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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 30

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

130 head

▼ 208 vs last sale 338▲ 79 vs year ago 51 · +154.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 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 6.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 1.00 To 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To 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 $325.85/cwt on 18 head, down $45.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 29 comparable sales and sits −46.51 against this barn's trailing median of $372.37.

Average price

$325.85

▼ 45.29 vs prior sale

18 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$11.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.90

vs NC average

−26.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	329.85	1,876	12thin
Medium and Large 2	534	317.87	1,697	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.98/cwt here — about $178 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

325.85

—

NC average10 barns · 382 hd

334.75

−8.90

National average184 barns · 12,638 hd

352.66

−26.81

This barn, trailing median29 sales

372.37

−46.51

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

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.88, low $290.32, median $372.37 across 29 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	—	High	1,699	172.36	2,928	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,367	143.73	1,965	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	127.88	1,685	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	835	100.00	835	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)	1,200	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	415.38/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,940	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,092	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,111	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	302.45/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,178	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	317.22/cwt	310.00–319.00	2,335	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,470	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	880	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	427.52/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,231	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,185	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	385.43/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,415	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3Full	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	425.07/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,607	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	323.53/cwt	300.00–375.00	1,501	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	401.56/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,867	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Full	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	359.06/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,896	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	317.87/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,697	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	315.24/cwt	315.00–316.00	1,857	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,937	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,078	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,981	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	324.26/cwt	321.00–327.50	2,348	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,416	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,470	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	397.53/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,630	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	435.96/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,814	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	381.22/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,765	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,063	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	367.16/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,869	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	350.95/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,825	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	310.83/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,095	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,991	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	690	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,622	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,038	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,078	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,990	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,309	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,363	1
Bulls	—	—	1,708	181.27/cwt	175.00–185.00	3,096	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,016	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	835	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	835	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	121.05/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,465	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,307	149.70/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,957	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,425	134.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,920	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	134.77/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,965	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	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 Sep 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 338Year ago 51

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 12Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle 6.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 1.00 To 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	395.00–400.00	397.53
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	520	340.00–355.00	350.95
1	550–600	590	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	675	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	830	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	480.00	480.00
2	300–350	338	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	416	420.00–440.00	435.96
4	450–500	463	375.00–385.00	381.22
5	500–550	509	365.00–370.00	367.16
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	674	305.00–325.00	310.83
2	700–750	728	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	815	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	865	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	690	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	440.00	440.00
2	250–300	288	425.00–430.00	427.52
2	350–400	378	415.00–435.00	425.07
1	400–450	435	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	465	385.00–425.00	401.56
4	500–550	528	342.50–375.00	359.06
8	550–600	589	315.00–316.00	315.24
1	600–650	630	307.50	307.50
2	650–700	665	312.50	312.50
10	700–750	724	321.00–327.50	324.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	395.00	395.00
3	350–400	367	370.00–395.00	385.43
4	450–500	464	300.00–375.00	323.53
6	500–550	534	310.00–330.00	317.87
1	600–650	615	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	695	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	525	370.00	370.00
6	650–700	690	306.00	306.00
2	700–750	720	300.00–305.00	302.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	405	405.00	405.00
3	450–500	467	400.00–440.00	415.38
5	500–550	533	392.50	392.50
2	650–700	650	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	736	310.00–319.00	317.22
1	750–800	760	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	225.00	225.00

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	1	—	1,200	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,100.00	2,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,708	175.00–185.00	181.27
1	—	1,795	168.00	168.00
1	—	1,575	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	130.00–140.00	134.77
3	—	1,307	147.00–153.00	149.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	130.00–140.00	134.72
2	—	1,210	117.00–125.00	121.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	100.00	100.00

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.