–330.00	1,336	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	306.08/cwt	280.00–340.00	1,429	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	328.82/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	281.54/cwt	250.00–325.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	353.25/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	313.45/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	328.86/cwt	280.00–375.00	1,029	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	292.54/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	177.53/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,301	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	814	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	109.58/cwt	103.00–117.00	970	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	94.44/cwt	88.00–100.00	739	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	128.35/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,405	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	117.48/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,384	2
Bulls	—	—	1,196	126.98/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,519	4
Bulls	—	—	1,820	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	3,076	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,147	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	151.25/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	224.65/cwt	220.00–230.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	329.33/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,627	7

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 Mar 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 62Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 29Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	315.00	315.00
2	250–300	253	275.00–335.00	305.30
7	300–350	313	280.00–375.00	328.86
2	350–400	373	325.00–360.00	342.15
4	400–450	430	320.00–340.00	328.82
7	450–500	494	325.00–330.00	329.33
3	500–550	532	295.00–300.00	298.29
2	550–600	580	290.00–295.00	292.54
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	920	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	185.00	185.00
1	500–550	520	210.00	210.00
2	700–750	733	170.00–185.00	177.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	235.00	235.00
3	250–300	260	250.00–325.00	281.54
3	300–350	322	300.00–325.00	313.45
10	400–450	430	250.00–330.00	310.62
8	450–500	467	280.00–340.00	306.08
1	500–550	540	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	555	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	670	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	755	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	220.00–230.00	224.65
1	700–750	725	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	345.00–360.00	353.25
1	550–600	550	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	690	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	885	103.00–117.00	109.58
2	—	783	88.00–100.00	94.44
1	—	925	124.00	124.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	125.00–133.00	128.35
2	—	1,178	114.00–120.00	117.48
3	—	1,318	145.00–158.00	151.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,196	120.00–136.00	126.98
1	—	1,820	169.00	169.00

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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