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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 4

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← May 28Jun 4Jun 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

28 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 22▼ 28 vs year ago 56 · −50.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 2▼ 4 vs year ago 10 · −40.0%

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 (Hay Time } Quality Average

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 $323.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 5 of 28 comparable sales and sits −48.42 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.

Average price

$323.33

6 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+27.53

vs NC average

−14.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	323.33	1,819	6thin

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 sale6 hd

323.33

—

NC average8 barns · 282 hd

295.81

+27.53

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−14.91

This barn, trailing median28 sales

371.76

−48.42

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,653	138.57	2,291	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,102	109.99	1,211	4thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	645	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium 2	190	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	475	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,129	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	343.70/cwt	339.00–349.00	1,248	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	420	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,037	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,403	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1	170	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	604	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	900	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	330.67/cwt	322.00–345.00	1,372	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	317.56/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,985	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	935	74.97/cwt	70.00–80.00	701	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,839	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,653	138.57/cwt	137.00–140.00	2,291	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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28Last week 22Year ago 56

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 2Year ago 10

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light (Hay Time } Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	500	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	170	355.00	355.00
1	250–300	295	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	415	322.00–345.00	330.67
1	550–600	595	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	625	310.00–325.00	317.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	342.00	342.00
4	350–400	363	339.00–349.00	343.70
2	400–450	435	320.00–325.00	322.50
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	575	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	145.00	145.00
2	—	935	70.00–80.00	74.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	137.00–140.00	138.57

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.