Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 3.00 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.26/cwt on 7 head, up $26.97 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +19.31 against this barn's trailing median of $315.96.

Average price

$335.26

▲ 26.97 vs prior sale

7 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$41.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.40

vs NC average

−81.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	341.14	1,924	6thin
Medium and Large 2	570	300.00	1,710	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.14/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $328.05, low $308.29, median $315.96 across 3 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

335.26

—

NC average9 barns · 313 hd

375.66

−40.40

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−81.85

This barn, trailing median3 sales

315.96

+19.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

17 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	454.96/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	410.57/cwt	385.00–435.00	1,786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	417.57/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	371.45/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	305.49/cwt	272.00–340.00	2,047	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	400	255.00/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	441.97/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	377.57/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	341.14/cwt	330.00–362.00	1,924	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	307.51/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	355.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	1

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.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Monday) - Siler City, NC

Mon May 11, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Receipts 76Last week 105Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	445.00–470.00	454.96
4	500–550	534	350.00–390.00	371.45
2	550–600	575	370.00–385.00	377.57
2	650–700	670	272.00–340.00	305.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	415.00–420.00	417.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	563	305.00–310.00	307.51
1	650–700	680	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	430.00–450.00	441.97
2	400–450	435	385.00–435.00	410.57
1	450–500	465	410.00	410.00
6	550–600	564	330.00–362.00	341.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	470	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	240.00–270.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	350.00–360.00	355.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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