Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −83.07 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$302.50

2 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.34

vs NC average

−66.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	315.00	1,701	1thin
Medium 1	575	290.00	1,668	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $34 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

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.97, low $348.08, median $385.57 across 23 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

302.50

—

NC average9 barns · 349 hd

336.84

−34.34

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−66.41

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−83.07

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	1,425	176.50	2,515	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	155.00	2,310	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,187	142.12	1,686	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	890	110.00	979	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,200	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,256	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,206	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,310	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	979	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,723	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	136.15/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	367.27/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,212	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	404.03/cwt	400.00–408.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	445	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	443	197.77/cwt	150.00–245.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium 1	100–150	138	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	396.28/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	352.80/cwt	352.00–357.00	1,648	6
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	162.14/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,140	2
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	283	400.46/cwt	399.00–402.00	1,133	2
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	333	322.56/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,074	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	485	376.00/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,824	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	410	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 51Last week 129Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 19Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	188.00	188.00
1	—	1,650	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,158	135.00–139.00	136.15
2	—	1,320	158.00–166.00	162.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	155.00	155.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	110.00	110.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	430.00	430.00
1	250–300	255	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	313	400.00–408.00	404.03
1	450–500	470	427.00	427.00
1	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	406.00	406.00
2	300–350	330	360.00–375.00	367.27
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	399.00–402.00	400.46
2	300–350	333	320.00–325.00	322.56
1	400–450	410	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	485	362.00–390.00	376.00
1	600–650	620	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	350	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	411	390.00–400.00	396.28
6	450–500	467	352.00–357.00	352.80
1	500–550	540	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	618	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	650	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	138	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	445	347.00	347.00
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	575	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	437.00	437.00
1	400–450	400	311.00	311.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	150.00–245.00	197.77
1	600–650	625	125.00	125.00

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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