Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 18.00 To 24.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Head Calf 775.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.23/cwt on 23 head, up $1.52 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −4.34 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$381.23

▲ 1.52 vs prior sale

23 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$541

per head · Medium 1 over Small and Medium 2

$89.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.59

vs NC average

−14.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	540	389.00	2,101	1thin
Medium and Large 1	550	386.65	2,126	15thin
Medium 2	539	379.93	2,048	6thin
Small and Medium 2	520	300.00	1,560	1thin

One grade step is worth $89.00/cwt here — about $541 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale23 hd

381.23

—

NC average8 barns · 234 hd

366.64

+14.59

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−14.82

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−4.34

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	—	Average	1,664	216.94	3,611	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,564	179.50	2,807	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	171.36	1,952	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	814	106.81	869	5thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	838	$1,883	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	904	$3,084	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,050	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$2,650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	472.11/cwt	460.00–476.00	2,148	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	488.32/cwt	482.00–490.00	1,792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	385.00/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	445.42/cwt	442.00–449.00	2,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	460.25/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	370.89/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,099	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	312.75/cwt	304.00–325.00	2,108	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	413.79/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,388	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	442.46/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,347	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	458.27/cwt	452.00–465.00	1,971	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	455.95/cwt	452.00–460.00	1,847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	438.25/cwt	427.00–442.00	2,235	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	492.22/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	397.18/cwt	389.00–400.00	2,308	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,031	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	409.43/cwt	404.00–417.00	2,162	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	462.80/cwt	457.00–467.00	1,675	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,172	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	447.44/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,434	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,940.00/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,940	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	181.30/cwt	180.00–182.00	3,010	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	177.10/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,541	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	177.33/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,061	12
Bulls	—	—	1,475	196.20/cwt	190.00–202.00	2,894	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	87.06/cwt	77.00–97.00	670	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	112.96/cwt	112.00–114.00	955	2
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	518	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,927	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	540	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,101	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	3,298.00/head	3,150.00–3,350.00	3,298	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	2
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	635	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,413	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	850–900	865	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	335	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	467	447.00/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,087	10
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	539	416.49/cwt	410.00–417.00	2,245	14
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	380	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,672	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	430	453.12/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,948	6
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	437	416.41/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,820	3
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	375	464.52/cwt	455.00–469.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	495	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,223	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	1000–1050	1,000	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,450	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	476	430.51/cwt	429.00–431.00	2,049	4
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	539	379.93/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,048	6
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	255	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	640	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,464	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	463	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,977	3
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	400	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	445	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	495	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,138	1
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	159.41/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,742	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,126	1
Bulls	—	—	1,740	225.24/cwt	221.00–228.00	3,919	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	800	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	695	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	610	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,257	3

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 Jul 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 190Last week 157Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 22Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 7Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 18.00 To 24.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Head Calf 775.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	369	450.00–465.00	460.25
4	400–450	430	452.00–465.00	458.27
17	450–500	455	460.00–476.00	472.11
4	500–550	505	430.00	430.00
11	550–600	566	360.00–380.00	370.89
1	600–650	625	325.00	325.00
7	650–700	674	304.00–325.00	312.75
1	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	985	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	400	425.00	425.00
10	450–500	467	445.00–450.00	447.00
1	500–550	540	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	476	429.00–431.00	430.51
6	500–550	539	370.00–385.00	379.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	440.00–445.00	442.46
2	300–350	333	485.00–500.00	492.22
5	350–400	367	482.00–490.00	488.32
5	400–450	437	489.00	489.00
8	450–500	484	485.00	485.00
4	500–550	510	427.00–442.00	438.25
7	550–600	577	400.00–420.00	413.79
8	600–650	603	430.00	430.00
1	650–700	695	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	417.00	417.00
1	450–500	495	432.00	432.00
1	600–650	635	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	455.00–469.00	464.52
6	400–450	430	450.00–460.00	453.12
1	450–500	495	449.00	449.00
14	500–550	539	410.00–417.00	416.49
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	440.00–455.00	447.44
5	350–400	362	457.00–467.00	462.80
2	400–450	405	452.00–460.00	455.95
2	450–500	460	442.00–449.00	445.42
6	500–550	528	404.00–417.00	409.43
4	550–600	581	389.00–400.00	397.18
1	600–650	610	399.00	399.00
2	650–700	665	380.00–390.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	437	410.00–430.00	416.41
3	450–500	463	427.00	427.00
2	500–550	518	372.00	372.00
3	600–650	610	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	640	385.00	385.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	865	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	245.00	245.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	900	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,940.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	980	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	938	3,150.00–3,350.00	3,298.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	3,300.00	3,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	3,050.00	3,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	910	1,950.00	1,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	695	1,750.00	1,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	180.00–182.00	181.30
3	—	1,435	176.00–178.00	177.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,162	170.00–182.00	177.33
6	—	1,093	150.00–168.00	159.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	77.00–97.00	87.06
2	—	845	112.00–114.00	112.96
1	—	840	134.00	134.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	190.00–202.00	196.20
5	—	1,740	221.00–228.00	225.24

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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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

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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