Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 4.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Rain } Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $277.51/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −108.06 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$277.51

4 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$84.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.69

vs NC average

−97.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	313.02	1,596	2thin
Medium 1	540	255.00	1,377	1thin
Medium 2	525	229.00	1,202	1thin

One grade step is worth $84.02/cwt here — about $394 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

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 sale4 hd

277.51

—

NC average9 barns · 288 hd

302.20

−24.69

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−97.38

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−108.06

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	1,582	173.59	2,745	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	745	145.00	1,080	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	140.00	1,911	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,198	114.20	1,368	4thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 and Large 1	750–800	760	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	313.02/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,048	3
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	560	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	995	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	995	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,080	1
Bulls	—	—	1,165	162.67/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,895	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	133.90/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,838	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,911	1
Bulls	—	—	1,998	184.51/cwt	184.00–185.00	3,687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,065	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,847	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	296.65/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	345.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,553	3
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	420	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	890	1
Heifers	Medium 2	100–150	140	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	168	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	525	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32Last week 76Year ago 89

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 13Year ago 23

Slaughter Cattle 2.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 4.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light { Rain } Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	322.00	322.00
4	500–550	509	287.00–300.00	296.65
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	620	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	680	248.00	248.00
1	750–800	760	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	300	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	510	312.00–314.00	313.02
1	600–650	600	289.00	289.00
1	650–700	655	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	212.00	212.00
1	500–550	540	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	140	120.00	120.00
1	500–550	525	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	335.00–350.00	345.00
3	650–700	650	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,050	89.00	89.00
2	—	1,373	128.00–140.00	133.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	145.00	145.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	140.00	140.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	160.00–165.00	162.67
2	—	1,998	184.00–185.00	184.51

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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