Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

offerings Light Snow And Cold

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −123.35 against this barn's trailing median of $442.35.

Average price

$319.00

1 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+35.80

vs NC average

−23.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	319.00	1,675	1thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.26, low $398.10, median $442.35 across 15 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 sale1 hd

319.00

—

NC average6 barns · 106 hd

283.20

+35.80

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−23.45

This barn, trailing median15 sales

442.35

−123.35

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	1,815	150.00	2,723	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	110.00	1,650	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	985	77.65	765	3thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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 1	400–450	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,034	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	262.57/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,137	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,675	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,723	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	958	72.47/cwt	70.00–75.00	694	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	915	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,650	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 Jan 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14Last week 34Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 23Year ago 0

offerings Light Snow And Cold

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	308.00	308.00
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	605	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	304	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	665	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	260.00–265.00	262.57
1	550–600	560	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	70.00–75.00	72.47
1	—	1,040	88.00	88.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	110.00	110.00

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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