Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $301.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −105.77 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$301.25

4 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$77.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.63

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	327.50	1,777	2thin
Medium 1	585	300.00	1,755	1thin
Medium 2	580	250.00	1,450	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.50/cwt here — about $327 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

301.25

—

NC average8 barns · 200 hd

330.88

−29.63

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−105.77

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	—	High	1,070	180.00	1,926	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,067	144.03	1,537	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	136.17	1,913	2thin

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
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	290	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	507	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,734	2
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,081	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	156.52/cwt	151.00–167.00	1,687	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	940	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,683	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	136.17/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,913	2
Bulls	—	—	1,070	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,926	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	130.05/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	357.55/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	315.48/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,274	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	550–600	550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	369.73/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,552	1
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	645	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	585	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	675	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,937	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 Sep 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 39Year ago 101

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 13Year ago 16

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	585	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	423	365.00–375.00	369.73
1	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	570	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	620	300.00–332.00	315.48
1	800–850	805	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	507	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	359.00	359.00
1	400–450	415	342.00	342.00
2	450–500	452	392.00	392.00
2	500–550	515	355.00–360.00	357.55
1	800–850	830	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	314.00	314.00
2	550–600	585	369.00	369.00
1	800–850	815	279.00	279.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	115.00	115.00
4	—	1,078	151.00–167.00	156.52
4	—	1,120	127.00–132.00	130.05
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	179.00	179.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	130.00–142.00	136.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	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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