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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 18

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Jun 4Jun 18Jun 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 28▲ 10 vs year ago 15 · +66.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 15 vs year ago 18 · −83.3%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light 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 $250.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −121.76 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.

Average price

$250.00

2 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−51.84

vs NC average

−84.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	250.00	1,313	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

250.00

—

NC average9 barns · 288 hd

301.84

−51.84

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−84.11

This barn, trailing median28 sales

371.76

−121.76

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%	High	1,645	152.00	2,500	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,048	144.00	1,508	2thin

Every lot

15 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,078	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	321.02/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,390	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,521	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	776	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	375	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,031	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	287.57/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,610	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	266.67/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,733	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	935	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,403	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,601	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,645	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,500	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 Jun 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 28Year ago 15

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 18

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
6	400–450	433	320.00–322.00	321.02
2	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	685	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	560	280.00–295.00	287.57
3	650–700	650	260.00–270.00	266.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,160	138.00	138.00

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.