Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 4.00 To 10.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 15.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average To Attractive Head Calves 1000.00

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.68/cwt on 6 head, up $6.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 23 comparable sales and sits +2.11 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$387.68

▲ 6.45 vs prior sale

6 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,966

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+44.03

vs NC average

+11.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	387.68	1,966	6thin

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

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 sale6 hd

387.68

—

NC average9 barns · 166 hd

343.65

+44.03

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

+11.87

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

+2.11

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	1,751	214.62	3,759	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	172.50	2,562	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,005	156.91	1,577	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	838	132.26	1,108	4thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	815	$2,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,380	1
Bulls	—	—	1,818	221.46/cwt	214.00–234.00	4,026	4
Bulls	—	—	1,618	200.95/cwt	196.00–208.00	3,251	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	129.52/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,075	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	436.97/cwt	429.00–450.00	1,840	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	408	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	387.68/cwt	385.00–389.00	1,966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	251.51/cwt	251.00–252.00	2,301	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	440.16/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,342	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	429.85/cwt	412.00–437.00	2,308	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	326.85/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	456.19/cwt	435.00–462.00	1,889	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	455.80/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	487.65/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	423.89/cwt	414.00–437.00	1,806	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	371.25/cwt	342.00–381.00	2,116	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,168	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	967	170.59/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,650	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,033	149.53/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,545	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,280	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	989	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,426	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,428	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 Jul 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 190Year ago 26

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 37Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 20Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle 4.00 To 10.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 15.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average To Attractive Head Calves 1000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	358	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	414	435.00–462.00	456.19
1	500–550	535	387.00	387.00
4	550–600	570	342.00–381.00	371.25
3	600–650	627	315.00–335.00	326.85
1	700–750	725	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	439.00	439.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	475.00	475.00
2	350–400	378	480.00–495.00	487.65
4	400–450	421	429.00–450.00	436.97
2	450–500	470	430.00–480.00	455.80
7	500–550	537	412.00–437.00	429.85
2	650–700	650	369.00	369.00
4	700–750	725	352.00	352.00
1	750–800	775	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	840	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	379.00	379.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	430.00–450.00	440.16
17	400–450	426	414.00–437.00	423.89
6	500–550	507	385.00–389.00	387.68
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	800	270.00	270.00
2	900–950	915	251.00–252.00	251.51
1	1000–1050	1,015	217.00	217.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,818	214.00–234.00	221.46
2	—	1,618	196.00–208.00	200.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	129.00–130.00	129.52
1	—	815	157.00	157.00
1	—	875	113.00	113.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,470	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	168.00–174.00	170.59
3	—	1,033	141.00–155.00	149.53
1	—	1,035	138.00	138.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,575.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	2,475.00	2,475.00

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.

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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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