Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-07-09

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 9
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
13 head
8 vs last sale 21 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
2 vs last sale 4 6 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

No Sale Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {Hot } Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 106.57 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.
Average price
$279.00
1 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
11.89
vs NC average
62.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555279.001,5481thin
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 sale1 hd
279.00
NC average6 barns · 136 hd
290.89
−11.89
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−62.53
This barn, trailing median23 sales
385.57
−106.57
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
BullsHigh1,258170.002,1392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,143124.971,4284thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8451
Bulls1,258170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1392
CowsBoner 80-85%1,145145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6601
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3651
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000955327.00/cwt327.00–327.003,1232
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950935207.50/cwt200.00–210.001,9404
CowsBoner 80-85%1,098102.44/cwt100.00–105.001,1252
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5481
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4491
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,1461
HeifersMedium 1700–750710245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7401
HeifersMedium 1600–650625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5941

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.