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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 17

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

66 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 32▲ 8 vs year ago 58 · +13.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 10▼ 16 vs year ago 19 · −84.2%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 5.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $352.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −36.39 against this barn's trailing median of $388.39.

Average price

$352.00

4 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.25

vs NC average

−25.23 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	352.00	2,182	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

352.00

—

NC average9 barns · 144 hd

337.75

+14.25

National average163 barns · 9,274 hd

377.23

−25.23

This barn, trailing median11 sales

388.39

−36.39

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 600–700 lb

11 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $433.48, low $325.17, median $388.39 across 11 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	1,573	182.00	2,862	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	158.00	2,149	1thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	467.10/cwt	452.00–480.00	1,971	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	402.89/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,898	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	480	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,304	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,182	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,333	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	386.00/cwt	360.00–399.00	1,448	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	386.50/cwt	379.00–392.00	1,596	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	355.63/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,750	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	520	265.31/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,380	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	1,993	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	325.64/cwt	312.00–337.00	1,846	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium 1	700	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,743	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,953	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Medium 2	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	1
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Medium 2	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,558	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,183	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,149	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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 32Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 10Year ago 19

Slaughter Cattle 5.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,470	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	158.00	158.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	700	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	469.00	469.00
4	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
6	550–600	567	312.00–337.00	325.64
1	700–750	705	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	422	452.00–480.00	467.10
7	450–500	471	395.00–405.00	402.89
4	600–650	620	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	485	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	375	360.00–399.00	386.00
3	400–450	413	379.00–392.00	386.50
5	450–500	492	350.00–357.00	355.63
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
4	500–550	520	259.00–285.00	265.31
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	730	175.00	175.00

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.