Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale For Last 2 Week Demand Good Activity Active Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $288.40/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −118.61 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$288.40

5 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$33.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.09

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	302.01	1,549	2thin
Medium and Large 2	510	284.50	1,451	2thin
Medium 1	540	269.00	1,453	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.01/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $478.59, low $365.31, median $407.02 across 13 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 sale5 hd

288.40

—

NC average8 barns · 139 hd

257.32

+31.09

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−118.61

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	1,283	121.47	1,559	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,344	130.88	1,759	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,106	106.45	1,177	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	825	80.00	660	1thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	700–750	700	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	302.01/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	493	257.54/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	159.04/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	580	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	262.61/cwt	260.00–265.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,061	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	284.50/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	2
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	255	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	314.75/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,158	3
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	540	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium 1	150–200	170	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	295	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	667	1
Bulls	—	—	1,260	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	869	1
Bulls	—	—	1,295	147.70/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,913	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	996	96.02/cwt	90.00–100.00	956	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	925	69.14/cwt	60.00–80.00	640	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	126.28/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,460	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	124.30/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,622	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	137.46/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,901	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	118.79/cwt	110.00–133.00	1,553	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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 58Year ago 17

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 21Year ago 3

No Sale For Last 2 Week Demand Good Activity Active Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	330	325.00	325.00
3	350–400	368	310.00–322.00	314.75
1	450–500	495	296.00	296.00
2	500–550	513	300.00–304.00	302.01
1	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	650	202.00	202.00
1	700–750	700	185.00	185.00
1	900–950	920	170.00	170.00
2	950–1000	958	154.00–164.00	159.04
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	170	270.00	270.00
1	250–300	295	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	493	250.00–265.00	257.54
1	500–550	540	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	280.00–289.00	284.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	250.00	250.00
1	250–300	280	275.00	275.00
2	300–350	330	260.00–265.00	262.61
2	350–400	383	277.00	277.00
2	500–550	525	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	239.00	239.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	69.00	69.00
2	—	1,295	140.00–159.00	147.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	996	90.00–100.00	96.02
2	—	925	60.00–80.00	69.14
4	—	1,156	120.00–131.00	126.28
3	—	1,307	110.00–133.00	118.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	121.00–128.00	124.30
3	—	1,383	132.00–147.00	137.46

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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