Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few comparable receipts for a price comparison this week. Moderate demand, Moderate buyer activity, Light Offerings, Average Quality

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $347.41/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −94.94 against this barn's trailing median of $442.35.

Average price

$347.41

8 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.48

vs NC average

−42.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	347.41	2,022	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.26, low $398.10, median $442.35 across 15 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 sale8 hd

347.41

—

NC average8 barns · 185 hd

359.89

−12.48

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−42.61

This barn, trailing median15 sales

442.35

−94.94

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,185	149.00	1,766	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,333	151.09	2,015	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	145.00	1,581	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	144.58	1,648	2thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	144.58/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	340.50/cwt	335.00–346.00	2,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	399.17/cwt	399.00–400.00	1,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,101	1
Bulls	—	—	1,185	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,766	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	155.64/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,171	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,581	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	331.33/cwt	300.00–347.00	1,905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	347.41/cwt	329.00–350.00	2,022	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,719	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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 26Year ago 43

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 17Year ago 29

Too few comparable receipts for a price comparison this week. Moderate demand, Moderate buyer activity, Light Offerings, Average Quality

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	140.00–149.00	144.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	152.00–159.00	155.64
1	—	1,210	142.00	142.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	149.00	149.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	455.00	455.00
8	550–600	582	329.00–350.00	347.41
2	600–650	605	335.00–346.00	340.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	399.00–400.00	399.17
3	400–450	442	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	382.00	382.00
3	550–600	575	300.00–347.00	331.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	337.00	337.00
1	750–800	770	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	955	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	387.00	387.00

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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