Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

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 $327.78/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −79.24 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$327.78

4 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$30.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.56

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	335.37	1,861	3thin
Medium 1	520	305.00	1,586	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.37/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale4 hd

327.78

—

NC average9 barns · 265 hd

323.22

+4.56

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−79.24

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	1,298	186.91	2,426	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	758	142.87	1,083	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	890	124.00	1,104	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	425.47/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	262.26/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	328.55/cwt	316.00–342.00	1,889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	338.07/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	373.86/cwt	365.00–382.00	1,806	3
Steers	Medium 2	250–300	270	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	387.14/cwt	375.00–399.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	690	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,084	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	625	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	610	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	400–450	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	620	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	961	1
Bulls	—	—	1,298	186.91/cwt	180.00–197.00	2,426	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	890	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,104	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	758	142.87/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,083	2
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	350	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,797	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 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 36Last week 33Year ago 48

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 7Year ago 22

Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	365	402.00	402.00
1	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	533	330.00–347.00	338.07
1	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	663	250.00–275.00	262.26
1	700–750	745	295.00	295.00
1	900–950	925	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	369.00	369.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	415.00–435.00	425.47
2	400–450	430	375.00–399.00	387.14
3	450–500	483	365.00–382.00	373.86
1	500–550	515	349.00	349.00
2	550–600	575	316.00–342.00	328.55
1	600–650	625	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	660	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	610	272.00	272.00
1	650–700	690	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	620	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	199.00	199.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	180.00–197.00	186.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	124.00	124.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	758	140.00–145.00	142.87

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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