Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2025-12-08

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Dec 8
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
66 vs last sale 112 51 vs year ago 97 · 52.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
15 vs last sale 33 2 vs year ago 16 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 1.00 lower this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 5.00 lower 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 $247.75/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 102.22 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$247.75
9 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,362
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
67.57
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553251.221,3898thin
Medium and Large 2525220.001,1551thin
One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $234 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 sale9 hd
247.75
NC average9 barns · 165 hd
315.32
−67.57
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−102.22
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
BullsAverage1,752173.123,0333thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,293125.981,6286thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,080102.521,1074thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,265123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,5561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,635140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,2891
CowsLean 85-90%1,01895.69/cwt90.00–107.009743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224123.18/cwt115.00–132.001,5085
Bulls1,752173.12/cwt169.00–180.003,0333
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450410225.00/cwt225.00–225.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4161
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550535264.81/cwt255.00–275.001,4172
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421322.56/cwt285.00–345.001,3589
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350318321.68/cwt310.00–340.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,000222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,2201
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600559246.69/cwt240.00–265.001,3796
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400355335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1891
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570262.06/cwt225.00–275.001,4944
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6131
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900855225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9241
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300265312.50/cwt305.00–320.008282
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463310.16/cwt300.00–320.001,4362
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0121
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300255300.00/cwt300.00–300.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500490245.05/cwt240.00–250.001,2012
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400390205.00/cwt205.00–205.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300240.00/cwt240.00–240.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440287.50/cwt285.00–290.001,2652

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.