Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Very Hot } Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.01/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −79.56 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$306.01

4 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$68.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.34

vs NC average

−29.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	323.01	1,696	3thin
Medium 1	570	255.00	1,454	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.01/cwt here — about $242 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 sale4 hd

306.01

—

NC average9 barns · 180 hd

294.66

+11.34

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−29.90

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−79.56

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	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,076	121.88	1,311	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	323.01/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	323.72/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,515	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,023	95.21/cwt	90.00–100.00	974	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	148.55/cwt	142.00–154.00	1,676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,052	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	545	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,591	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 Jun 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21Last week 25Year ago 36

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 41

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Very Hot } Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	320.00–329.00	323.72
3	500–550	525	310.00–330.00	323.01
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	239.00	239.00
1	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	570	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	625	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	460	314.00	314.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	292.00	292.00
1	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	575	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,023	90.00–100.00	95.21
2	—	1,128	142.00–154.00	148.55

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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