Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-07-16

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 16
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
19 vs last sale 13 58 vs year ago 90 · 64.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 6 9 vs year ago 16 · 56.3%
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 { Hot } Quality Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $325.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 82.02 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.
Average price
$325.00
1 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+18.81
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510325.001,6581thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
493446398351median 407.0201/0703/1105/0606/0308/19
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $478.59, low $365.31, median $407.02 across 13 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
325.00
NC average8 barns · 196 hd
306.19
+18.81
This barn, trailing median13 sales
407.02
−82.02
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
BullsHigh1,055167.001,7621thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,295158.002,0461thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,112142.391,5835thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1400–450420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750705235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6571
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600595279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6601
BullsMedium 1650–700665225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4961
BullsMedium 1700–750720170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2241
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400350367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,2851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,055120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2661
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9891
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465346.09/cwt342.00–350.001,6092
CowsBoner 80-85%1,105140.99/cwt138.00–143.001,5583
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,295158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,0461
Bulls1,055167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,7621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,0111
HeifersMedium 1450–500493240.05/cwt230.00–250.001,1832
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650602263.33/cwt259.00–269.001,5853
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6581
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7751
BullsMedium 2800–850810145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1751
HeifersMedium 1500–550528232.51/cwt230.00–235.001,2282
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5851
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1891
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450446379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,6904
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,6101
Dairy HeifersMedium 2300–350305150.00/cwt150.00–150.004581
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0935

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.