Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-05-28

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, May 28
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
71 vs last sale 93 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
10 vs last sale 12 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Rain } Quality Plain

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.15/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 71.42 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.
Average price
$314.15
2 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+20.62
vs NC average
18.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525314.151,6492thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
473427380334median 385.5712/1703/1104/2906/1008/19
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 sale2 hd
314.15
NC average8 barns · 196 hd
293.53
+20.62
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
−18.54
This barn, trailing median23 sales
385.57
−71.42
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,035137.501,4232thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium 1550–600570312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,7781
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600585335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9601
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800760250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9001
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530338.60/cwt335.00–342.001,7953
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5351
BullsMedium 2450–500465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,140145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6531
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,3381
HeifersMedium 1350–400360250.00/cwt250.00–250.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750710257.00/cwt245.00–269.001,8252
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200190365.00/cwt365.00–365.006941
BullsMedium 2550–600585232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3571
CowsBoner 80-85%930130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2091
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0952
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525314.15/cwt310.00–318.001,6492
SteersMedium 1450–500495220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1171
SteersMedium 1650–700685257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7601
SteersMedium 1600–650645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6131

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.