Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-08-13

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 13
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 31▲ 3 vs year ago 30 · +10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 13 vs year ago 20 · −65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −57.28 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.
Average price
$327.00
2 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.87
vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565327.001,8482thin
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
327.00
—
NC average9 barns · 221 hd
323.13
+3.87
This barn, trailing median16 sales
384.28
−57.28
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
458408359309median 384.2803/1105/1307/1509/3010/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,510172.502,6052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,523158.002,4062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,053121.491,2803thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium 2330200.00/cwt200.00–200.006601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,3553
Heifers400–450Medium 1405255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,7361
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,0831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,3424
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1398389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,5482
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6397
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7866
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8482
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620316.44/cwt310.00–329.001,9623
Bulls650–700Medium 2675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,1201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,6641
Bulls——1,540165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,5411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%960109.74/cwt100.00–120.001,0542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7981
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,4711

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.