Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-09-10

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
3 vs last sale 29 17 vs year ago 49 · 34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
3 vs last sale 13 6 vs year ago 16 · 37.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 13.00 To 15.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 6.00 To 7.00 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 $331.58/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 75.44 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.
Average price
$331.58
4 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$17.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.68
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515345.001,7771thin
Medium 1515327.101,6853thin
One grade step is worth $17.90/cwt here — about $92 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
493446398351median 407.0201/0703/1105/0606/0308/19
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
331.58
NC average9 barns · 315 hd
335.25
−3.68
This barn, trailing median13 sales
407.02
−75.44
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,223175.362,1455thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,210157.501,9062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,010121.001,2222thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89098.008721thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00096.00/cwt96.00–96.009601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,215150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8231
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,205165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9881
CowsLean 85-90%89098.00/cwt98.00–98.008721
Bulls1,210183.90/cwt183.00–185.002,2252
Bulls1,232169.66/cwt164.00–175.002,0903
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9992
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5601
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1191
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7811
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500479375.36/cwt370.00–385.001,7984
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300268400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0722
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700685335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2951
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500490332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6272
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7771
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550540365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9713
HeifersMedium 1450–500450267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2021
SteersMedium 1500–550540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5661
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350300425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2751
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,7091
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950920194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,7851
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850805267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,1491
CowsBoner 80-85%1,020146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4891
BullsMedium 1600–650645306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9741
BullsMedium 1650–700660317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0921
BullsMedium 1750–800775260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0151
BullsMedium 1500–550515327.10/cwt320.00–332.001,6853
HeifersMedium 1500–550515285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4681

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.