Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-06-18

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 18
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
3 vs last sale 28 10 vs year ago 15 · +66.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 6 15 vs year ago 18 · 83.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 135.57 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.
Average price
$250.00
2 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
51.84
vs NC average
84.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525250.001,3132thin
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
250.00
NC average9 barns · 288 hd
301.84
−51.84
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−84.11
This barn, trailing median23 sales
385.57
−135.57
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%High1,645152.002,5001thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,048144.001,5082thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1881
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0781
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700650266.67/cwt260.00–270.001,7333
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3603
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560287.57/cwt280.00–295.001,6102
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450433321.02/cwt320.00–322.001,3906
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,645152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,5001
CowsBoner 80-85%935150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4031
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6011
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3132
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5211
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235330.00/cwt330.00–330.007762
HeifersMedium 1400–450420295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2392
BullsMedium 1550–600575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
BullsMedium 1350–400375275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0311

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.