Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 9.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $308.46/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −98.56 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$308.46

6 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$441

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$81.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.32

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	336.00	1,831	2thin
Medium 1	539	307.91	1,659	3thin
Medium 2	545	255.00	1,390	1thin

One grade step is worth $81.00/cwt here — about $441 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

308.46

—

NC average9 barns · 262 hd

315.78

−7.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−98.56

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	—	High	1,470	160.00	2,352	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,471	146.00	2,147	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,066	127.63	1,361	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	798	108.27	864	4thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	300–350	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	533	319.37/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,702	2
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	355	354.00/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,257	3
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	450	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium 1	950–1000	980	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	341.62/cwt	335.00–349.00	1,428	4
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	335	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,433	5
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	595	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	329.89/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	453	322.57/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	423	324.25/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,372	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,717	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	450–500	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	550	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	2
Bulls	—	—	1,470	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,352	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	133.08/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,167	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	147.62/cwt	140.00–153.00	2,142	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	128.53/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,019	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	803	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	707	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	141.84/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,553	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	980	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	833	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 Apr 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 34Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 8Year ago 24

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Higher Feeder cattle 9.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	432	379.00	379.00
3	450–500	450	379.00	379.00
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	550	322.00	322.00
1	750–800	795	216.00	216.00
1	950–1000	950	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	350.00–362.00	354.00
1	450–500	450	352.00	352.00
2	500–550	533	314.00–325.00	319.37
1	550–600	550	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	980	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	310.00–335.00	322.57
1	500–550	545	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	370.00	370.00
4	450–500	450	321.00	321.00
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	995	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	275.00	275.00
5	350–400	380	377.00	377.00
4	400–450	418	335.00–349.00	341.62
2	450–500	465	325.00–335.00	329.89
1	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	630	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	840	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	520	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	320.00–328.00	324.25
1	550–600	595	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	160.00	160.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	130.00–136.00	133.08
16	—	1,451	140.00–153.00	147.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	127.00–130.00	128.53
2	—	803	86.00–90.00	88.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	140.00–145.00	141.84
1	—	980	85.00	85.00

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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