Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-10-20

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 20
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
26 vs last sale 90 93 vs year ago 157 · 59.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
2 vs last sale 21 26 vs year ago 49 · 53.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder cattle were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter cattle selling mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

6 hogs

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $294.46/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 55.51 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$294.46
10 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$376
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.71
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544301.621,6419thin
Medium and Large 2550230.001,2651thin
One grade step is worth $71.62/cwt here — about $376 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 sale10 hd
294.46
NC average8 barns · 268 hd
311.16
−16.71
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−55.51
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
BullsLow1,537170.462,6205thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,274146.011,86019
CowsLean 85-90%Low865110.009521thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950940180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6921
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800753209.97/cwt200.00–220.001,5812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,178131.68/cwt130.00–134.001,5514
CowsLean 85-90%865110.00/cwt110.00–110.009521
Bulls1,435170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,356144.04/cwt140.00–147.001,9538
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235156.46/cwt150.00–168.001,9327
Bulls1,770178.16/cwt176.00–180.003,1532
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8331
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3101
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5601
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400350385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3481
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750730210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5331
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0981
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800780200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5601
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850835240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0041
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450426326.75/cwt287.00–355.001,3927
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250240345.00/cwt345.00–345.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278272.61/cwt270.00–275.007582
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000985160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5761
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375210.00/cwt210.00–210.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600550230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2651
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425307.63/cwt285.00–350.001,3073
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367336.82/cwt320.00–345.001,2363
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800780195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5211
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550519306.22/cwt290.00–325.001,5894
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500473312.79/cwt295.00–335.001,4796
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8431
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500465170.00/cwt170.00–170.007911
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7001
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600564297.94/cwt290.00–300.001,6805
Bulls1,275156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9891
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500485265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2851
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400395245.00/cwt245.00–245.009681
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270370.00/cwt370.00–370.009991

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.