Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 5.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $352.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −41.32 against this barn's trailing median of $393.32.

Average price

$352.00

4 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.25

vs NC average

−25.23 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	352.00	2,182	4thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

8 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $433.48, low $356.40, median $393.32 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

352.00

—

NC average9 barns · 144 hd

337.75

+14.25

National average163 barns · 9,274 hd

377.23

−25.23

This barn, trailing median8 sales

393.32

−41.32

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	1,573	182.00	2,862	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	158.00	2,149	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,675	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,183	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,149	1
Bulls	—	—	1,470	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,558	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	700	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	1,993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	402.89/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,898	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	386.00/cwt	360.00–399.00	1,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	467.10/cwt	452.00–480.00	1,971	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	355.63/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,953	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	386.50/cwt	379.00–392.00	1,596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,182	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	325.64/cwt	312.00–337.00	1,846	6
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	520	265.31/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 32Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 10Year ago 19

Slaughter Cattle 5.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,470	174.00	174.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	158.00	158.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	700	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	469.00	469.00
4	450–500	490	420.00	420.00
6	550–600	567	312.00–337.00	325.64
1	700–750	705	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	422	452.00–480.00	467.10
7	450–500	471	395.00–405.00	402.89
4	600–650	620	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	485	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	375	360.00–399.00	386.00
3	400–450	413	379.00–392.00	386.50
5	450–500	492	350.00–357.00	355.63
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
4	500–550	520	259.00–285.00	265.31
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	730	175.00	175.00

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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