Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-06-23

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Jun 23
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
10 vs last sale 55 25 vs year ago 70 · 35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
11 vs last sale 19 55 vs year ago 63 · 87.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $300.49/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 49.48 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$300.49
4 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.82
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526300.491,5814thin
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 sale4 hd
300.49
NC average8 barns · 163 hd
296.67
+3.82
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−49.48
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
BullsHigh1,488185.502,7592thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,375150.202,0653thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average890134.091,1932thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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%1,375150.20/cwt145.00–157.002,0653
CowsLean 85-90%890134.09/cwt130.00–138.001,1932
Bulls1,555192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,9861
Bulls1,420179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,5421
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335245.00/cwt245.00–245.008211
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400350220.00/cwt220.00–220.007701
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800750245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8381
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350312320.00/cwt320.00–320.009983
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4631
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450427341.03/cwt305.00–355.001,4566
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6081
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3871
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700695215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4941
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300290360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0442
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650608305.04/cwt295.00–315.001,8552
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7252
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410313.27/cwt305.00–320.001,2843
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400374344.18/cwt330.00–355.001,2876
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300290270.00/cwt270.00–270.007831
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350336360.78/cwt330.00–370.001,2124
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550526300.49/cwt270.00–335.001,5814

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.