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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 3

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 39▼ 72 vs year ago 101 · −71.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 13▼ 3 vs year ago 16 · −18.8%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 12.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Rain } Quality Attractive

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $301.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −83.03 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$301.25

4 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$77.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.63

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	327.50	1,777	2thin
Medium 1	585	300.00	1,755	1thin
Medium 2	580	250.00	1,450	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.50/cwt here — about $327 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

301.25

—

NC average8 barns · 200 hd

330.88

−29.63

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−83.03

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,070	180.00	1,926	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,067	144.03	1,537	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	136.17	1,913	2thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,617	1
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 2	550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	990	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,159	2
Steers	600–650	Medium 2	645	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,109	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,274	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,185	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,419	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,772	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	507	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,734	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	357.55/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,841	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,818	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium 1	290	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	653	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	369.73/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,564	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,910	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	585	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,755	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	315.48/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,956	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1	675	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,937	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,552	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,070	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,926	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Value Added	940	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,683	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	940	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,081	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,078	156.52/cwt	151.00–167.00	1,687	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	130.05/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,457	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	136.17/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,913	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 Sep 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 39Year ago 101

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 13Year ago 16

Slaughter Cattle 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 12.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Rain } Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	585	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	423	365.00–375.00	369.73
1	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	570	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	620	300.00–332.00	315.48
1	800–850	805	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	507	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	359.00	359.00
1	400–450	415	342.00	342.00
2	450–500	452	392.00	392.00
2	500–550	515	355.00–360.00	357.55
1	800–850	830	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	314.00	314.00
2	550–600	585	369.00	369.00
1	800–850	815	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	115.00	115.00
4	—	1,078	151.00–167.00	156.52
4	—	1,120	127.00–132.00	130.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	130.00–142.00	136.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	180.00	180.00

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.