Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

N0 Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $262.07/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −144.95 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$262.07

6 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$36.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.39

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	268.08	1,485	5thin
Medium 1	545	232.00	1,264	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.08/cwt here — about $221 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 sale6 hd

262.07

—

NC average9 barns · 351 hd

267.46

−5.39

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−144.95

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	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	147.37	2,071	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	97.02	1,136	6thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	650–700	695	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,251	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,086	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	474	254.71/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,207	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	293.17/cwt	287.00–299.00	1,554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	257.26/cwt	235.00–289.00	1,621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	251.35/cwt	230.00–272.00	1,433	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	147.37/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,071	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	550	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	390	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,703	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	233.47/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	305	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	854	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	545	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,264	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	485	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	310.17/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	600	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,141	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,191	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	515	263.50/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,219	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,401	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	84.71/cwt	79.00–90.00	938	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	101.48/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,241	2

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 48Last week 31Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 4Year ago 23

N0 Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	275.00	275.00
4	450–500	474	250.00–259.00	254.71
1	500–550	545	232.00	232.00
1	650–700	695	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	329.00	329.00
2	400–450	438	300.00–320.00	310.17
1	450–500	475	287.00	287.00
2	500–550	530	287.00–299.00	293.17
3	550–600	570	230.00–272.00	251.35
3	600–650	630	235.00–289.00	257.26
1	650–700	685	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	723	232.00–235.00	233.47
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	485	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	600	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	322.00	322.00
1	450–500	450	304.00	304.00
2	500–550	545	257.00	257.00
2	550–600	550	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	650	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	730	232.00	232.00
2	750–800	795	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	860	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	299.00	299.00
2	500–550	515	257.00–270.00	263.50
1	550–600	550	208.00	208.00
1	600–650	625	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	370	322.00	322.00
1	400–450	440	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	515	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	610	239.00	239.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	145.00–150.00	147.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	125.00	125.00
3	—	1,107	79.00–90.00	84.71
2	—	1,223	100.00–103.00	101.48

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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