Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-05-12

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 12
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
39 vs last sale 76 29 vs year ago 66 · 43.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
21 vs last sale 31 3 vs year ago 13 · 23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle steady 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 this week due to rain with quality average .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $295.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 54.97 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$295.00
1 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
37.61
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595295.001,7551thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale1 hd
295.00
NC average9 barns · 203 hd
332.61
−37.61
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−54.97
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
BullsLow1,170156.001,8251thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,098150.001,6462thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low877100.378803thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls1,170156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,8251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4971
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8021
CowsLean 85-90%89392.56/cwt90.00–95.008272
CowsLean 85-90%845116.00/cwt116.00–116.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310295.16/cwt285.00–305.009152
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1341
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235400.00/cwt400.00–400.009401
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600595295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7551
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6941
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386339.47/cwt290.00–352.001,3105
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500481324.42/cwt320.00–330.001,5605
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400383321.76/cwt300.00–345.001,2322
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415327.16/cwt317.00–335.001,3583
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900860225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9351
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8361
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6173
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7361
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0031

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.