Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Very 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 $301.69/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −105.33 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$301.69

4 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$24.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.60

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	320.00	1,792	1thin
Medium 1	565	295.58	1,670	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.42/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale4 hd

301.69

—

NC average9 barns · 303 hd

319.29

−17.60

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−105.33

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	1,990	160.00	3,184	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	136.47	1,897	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,097	125.39	1,375	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	790	123.00	972	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	332.64/cwt	325.00–340.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	348.41/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	412.24/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,642	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	344	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	200–250	215	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	449.67/cwt	444.00–455.00	1,461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	384.81/cwt	380.00–386.00	1,612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	364.68/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,714	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	350–400	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	343	337.63/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,158	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	575	279.87/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	435	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,509	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	345	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	405	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	545	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	635	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,899	1
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Bulls	—	—	1,990	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,184	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	117.59/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,229	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,692	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	136.47/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,897	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	285	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,806	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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 47Last week 54Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 28Year ago 10

No Reporter Last Week Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	325.00	325.00
2	250–300	260	325.00–340.00	332.64
2	300–350	320	347.00–350.00	348.41
1	350–400	380	372.00	372.00
5	400–450	419	380.00–386.00	384.81
4	450–500	478	389.00	389.00
1	550–600	575	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	435	347.00	347.00
1	450–500	460	357.00	357.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	325	444.00–455.00	449.67
2	350–400	358	400.00–425.00	412.24
2	450–500	470	355.00–375.00	364.68
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	320.00–355.00	337.63
2	400–450	420	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	340.00	340.00
1	300–350	345	414.00	414.00
1	350–400	375	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	405	339.00	339.00
1	500–550	545	327.00	327.00
2	550–600	575	275.00–285.00	279.87
1	600–650	635	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	545	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	150.00	150.00
1	350–400	355	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,990	160.00	160.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	116.00–119.00	117.59
1	—	1,200	141.00	141.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	135.00–138.00	136.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	123.00	123.00

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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