Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-05-26

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, May 26
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
43 vs last sale 36 1 vs year ago 80 · 1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
20 vs last sale 7 17 vs year ago 10 · +170.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 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 moderate with quality average .

6 head of hogs

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.06/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits 14.91 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$335.06
16 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+29.12
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559335.061,87316thin
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 sale16 hd
335.06
NC average8 barns · 243 hd
305.94
+29.12
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−14.91
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
BullsAverage1,593176.002,8043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,233147.431,81821
CowsLean 85-90%Average960125.001,2001thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,585174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,7581
Bulls1,335185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,4701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,177139.47/cwt135.00–143.001,6427
CowsBoner 80-85%1,321158.72/cwt154.00–166.002,09710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,111133.13/cwt131.00–134.001,4794
CowsLean 85-90%960125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300265345.00/cwt345.00–345.009141
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500452320.02/cwt305.00–325.001,4464
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6251
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500493335.05/cwt325.00–345.001,6522
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240407.99/cwt400.00–425.009793
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300290375.03/cwt370.00–380.001,0883
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350313372.25/cwt320.00–385.001,1656
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550505300.00/cwt295.00–305.001,5152
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900880245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1561
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560336.73/cwt305.00–339.001,88615
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431328.31/cwt320.00–330.001,41510
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400366404.04/cwt320.00–425.001,47910
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250225220.00/cwt220.00–220.004951
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8151
Bulls1,860169.00/cwt169.00–169.003,1431
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600595205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2201
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750715197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4091
Dairy SteersLarge 3850–900865192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6611
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372311.93/cwt300.00–335.001,1603
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450427352.18/cwt315.00–375.001,5048

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.