Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $327.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −80.02 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$327.00

2 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.87

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	327.00	1,848	2thin

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

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 sale2 hd

327.00

—

NC average9 barns · 221 hd

323.13

+3.87

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−80.02

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,510	172.50	2,605	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	158.00	2,406	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,053	121.49	1,280	3thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 and Large 1	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	6
Bulls	Medium 2	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	316.44/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,962	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	960	109.74/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,736	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,341	1
Bulls	—	—	1,540	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,541	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,798	1
Bulls	—	—	1,480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,664	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,471	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	405	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,342	4
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,355	3

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 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 33Last week 31Year ago 30

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 8Year ago 20

Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	408.00	408.00
2	350–400	398	389.00	389.00
7	400–450	437	375.00	375.00
6	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	565	327.00	327.00
3	600–650	620	310.00–329.00	316.44
1	800–850	825	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	402.00	402.00
1	500–550	515	337.00	337.00
1	750–800	780	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	100.00–120.00	109.74
1	—	1,240	145.00	145.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,535	161.00	161.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,480	180.00	180.00

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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