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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

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

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 56▼ 5 vs year ago 21 · −23.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 20▲ 10 vs year ago 11 · +90.9%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 3.00 To 10.00 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 $322.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −61.62 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$322.67

3 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.11

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	322.67	1,748	3thin

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 sale3 hd

322.67

—

NC average9 barns · 151 hd

314.56

+8.11

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−61.62

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	—	Average	1,918	167.50	3,212	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	143.86	2,136	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,161	112.65	1,307	14

Every lot

21 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	500–550	Medium 1	500	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,245	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,197	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	334.88/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,356	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	378.53/cwt	377.00–380.00	1,544	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,764	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	316.00/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,738	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium 1	640	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,370	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium 2	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	600–650	Medium 2	610	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,037	1
Dairy Steers	650–700	Medium 2	660	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,188	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,625	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,519	1
Bulls	—	—	2,210	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,978	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	962	65.57/cwt	60.00–76.00	631	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	144.36/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,660	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	100.39/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,212	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	129.22/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,626	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	146.08/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,111	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,645	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,221	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 Dec 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16Last week 56Year ago 21

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 20Year ago 11

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 3.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	377.00–380.00	378.53
1	500–550	525	336.00	336.00
2	550–600	550	310.00–322.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	640	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	342.00	342.00
2	400–450	405	325.00–345.00	334.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	170.00	170.00
1	650–700	660	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,258	124.00–132.00	129.22
3	—	1,150	142.00–146.00	144.36
3	—	1,207	100.00–101.00	100.39
3	—	962	60.00–76.00	65.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,445	145.00–148.00	146.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	155.00	155.00
1	—	2,210	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.