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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jan 15

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Jan 8Jan 15Jan 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 34▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 23▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

offerings Light Snow And Cold

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −103.14 against this barn's trailing median of $422.14.

Average price

$319.00

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+35.80

vs NC average

−23.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	319.00	1,675	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

319.00

—

NC average6 barns · 106 hd

283.20

+35.80

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−23.45

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.14

−103.14

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

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.26, low $360.41, median $422.14 across 19 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	1,815	150.00	2,723	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	110.00	1,650	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	985	77.65	765	3thin

Every lot

13 lots · USDA AMS · Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	304	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,034	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,675	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,643	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	262.57/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,137	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,509	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,494	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,815	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,723	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	958	72.47/cwt	70.00–75.00	694	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,040	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	915	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,650	1

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 →

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Wed Jan 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 34Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 23Year ago 0

offerings Light Snow And Cold

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	308.00	308.00
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	605	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	304	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	665	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	260.00–265.00	262.57
1	550–600	560	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	70.00–75.00	72.47
1	—	1,040	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	110.00	110.00

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.