Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-08-11

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Aug 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
33 vs last sale 103 16 vs year ago 54 · +29.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
0 vs last sale 30 13 vs year ago 17 · +76.5%
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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 .

Baby calves 220.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $319.84/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 30.12 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$319.84
12 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$529
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$98.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.78
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548336.311,84110thin
Medium and Large 2553237.501,3122thin
One grade step is worth $98.81/cwt here — about $529 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

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 sale12 hd
319.84
NC average9 barns · 232 hd
326.62
−6.78
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−30.12
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
BullsLow1,532183.252,8084thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,291158.092,04118
CowsLean 85-90%Average870124.501,0832thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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%1,371157.89/cwt153.00–166.002,1659
CowsBoner 80-85%1,050148.86/cwt144.00–151.001,5635
CowsLean 85-90%945147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3891
Bulls1,515172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,6061
Bulls1,538187.00/cwt181.00–191.002,8763
CowsBoner 80-85%1,413170.07/cwt167.00–173.002,4034
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570309.27/cwt285.00–325.001,7635
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700696275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9144
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650613307.53/cwt300.00–315.001,8852
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250230420.00/cwt420.00–420.009661
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550510225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2691
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600595250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4881
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650621282.45/cwt260.00–305.001,7544
CowsLean 85-90%795102.00/cwt102.00–102.008111
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300255410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0461
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700688252.51/cwt250.00–255.001,7372
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450433352.72/cwt345.00–360.001,5272
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333357.56/cwt355.00–360.001,1912
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750705240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6921
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390334.94/cwt330.00–340.001,3062
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427337.36/cwt315.00–355.001,4416
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7761
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250215440.00/cwt440.00–440.009461
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568358.69/cwt295.00–560.002,0375
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550512308.81/cwt270.00–330.001,5813
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465330.26/cwt300.00–345.001,5365
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550527313.93/cwt295.00–330.001,6545
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375375.96/cwt350.00–390.001,4103
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468334.81/cwt330.00–340.001,5672
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,7751
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275350.00/cwt350.00–350.009631

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.