Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 1.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average Baby Calve 320.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $311.17/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −95.84 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$311.17

6 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1

$2.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.16

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	538	312.59	1,682	3thin
Medium and Large 1	554	309.75	1,715	3thin

One grade step is worth $2.84/cwt here — about −$33 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

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 sale6 hd

311.17

—

NC average9 barns · 206 hd

284.01

+27.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−95.84

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	—	Low	1,550	130.00	2,015	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,311	143.27	1,878	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,170	118.62	1,387	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	833	94.68	789	2thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,105	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,989	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	141.15/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,800	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,379	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	94.68/cwt	91.00–98.00	789	2
Bulls	—	—	1,550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,015	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	128.72/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	372.00/cwt	369.00–375.00	1,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	290.13/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,508	3
Bulls	Medium 2Full	350–400	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium 2	750–800	765	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	378	212.42/cwt	200.00–225.00	803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	180	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	380	279.36/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,062	2
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	765	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	540	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	505	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,389	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	550	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,126	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,077	96.25/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,037	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	115.01/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,420	4
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	395	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,284	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	538	312.59/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,682	3

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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 95Year ago 138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 39

Slaughter Cattle 1.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average Baby Calve 320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	180.00	180.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,275	140.00–145.00	141.15
1	—	1,525	156.00	156.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	91.00–98.00	94.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	125.00–132.00	128.72
3	—	1,077	90.00–100.00	96.25
4	—	1,235	110.00–120.00	115.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	330.00	330.00
2	250–300	275	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	370	369.00–375.00	372.00
1	450–500	470	347.00	347.00
1	500–550	525	349.00	349.00
2	550–600	568	280.00–300.00	290.13
1	700–750	700	214.00	214.00
1	750–800	760	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	395	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	538	300.00–319.00	312.59
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	310.00	310.00
2	350–400	390	357.00	357.00
3	450–500	450	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	560	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	600	232.00	232.00
1	650–700	650	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	200.00–225.00	212.42
1	500–550	540	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	269.00–290.00	279.36
1	400–450	425	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	505	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	550	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	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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