Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 12.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $303.65/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −103.37 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$303.65

6 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$88.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.43

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	338.46	1,770	2thin
Medium 1	515	322.48	1,661	2thin
Medium 2	558	250.00	1,394	2thin

One grade step is worth $88.46/cwt here — about $376 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

13 sales

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 sale6 hd

303.65

—

NC average9 barns · 216 hd

308.08

−4.43

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−103.37

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,419	152.70	2,167	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	127.32	1,436	5thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	445	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	353.52/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,831	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	150.33/cwt	140.00–154.00	2,180	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	131.65/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,527	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	164.57/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,082	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	570	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	402.50/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,167	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	394.80/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	338.46/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,770	2
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	515	322.48/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	337.50/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,468	2
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	345.00/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	2

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 Jul 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26Last week 32Year ago 46

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 7Year ago 24

Slaughter Cattle 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 12.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	445	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	515	320.00–325.00	322.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	400.00–405.00	402.50
2	350–400	373	385.00–405.00	394.80
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	523	337.00–340.00	338.46
1	950–1000	990	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	595	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	340.00–350.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	387.00	387.00
2	500–550	518	350.00–357.00	353.52
1	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	335.00–340.00	337.50
2	550–600	555	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,450	140.00–154.00	150.33
2	—	1,265	162.00–167.00	164.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	125.00–138.00	131.65
1	—	1,000	110.00	110.00

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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