Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
25 vs last sale 80 33 vs year ago 88 · 37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
4 vs last sale 15 15 vs year ago 34 · 44.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 higher 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 with quality average .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.24/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 78.72 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.
Average price
$237.24
3 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$683
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$138.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
69.05
vs NC average
96.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525283.361,4882thin
Medium and Large 3555145.008051thin
One grade step is worth $138.36/cwt here — about $683 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

3 sales
342326310294median 315.9604/2704/2706/2208/1008/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 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 sale3 hd
237.24
NC average8 barns · 272 hd
306.29
−69.05
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−96.87
This barn, trailing median3 sales
315.96
−78.72
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
BullsAverage1,270178.382,2652thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,210145.421,76013
CowsLean 85-90%Average980120.001,1761thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212163.47/cwt160.00–173.001,9813
CowsLean 85-90%980120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1761
Bulls1,270178.38/cwt170.00–184.002,2652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,167134.41/cwt127.00–141.001,5695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,252145.61/cwt142.00–149.001,8235
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400350212.50/cwt205.00–220.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300250225.00/cwt225.00–225.005631
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335220.00/cwt220.00–220.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305320.00/cwt320.00–320.009761
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300285313.33/cwt300.00–320.008933
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425304.21/cwt275.00–330.001,2935
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800750247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8531
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2421
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4721
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300283334.87/cwt320.00–350.009482
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,9309
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3571
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250230345.00/cwt345.00–345.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525283.36/cwt260.00–305.001,4882
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500490307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5041
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460202.45/cwt200.00–205.009312
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400378217.85/cwt200.00–235.008232
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600555145.00/cwt145.00–145.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650635225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4291

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.