Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 15.00 To 16.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Heavy Rain } Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −140.57 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$245.00

2 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$74.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.98

vs NC average

−60.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	282.00	1,481	1thin
Medium 1	565	208.00	1,175	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.00/cwt here — about $305 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale2 hd

245.00

—

NC average8 barns · 252 hd

257.98

−12.98

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−60.02

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−140.57

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	1,443	133.26	1,923	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,059	116.76	1,236	8thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	350–400	390	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,119	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	565	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	336.94/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,408	8
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	328.06/cwt	322.00–335.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	918	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	134.89/cwt	132.00–138.00	2,030	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	120.58/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,283	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,716	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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 41Year ago 29

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 23Year ago 9

Slaughter cattle 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 15.00 To 16.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Heavy Rain } Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	287.00	287.00
1	400–450	420	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	360	316.00	316.00
1	400–450	400	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	500	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	345.00	345.00
3	350–400	372	322.00–335.00	328.06
8	400–450	418	327.00–340.00	336.94
1	450–500	465	332.00	332.00
1	500–550	525	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	460	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	565	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	90.00	90.00
7	—	1,064	118.00–125.00	120.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	132.00–138.00	134.89
1	—	1,320	130.00	130.00

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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