Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-03-30

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Mar 30
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
44 vs last sale 79 38 vs year ago 73 · 52.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
2 vs last sale 32 13 vs year ago 47 · 27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 4.00 lower 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 .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $202.50/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$202.50
2 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,311
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
136.29
vs NC average
184.30 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645215.001,3871thin
Medium and Large 2650190.001,2351thin
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
202.50
NC average9 barns · 146 hd
338.79
−136.29
National average167 barns · 10,430 hd
386.80
−184.30
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
BullsHigh1,745212.003,6991thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,229164.452,02119
CowsLean 85-90%Low821129.051,0598thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400395170.00/cwt170.00–170.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500495187.00/cwt187.00–187.009261
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550510290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4791
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2351
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500495200.00/cwt200.00–200.009901
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350320380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2161
CowsLean 85-90%805116.97/cwt105.00–125.009424
CowsBoner 80-85%1,070162.63/cwt160.00–168.001,7405
Bulls1,745212.00/cwt212.00–212.003,6991
CowsBoner 80-85%1,396179.28/cwt175.00–190.002,5038
CowsBoner 80-85%1,139146.19/cwt139.00–151.001,6656
CowsLean 85-90%836141.12/cwt135.00–147.001,1804
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1861
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450410243.41/cwt205.00–280.009982
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750730262.55/cwt260.00–265.001,9172
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2601
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525393.05/cwt385.00–405.002,0643
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3881
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650645215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3871
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4101
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235420.00/cwt420.00–420.009871
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600590282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6641
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800790225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7781
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500490405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9852
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275377.00/cwt350.00–405.001,0372

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.