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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 10

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 29▼ 17 vs year ago 49 · −34.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 13▼ 6 vs year ago 16 · −37.5%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 13.00 To 15.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light 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 $331.58/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −52.71 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$331.58

4 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$17.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.68

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	345.00	1,777	1thin
Medium 1	515	327.10	1,685	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.90/cwt here — about $92 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

331.58

—

NC average9 barns · 315 hd

335.25

−3.68

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−52.71

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	1,223	175.36	2,145	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,210	157.50	1,906	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,010	121.00	1,222	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	890	98.00	872	1thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	450	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,202	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,627	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	515	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,468	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,149	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,072	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,275	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,709	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	375.36/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,798	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	515	327.10/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,685	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium 1	645	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,974	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1	660	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,092	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,295	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium 1	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,785	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,210	183.90/cwt	183.00–185.00	2,225	2
Bulls	—	—	1,232	169.66/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,090	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	872	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	960	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,489	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,205	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,988	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,215	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,823	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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32Last week 29Year ago 49

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 13Year ago 16

Slaughter Cattle 13.00 To 15.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	96.00	96.00
1	—	1,020	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,205	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	183.00–185.00	183.90
3	—	1,232	164.00–175.00	169.66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	425	402.00	402.00
4	450–500	479	370.00–385.00	375.36
1	500–550	515	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	685	335.00	335.00
1	900–950	920	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	320.00–332.00	327.10
1	600–650	645	306.00	306.00
1	650–700	660	317.00	317.00
1	750–800	775	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	490	332.00	332.00
3	500–550	540	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	625	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	805	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	515	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	290.00	290.00

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.