Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 6.00 Higher Feeder cattle 7.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Head calves 575.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $280.84/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −126.18 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$280.84

10 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$52.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.09

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	294.73	1,643	6thin
Medium 1	543	277.50	1,505	2thin
Medium 2	570	242.50	1,382	2thin

One grade step is worth $52.23/cwt here — about $261 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd

280.84

—

NC average9 barns · 297 hd

301.92

−21.09

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−126.18

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	1,499	141.83	2,126	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	783	113.50	888	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,089	94.00	1,023	3thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 and Large 1	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium 1	750–800	765	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium 1	950–1000	985	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	340	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	385	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,242	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,156	5
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,381	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	350.53/cwt	349.00–352.00	1,272	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	375	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	367.50/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,286	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	294.24/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,401	4
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	268.54/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	300	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	630	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	278.36/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,147	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	750	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	525	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,280	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	146.11/cwt	145.50–147.00	2,374	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,120	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,445	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	929	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	288.67/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,643	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	332.55/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	370.93/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,731	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	570	242.50/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,382	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	421	295.23/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,243	5
Bulls	Medium 2	650–700	680	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	346.07/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	275.80/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,600	6
Heifers	Medium 2Full	600–650	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	475	299.68/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	660	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,729	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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 38Year ago 18

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 12Year ago 11

Slaughter cattle 6.00 Higher Feeder cattle 7.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Head calves 575.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	408	367.00–375.00	370.93
4	450–500	461	320.00–339.00	332.55
1	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
5	550–600	569	282.00–297.00	288.67
1	600–650	625	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	385	285.00	285.00
5	400–450	421	292.00–305.00	295.23
2	450–500	475	290.00–310.00	299.68
1	500–550	535	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	660	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	765	225.00	225.00
1	950–1000	985	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	570	235.00–250.00	242.50
1	650–700	680	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	423	342.00–350.00	346.07
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	235.00	235.00
2	350–400	385	320.00–325.00	322.50
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	570	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	349.00–352.00	350.53
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	505	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	630	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
4	350–400	350	360.00–370.00	367.50
3	400–450	412	275.00–285.00	278.36
4	450–500	476	282.00–300.00	294.24
2	500–550	538	260.00–277.00	268.54
6	550–600	580	270.00–277.00	275.80
1	600–650	605	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	355	389.00	389.00
3	400–450	430	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	70.00	70.00
1	—	815	157.00	157.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,625	145.50–147.00	146.11
1	—	1,120	129.00	129.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,080	112.00	112.00

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