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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Apr 16

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

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Feeder Cattle receipts

54 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 34▼ 5 vs year ago 59 · −8.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 8▲ 4 vs year ago 24 · +16.7%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 9.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

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 $308.46/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −75.83 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$308.46

6 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$441

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$81.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.32

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	336.00	1,831	2thin
Medium 1	539	307.91	1,659	3thin
Medium 2	545	255.00	1,390	1thin

One grade step is worth $81.00/cwt here — about $441 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

308.46

—

NC average9 barns · 262 hd

315.78

−7.32

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−75.83

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

16 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.84, low $322.91, median $384.28 across 16 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	—	High	1,470	160.00	2,352	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,471	146.00	2,147	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,066	127.63	1,361	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	798	108.27	864	4thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	925	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,445	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,940	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	646	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	335	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	804	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,433	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	341.62/cwt	335.00–349.00	1,428	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	423	324.25/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,372	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	329.89/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,534	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	595	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,577	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,420	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	355	354.00/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,257	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,637	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,706	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	450	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,584	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	453	322.57/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,461	2
Bulls	450–500	Small and Medium 2	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	533	319.37/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,702	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,771	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	550	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,568	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,717	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,463	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium 1	980	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,313	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,352	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	793	128.53/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,019	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	803	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	707	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	980	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	833	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	141.84/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,553	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,451	147.62/cwt	140.00–153.00	2,142	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,628	133.08/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,167	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 →

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Wed Apr 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 34Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 8Year ago 24

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 9.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	432	379.00	379.00
3	450–500	450	379.00	379.00
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	550	322.00	322.00
1	750–800	795	216.00	216.00
1	950–1000	950	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	350.00–362.00	354.00
1	450–500	450	352.00	352.00
2	500–550	533	314.00–325.00	319.37
1	550–600	550	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	980	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	310.00–335.00	322.57
1	500–550	545	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	370.00	370.00
4	450–500	450	321.00	321.00
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	995	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	275.00	275.00
5	350–400	380	377.00	377.00
4	400–450	418	335.00–349.00	341.62
2	450–500	465	325.00–335.00	329.89
1	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	840	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	520	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	320.00–328.00	324.25
1	550–600	595	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	130.00–136.00	133.08
16	—	1,451	140.00–153.00	147.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	127.00–130.00	128.53
2	—	803	86.00–90.00	88.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	140.00–145.00	141.84
1	—	980	85.00	85.00

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.