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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, May 28

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← May 21May 28Jun 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 93▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 12▲ 2 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

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Rain } Quality Plain

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.15/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −57.61 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.

Average price

$314.15

2 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+20.62

vs NC average

−18.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	314.15	1,649	2thin

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 sale2 hd

314.15

—

NC average8 barns · 196 hd

293.53

+20.62

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−18.54

This barn, trailing median28 sales

371.76

−57.61

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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.88, low $290.32, median $371.76 across 28 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,035	137.50	1,423	2thin

Every lot

19 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,338	1
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	685	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,760	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	190	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	694	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,117	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	314.15/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,649	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	257.00/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,825	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	338.60/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,795	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	570	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,778	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	585	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,357	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,900	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	930	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,209	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,653	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 May 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22Last week 93Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Rain } Quality Plain

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	335.00–342.00	338.60
1	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	760	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	585	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	365.00	365.00
2	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	370	302.00	302.00
1	450–500	495	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	525	310.00–318.00	314.15
2	700–750	710	245.00–269.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	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	320	418.00	418.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	685	257.00	257.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	145.00	145.00
1	—	930	130.00	130.00

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.