Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-09-29

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Sep 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
44 vs last sale 104 37 vs year ago 97 · 38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
1 vs last sale 20 7 vs year ago 26 · 26.9%
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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 market activity moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $293.51/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 56.45 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$293.51
4 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
25.15
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560293.511,6434thin
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
293.51
NC average9 barns · 209 hd
318.66
−25.15
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−56.45
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,133146.991,6659thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average883124.501,0992thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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%1,203148.96/cwt145.00–154.001,7924
CowsLean 85-90%860146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,096140.76/cwt138.00–144.001,5434
CowsLean 85-90%905103.00/cwt103.00–103.009321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,000164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6401
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275330.00/cwt330.00–330.009082
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420340.36/cwt330.00–350.001,4302
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,1411
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500477269.72/cwt250.00–280.001,2873
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700678245.37/cwt225.00–265.001,6642
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400356442.31/cwt420.00–450.001,5756
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6911
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8291
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600578286.35/cwt275.00–300.001,6553
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372338.66/cwt300.00–365.001,2604
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610309.92/cwt300.00–320.001,8912
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300255440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235390.32/cwt375.00–405.009172
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650627301.63/cwt270.00–317.001,8913
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6102
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2031
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500478332.57/cwt330.00–340.001,5904
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5911
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950920170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5641
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750723254.84/cwt250.00–260.001,8422
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323365.12/cwt350.00–380.001,1792

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.