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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jan 14

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

101 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 120▲ 87 vs year ago 14 · +621.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 33▲ 8 vs year ago 5 · +160.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle 14.00 To 15.00 Higher Head Calves 825.00 11 Sheep Demand Real Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.10/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 8 of 28 comparable sales and sits −23.65 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.

Average price

$348.10

9 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$593

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$113.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.56

vs NC average

−65.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	386.00	2,127	6thin
Medium 1	563	272.31	1,534	3thin

One grade step is worth $113.69/cwt here — about $593 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 sale9 hd

348.10

—

NC average9 barns · 320 hd

334.54

+13.56

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−65.38

This barn, trailing median28 sales

371.76

−23.65

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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.88, low $290.32, median $371.76 across 28 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	1,535	175.54	2,695	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	149.52	2,108	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,052	128.30	1,350	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	735	74.00	544	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,330	$3,475	1thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,668	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,056	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,181	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,451	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,080	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	300	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,275	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,511	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	427.50/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,518	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,771	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	410	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	943	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,888	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	436	424.88/cwt	412.00–428.00	1,852	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	462	354.14/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,636	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	397.43/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,880	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	475	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,800	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,906	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,127	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Full	560	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,008	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	565	318.47/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,799	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,160	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	310.29/cwt	275.00–322.00	2,231	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,438	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium 2	220	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	748	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	233	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,410	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,559	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium 1	342	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,495	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	469.05/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,726	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	395	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,726	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	439.37/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,837	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	465.62/cwt	465.00–466.00	2,230	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	416.02/cwt	412.00–422.00	2,180	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,273	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,492	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium 1Full	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,264	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,077	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium 2	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium 2	510	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	995	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,535	175.54/cwt	174.00–177.00	2,695	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	735	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	544	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,022	125.64/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,284	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,065	156.82/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,670	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	739	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	149.52/cwt	149.00–150.00	2,108	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,330	3,475.00/head	3,475.00–3,475.00	3,475	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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 120Year ago 14

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 33Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 8Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle 14.00 To 15.00 Higher Head Calves 825.00 11 Sheep Demand Real Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	325	465.00	465.00
2	350–400	355	420.00–435.00	427.50
1	400–450	415	455.00	455.00
11	450–500	473	390.00–402.00	397.43
6	550–600	551	386.00	386.00
1	600–650	605	357.00	357.00
6	700–750	719	275.00–322.00	310.29
1	900–950	920	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
3	400–450	410	432.00	432.00
2	450–500	495	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	462	335.00–370.00	354.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	436	412.00–428.00	424.88
1	450–500	475	379.00	379.00
2	550–600	565	317.00–320.00	318.47
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	439.00	439.00
1	400–450	445	462.00	462.00
2	450–500	465	469.00	469.00
1	700–750	745	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	510	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	605.00	605.00
1	300–350	315	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	368	465.00–475.00	469.05
2	400–450	418	425.00–455.00	439.37
8	450–500	479	465.00–466.00	465.62
7	500–550	524	412.00–422.00	416.02
1	550–600	595	382.00	382.00
2	600–650	620	402.00	402.00
1	700–750	740	306.00	306.00
3	900–950	915	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	437.00	437.00
2	350–400	395	437.00	437.00
2	400–450	435	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	470	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	115.00	115.00
3	—	1,065	150.00–163.00	156.82
3	—	1,022	123.00–128.00	125.64
1	—	1,155	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	149.00–150.00	149.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	174.00–177.00	175.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	3,475.00	3,475.00

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.