Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 9.00 To19.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive Baby Calves 390.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $314.17/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −92.85 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$314.17

3 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$430

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$65.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.07

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	357.50	2,002	1thin
Medium 1	538	292.50	1,572	2thin

One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about $430 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale3 hd

314.17

—

NC average9 barns · 241 hd

293.10

+21.07

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−92.85

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	—	Low	1,515	148.19	2,245	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	705	200.00	1,410	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,383	151.87	2,100	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	108.06	1,306	3thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 2	650–700	690	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	392.52/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	560	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	475	160.11/cwt	150.00–170.00	761	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	700–750	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	305.14/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	628	280.04/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,120	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	490	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	332.50–347.50	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,793	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,465	1
Bulls	—	—	1,772	149.16/cwt	144.00–156.00	2,643	3
Bulls	—	—	1,140	171.82/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,959	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,414	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	105.09/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,254	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	151.87/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,100	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 114Year ago 56

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 18Year ago 9

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 9.00 To19.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive Baby Calves 390.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	312	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	368	390.00–395.00	392.52
1	400–450	420	357.50	357.50
1	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
1	550–600	560	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	610	347.50	347.50
1	900–950	915	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	470	332.50–347.50	340.00
1	500–550	515	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	560	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	628	270.00–290.00	280.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	460	357.50	357.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	150.00–170.00	160.11
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	427	300.00–315.00	305.14
2	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	640	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	700	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	342.50	342.50
1	350–400	390	327.50	327.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	98.00	98.00
3	—	1,772	144.00–156.00	149.16
2	—	1,140	170.00–174.00	171.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	114.00	114.00
2	—	1,193	100.00–110.00	105.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	150.00–154.00	151.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	200.00	200.00

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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