Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-06-04

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 4
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
6 vs last sale 22 28 vs year ago 56 · 50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 2 4 vs year ago 10 · 40.0%
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 (Hay Time } Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 62.24 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.
Average price
$323.33
6 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+27.53
vs NC average
14.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563323.331,8196thin
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 sale6 hd
323.33
NC average8 barns · 282 hd
295.81
+27.53
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−14.91
This barn, trailing median23 sales
385.57
−62.24
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,653138.572,2912thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,102109.991,2114thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1400–450435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
BullsMedium 1500–550500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
BullsMedium and Large 1150–200170355.00/cwt355.00–355.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435322.50/cwt320.00–325.001,4032
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400363343.70/cwt339.00–349.001,2484
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8392
CowsBoner 80-85%93574.97/cwt70.00–80.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295305.00/cwt305.00–305.009001
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600595305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8151
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8405
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415330.67/cwt322.00–345.001,3723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,653138.57/cwt137.00–140.002,2912
HeifersMedium 2150–200190250.00/cwt250.00–250.004751
HeifersMedium 1400–450420247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0371
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250215300.00/cwt300.00–300.006451
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7001
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625317.56/cwt310.00–325.001,9852
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,1291

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.