Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 12.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive 1 Hog

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.15/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −73.43 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$312.15

9 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$52.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.45

vs NC average

−22.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	330.77	1,772	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	320.00	1,792	1thin
Medium 1	559	278.49	1,556	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.28/cwt here — about $216 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

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 sale9 hd

312.15

—

NC average9 barns · 320 hd

302.69

+9.45

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−22.11

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−73.43

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	675	140.00	945	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,361	138.77	1,888	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	131.80	1,570	4thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,554	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	143.06/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,817	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	955	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	936	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,910	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	143.28/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,953	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	291.33/cwt	289.00–295.00	1,996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,528	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	350–400	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	450–500	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	386.33/cwt	385.00–387.00	1,429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	371.03/cwt	365.00–377.00	1,699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	342.45/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	393.44/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	293.46/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	334.95/cwt	327.00–339.00	1,852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	283.65/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	324.50/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	365	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	578	267.73/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	309.51/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	310.41/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,900	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	335	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	645	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,774	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	522	285.42/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,490	3
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	540	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium 2	900–950	930	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium 2	300–350	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	363	322.34/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,170	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	425	342.84/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,457	3
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	328	312.56/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	419	331.07/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,387	5

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 May 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 31Year ago 75

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 5Year ago 15

Slaughter cattle 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 12.00 Higher Demand Very Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive 1 Hog

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,415	135.00	135.00
5	—	1,363	138.00–148.00	143.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,270	140.00–147.00	143.06
1	—	955	98.00	98.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	375.00–405.00	393.44
3	350–400	370	385.00–387.00	386.33
1	400–450	410	404.00	404.00
2	450–500	458	365.00–377.00	371.03
1	500–550	535	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	567	300.00–327.00	309.51
5	600–650	612	300.00–332.00	310.41
5	650–700	685	289.00–295.00	291.33
1	700–750	740	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	340.00–345.00	342.45
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	380	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	405	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	540	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	930	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	310.00–315.00	312.56
2	350–400	363	300.00–345.00	322.34
3	400–450	425	325.00–355.00	342.84
1	450–500	495	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	522	265.00–295.00	285.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	382	350.00	350.00
8	400–450	400	382.00	382.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	510	322.00–327.00	324.50
3	550–600	553	327.00–339.00	334.95
2	600–650	618	290.00–297.00	293.46
3	650–700	662	282.00–287.00	283.65
1	700–750	740	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	120.00	120.00
1	450–500	495	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	365	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	419	315.00–347.00	331.07
1	450–500	470	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	578	250.00–285.00	267.73
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	418.00	418.00
3	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	240.00	240.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	125.00	125.00

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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