Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-04-28

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 28
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
54 vs last sale 63 28 vs year ago 89 · +31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
5 vs last sale 29 3 vs year ago 31 · +9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 1.00 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 $299.23/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 50.74 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$299.23
18 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$485
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$105.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.72
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542305.071,65517thin
Medium and Large 2585200.001,1701thin
One grade step is worth $105.07/cwt here — about $485 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales
399371342314median 349.9704/1304/2705/1107/1307/20
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 sale18 hd
299.23
NC average8 barns · 292 hd
316.95
−17.72
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−50.74
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,614162.442,6229thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,219127.911,55915
CowsLean 85-90%Average940104.619833thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350317334.97/cwt325.00–350.001,0623
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6251
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450445445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315405.19/cwt390.00–425.001,2763
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350318395.04/cwt390.00–400.001,2562
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418328.90/cwt310.00–337.001,37516
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467323.91/cwt300.00–350.001,5135
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524316.51/cwt310.00–320.001,6594
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550517312.21/cwt290.00–330.001,6149
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560307.50/cwt290.00–325.001,7222
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368327.41/cwt325.00–330.001,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600571297.03/cwt235.00–322.001,6968
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400382386.38/cwt370.00–405.001,4766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,173112.73/cwt103.00–120.001,3224
CowsBoner 80-85%980146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,261132.18/cwt126.00–138.001,66710
Bulls1,425149.27/cwt113.00–162.002,1274
Bulls1,605183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,9371
Bulls1,806170.48/cwt167.00–177.003,0794
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5661
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5381
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300268286.74/cwt280.00–295.007683
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500478316.83/cwt270.00–340.001,51412
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700690235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6221
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1061
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900865235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0331
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370366.99/cwt355.00–380.001,3582
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419348.63/cwt320.00–385.001,4616
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700695190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3211
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800775245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8991
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650633274.98/cwt270.00–280.001,7412
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850820200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6402
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000993236.04/cwt222.00–250.002,3442
BullsMedium and Large 11000–10501,030212.54/cwt205.00–220.002,1892
CowsLean 85-90%940104.61/cwt103.00–107.009833
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000960175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6801
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800790195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5411
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500490215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0541
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550500195.00/cwt195.00–195.009751

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.