Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-02-16

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Feb 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
22 vs last sale 32 56 vs year ago 66 · 84.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
12 vs last sale 33 12 vs year ago 33 · +36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 5.00 lower this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 5.00 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 $329.96/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits 20.00 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$329.96
6 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,829
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$496
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$83.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
63.47
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556343.951,9135thin
Medium and Large 2545260.001,4171thin
One grade step is worth $83.95/cwt here — about $496 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 sale6 hd
329.96
NC average9 barns · 263 hd
393.43
−63.47
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
−20.00
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
BullsAverage2,358189.004,4562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,345155.492,0924thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,055100.001,0551thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls2,625175.00/cwt175.00–175.004,5941
Bulls2,090203.00/cwt203.00–203.004,2431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,328137.47/cwt130.00–146.001,8262
CowsLean 85-90%1,055100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0551
CowsBoner 80-85%1,075164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,7631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,650183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1141
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5881
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420354.94/cwt325.00–400.001,4913
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800785260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0411
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350323504.96/cwt500.00–510.001,6312
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528367.51/cwt365.00–370.001,9402
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4571
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7761
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250228541.94/cwt520.00–580.001,2366
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270525.80/cwt500.00–560.001,4203
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500467393.21/cwt385.00–400.001,8363
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400355480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7041
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7061
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5021
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750720270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9441
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8982
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4171
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525353.62/cwt347.00–360.001,8572
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575328.25/cwt300.00–345.001,8873
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421426.39/cwt405.00–435.001,7954
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1831

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.