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Siler City Livestock Auction

Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Siler City, North Carolina · Mon, Oct 12

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2095

← Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 32▼ 50 vs year ago 90 · −55.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 37▼ 4 vs year ago 21 · −19.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were 1.00 higher this week compared to last week . Slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 lower this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings light with quality average .

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 $320.00/cwt on 1 head, down $7.99 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −22.13 against this barn's trailing median of $342.13.

Average price

$320.00

▼ 7.99 vs prior sale

1 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.34

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	320.00	1,744	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

320.00

—

NC average7 barns · 237 hd

309.66

+10.34

This barn, trailing median7 sales

342.13

−22.13

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	—	Average	2,300	171.00	3,933	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	128.17	1,612	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	122.00	1,806	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	920	110.00	1,012	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,535	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	663	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,018	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	308.56/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,882	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	760	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	946	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,183	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	456.92/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,485	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	431.63/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,567	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	798	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	415	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,702	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	333.09/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,416	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	342.47/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,575	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	465	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,372	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	257.83/cwt	230.00–285.00	1,632	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	257.50/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,687	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,300	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,933	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,012	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	133.12/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,667	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	124.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,567	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,806	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 Oct 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 32Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 37Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,263	120.00–128.00	124.04
5	—	1,252	130.00–141.00	133.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,300	171.00	171.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	380	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	455	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	430.00	430.00
1	250–300	260	455.00	455.00
3	300–350	325	440.00–490.00	456.92
3	350–400	363	430.00–435.00	431.63
2	400–450	425	320.00–345.00	333.09
2	450–500	460	340.00–345.00	342.47
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	633	230.00–285.00	257.83
2	650–700	655	255.00–260.00	257.50
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	770	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	430	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	505	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	610	305.00–312.00	308.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	445.00	445.00

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.