Sale reports / North Carolina / Siler City Livestock Auction / 2026-04-20

Siler City Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Apr 20
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
16 vs last sale 94 15 vs year ago 63 · +23.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
4 vs last sale 34 1 vs year ago 29 · +3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2.00 higher 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 were light with quality average .

1 hog

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $384.25/cwt on 7 head, down $1.01 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 5 comparable sales and sits +34.28 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.
Average price
$384.25
1.01 vs prior sale
7 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,089
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$185.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
30.61
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550410.792,2596thin
Medium and Large 2520225.001,1701thin
One grade step is worth $185.79/cwt here — about $1,089 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 sale7 hd
384.25
NC average9 barns · 271 hd
414.85
−30.61
This barn, trailing median5 sales
349.97
+34.28
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
BullsAverage1,347204.092,7495thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,349176.162,37622
CowsLean 85-90%Average932140.021,3053thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls1,368197.46/cwt195.00–200.002,7013
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,516186.93/cwt180.00–195.002,8347
CowsBoner 80-85%1,335162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,1631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,266171.78/cwt165.00–177.002,17514
Bulls1,315214.03/cwt212.00–216.002,8142
CowsLean 85-90%963144.03/cwt142.00–146.001,3872
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550520470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4441
BullsMedium and Large 2Full450–500455265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2061
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500490350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7151
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700680305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463411.98/cwt385.00–445.001,9073
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500470485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2801
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340500.29/cwt480.00–520.001,7012
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800795275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1861
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650628325.56/cwt305.00–345.002,0452
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600–650600370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2201
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1701
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250210330.00/cwt330.00–330.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6281
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1521
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5441
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450420265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1131
CowsLean 85-90%870132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy300–350310450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3951
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,4811
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7161
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320444.17/cwt410.00–475.001,4213
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500480443.70/cwt420.00–460.002,1304
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0621
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9301
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320592.42/cwt590.00–595.001,8962
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381458.82/cwt440.00–475.001,7484
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450431449.64/cwt425.00–475.001,9385
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy350–400370442.40/cwt440.00–445.001,6372
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500465405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8831
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550538412.47/cwt405.00–420.002,2192
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365559.73/cwt550.00–570.002,0432
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450435520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2621
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9661
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568389.93/cwt350.00–445.002,2153
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300273467.75/cwt420.00–490.001,2774
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300255560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,4281

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.