Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 6.00 To 9.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calf 800.00 One Goat

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $361.88/cwt on 9 head, down $17.84 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −23.69 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$361.88

▼ 17.84 vs prior sale

9 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$41.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.80

vs NC average

−53.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	366.49	2,009	8thin
Medium and Large 2	515	325.00	1,674	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.49/cwt here — about $335 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.97, low $348.08, median $385.57 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

361.88

—

NC average9 barns · 433 hd

390.68

−28.80

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

−53.95

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−23.69

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,599	198.75	3,178	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,336	171.95	2,297	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,107	163.78	1,814	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	807	149.39	1,205	8thin

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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,700	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	989	$1,639	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	980	$2,150	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	920	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	481.79/cwt	472.00–487.00	2,510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	314.52/cwt	304.00–325.00	2,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	389.97/cwt	387.00–392.00	2,578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	450.90/cwt	420.00–467.00	1,948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	366.58/cwt	350.00–372.00	2,038	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	403.87/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,294	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	423.83/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,793	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	412.86/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,511	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	371.95/cwt	365.00–379.00	2,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	493.89/cwt	465.00–525.00	1,334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	411.25/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,345	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	366.33/cwt	349.00–380.00	1,960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	325.16/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	435.37/cwt	404.00–475.00	2,024	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	445.72/cwt	420.00–475.00	1,627	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	165.87/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,942	5
Bulls	—	—	1,660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,320	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	807	131.89/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,064	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	173.13/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,451	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	151.07/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,186	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,336	171.95/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,297	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	407.48/cwt	375.00–429.00	1,931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	670	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	352.71/cwt	337.00–385.00	1,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	410.30/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	475.98/cwt	460.00–493.00	2,337	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,937	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	390.47/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	393.60/cwt	385.00–402.00	1,692	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	989	1,639.44/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,639	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,138	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	980	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,098	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	152.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,766	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,759	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,049	176.56/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,852	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	845	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1

How this sale compares

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 Jun 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 126Last week 122Year ago 21

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 25Year ago 4

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 5Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 6.00 To 9.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calf 800.00 One Goat

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	485.00	485.00
10	450–500	491	460.00–493.00	475.98
6	500–550	521	472.00–487.00	481.79
1	550–600	575	410.00	410.00
5	650–700	661	387.00–392.00	389.97
1	700–750	745	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	490.00	490.00
1	250–300	270	465.00	465.00
5	300–350	327	400.00–420.00	411.25
5	350–400	366	390.00–425.00	412.86
8	400–450	423	415.00–440.00	423.83
5	450–500	474	375.00–429.00	407.48
3	500–550	535	349.00–380.00	366.33
5	550–600	556	350.00–372.00	366.58
2	600–650	615	315.00–335.00	325.16
1	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
4	700–750	722	304.00–325.00	314.52
1	750–800	750	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	800	320.00	320.00
5	850–900	893	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	364.00	364.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	337.00–385.00	352.71
2	400–450	430	385.00–402.00	393.60
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	690	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	465.00–525.00	493.89
4	350–400	365	420.00–475.00	445.72
3	400–450	432	420.00–467.00	450.90
7	450–500	465	404.00–475.00	435.37
3	500–550	503	425.00	425.00
5	550–600	568	400.00–412.00	403.87
2	650–700	655	365.00–379.00	371.95
1	700–750	720	312.00	312.00
1	900–950	905	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	380.00–400.00	390.47
2	400–450	423	400.00–420.00	410.30
2	450–500	475	365.00–385.00	375.00
1	500–550	515	362.00	362.00
1	550–600	555	349.00	349.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	285.00	285.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	989	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,639.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,171	160.00–170.00	165.87
1	—	980	112.00	112.00
2	—	1,158	150.00–155.00	152.51
5	—	1,049	170.00–185.00	176.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	807	130.00–134.00	131.89
2	—	838	171.00–175.00	173.13
3	—	785	148.00–155.00	151.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,336	170.00–174.00	171.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,660	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,415	195.00	195.00

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

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Replacement Cattle

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