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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 9

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Jun 25Jul 9Jul 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 21▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 6 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

No Sale Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Hot } Quality Attractive

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 $279.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −92.76 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.

Average price

$279.00

1 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.89

vs NC average

−62.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	279.00	1,548	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

279.00

—

NC average6 barns · 136 hd

290.89

−11.89

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−62.53

This barn, trailing median28 sales

371.76

−92.76

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
Bulls	—	High	1,258	170.00	2,139	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,143	124.97	1,428	4thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,123	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,548	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	207.50/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,940	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,146	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,449	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,258	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,139	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,098	102.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,125	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,660	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,845	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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13Last week 21Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 0

No Sale Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Hot } Quality Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,145	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,098	100.00–105.00	102.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	170.00	170.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	555	279.00	279.00
4	900–950	935	200.00–210.00	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	710	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	955	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	337.00	337.00
1	450–500	450	322.00	322.00
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00

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.