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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Nov 2

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Oct 26Nov 2latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 85▼ 33 vs year ago 117 · −28.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 17▼ 5 vs year ago 27 · −18.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 2.00 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 .

1 hog

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $298.39/cwt on 9 head, down $19.76 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −43.74 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.

Average price

$298.39

▼ 19.76 vs prior sale

9 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$32.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.94

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	309.20	1,702	6thin
Medium and Large 2	525	276.76	1,453	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.44/cwt here — about $249 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

298.39

—

NC average6 barns · 185 hd

336.33

−37.94

This barn, trailing median7 sales

342.13

−43.74

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $385.25, low $309.49, median $342.13 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,526	154.46	2,357	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,390	124.86	1,736	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,158	124.64	1,443	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	848	115.96	983	2thin

Every lot

47 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	732	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,304	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,043	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	332.50/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,779	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	324.45/cwt	317.00–327.00	2,008	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	367.39/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,021	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	340.23/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,133	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	236.40/cwt	195.00–280.00	898	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	341.57/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,325	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,424	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	287.32/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,399	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	273.35/cwt	245.00–325.00	1,722	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,100	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	810	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	400.94/cwt	355.00–440.00	1,143	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	442.61/cwt	395.00–490.00	1,390	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	257.81/cwt	210.00–305.00	1,000	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	368.32/cwt	330.00–405.00	1,444	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	345.24/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,450	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	257.30/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,178	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	330.75/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,551	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	324.98/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,635	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	276.76/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,453	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	301.31/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,730	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	283.71/cwt	225.00–305.00	1,759	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,258	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,550	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,495	151.83/cwt	138.00–160.00	2,270	4
Bulls	—	—	1,650	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,723	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	848	115.96/cwt	113.00–119.00	983	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,490	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,231	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	124.34/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,461	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	124.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,736	2

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 85Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 17Year ago 27

1 hog

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	195.00–280.00	236.40
1	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
3	450–500	487	285.00–290.00	287.32
1	500–550	515	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	355.00–380.00	367.39
2	300–350	333	330.00–350.00	340.23
3	350–400	388	335.00–350.00	341.57
1	400–450	445	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	630	245.00–325.00	273.35
1	750–800	750	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	485	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	535	325.00–340.00	332.50
4	600–650	619	317.00–327.00	324.45
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	388	210.00–305.00	257.81
1	400–450	410	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	458	245.00–270.00	257.30
3	500–550	525	270.00–280.00	276.76
1	700–750	740	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	500.00	500.00
4	250–300	285	355.00–440.00	400.94
6	300–350	314	395.00–490.00	442.61
3	350–400	392	330.00–405.00	368.32
2	400–450	420	325.00–365.00	345.24
6	450–500	469	315.00–345.00	330.75
2	500–550	503	320.00–330.00	324.98
4	550–600	574	295.00–305.00	301.31
5	600–650	620	225.00–305.00	283.71
1	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	795	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	848	113.00–119.00	115.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	120.00–130.00	124.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,080	138.00	138.00
9	—	1,175	116.00–128.00	124.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,495	138.00–160.00	151.83
1	—	1,650	165.00	165.00

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.