Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

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 .

3 head of hogs

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $277.32/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −72.65 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.

Average price

$277.32

10 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

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

$71.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.05

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	291.65	1,595	8thin
Medium and Large 2	558	220.00	1,227	2thin

One grade step is worth $71.65/cwt here — about $369 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd

277.32

—

NC average9 barns · 158 hd

314.37

−37.05

This barn, trailing median5 sales

349.97

−72.65

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	—	Average	2,265	177.00	4,009	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	137.51	1,816	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	725	102.00	740	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	329.73/cwt	305.00–365.00	1,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	348.08/cwt	300.00–395.00	1,302	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	272.41/cwt	235.00–300.00	1,553	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	746	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	141.15/cwt	134.00–145.00	2,011	6
Bulls	—	—	2,265	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	4,009	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	740	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,352	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	127.05/cwt	121.00–133.00	1,499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	300.08/cwt	260.00–335.00	1,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	320.77/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	298.41/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	302.58/cwt	300.00–305.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	325.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,187	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	293.55/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,353	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	310.89/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	269.92/cwt	215.00–300.00	1,655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	342.82/cwt	315.00–380.00	1,570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	310.19/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	257.90/cwt	230.00–285.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	262.33/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	218.64/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	294.89/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	229.69/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	875	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,100	1

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 Jun 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 79Year ago 74

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 31Year ago 43

3 head of hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	270.00	270.00
1	300–350	300	235.00	235.00
2	450–500	480	220.00–240.00	229.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	300.00–305.00	302.58
2	350–400	365	320.00–330.00	325.21
8	400–450	425	260.00–335.00	300.08
4	450–500	461	280.00–310.00	293.55
3	500–550	528	295.00–300.00	298.41
4	550–600	561	275.00–305.00	294.89
1	600–650	630	293.00	293.00
2	750–800	783	210.00–227.00	218.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	540	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	575	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	600	185.00	185.00
1	650–700	695	215.00	215.00
1	800–850	835	170.00	170.00
1	850–900	870	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	305.00	305.00
2	300–350	333	305.00–315.00	310.19
4	350–400	374	300.00–395.00	348.08
3	400–450	420	300.00–360.00	320.77
5	450–500	462	305.00–365.00	329.73
4	500–550	524	290.00–330.00	310.89
4	550–600	570	235.00–300.00	272.41
3	600–650	613	215.00–300.00	269.92
2	650–700	685	230.00–285.00	257.90
2	700–750	720	250.00–275.00	262.33
1	1000–1050	1,000	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	395.00	395.00
3	450–500	458	315.00–380.00	342.82
1	550–600	550	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,425	134.00–145.00	141.15
1	—	1,400	168.00	168.00
5	—	1,180	121.00–133.00	127.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	102.00	102.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,265	177.00	177.00

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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