Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Cold } Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −123.37 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$262.20

5 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,434

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$37.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.39

vs NC average

−42.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	277.00	1,468	2thin
Medium 1	543	258.50	1,402	2thin
Medium 2	590	240.00	1,416	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale5 hd

262.20

—

NC average9 barns · 242 hd

245.81

+16.39

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−42.22

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−123.37

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,084	127.04	1,377	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,800	125.00	2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	500–550	510	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	268.56/cwt	262.00–275.00	787	2
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	410	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,107	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	281.93/cwt	277.00–287.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	585	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	600	164.50/cwt	160.00–169.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,441	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,250	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	119.56/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	250	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	355	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	595	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,191	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	495	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	715	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	294.50/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,390	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	395	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	324	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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 14Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 22

Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Cold } Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	262.00–275.00	268.56
2	300–350	340	277.00–287.00	281.93
2	350–400	360	280.00–285.00	282.50
1	400–450	430	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	485	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	510	272.00	272.00
1	550–600	550	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	460	259.00	259.00
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	585	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	495	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	590	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	600	160.00–169.00	164.50
1	700–750	715	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	327.00	327.00
1	450–500	480	289.00	289.00
2	500–550	525	294.00–295.00	294.50
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	345	327.00	327.00
1	550–600	550	297.00	297.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	82.00	82.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,118	118.00–121.00	119.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	125.00	125.00

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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