Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 4.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calves 675.00 To 690

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.55/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −120.02 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$265.55

6 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$54.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.11

vs NC average

−91.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	293.03	1,533	3thin
Medium 1	515	238.07	1,226	3thin

One grade step is worth $54.96/cwt here — about $306 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 sale6 hd

265.55

—

NC average10 barns · 413 hd

305.66

−40.11

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−91.34

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−120.02

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	1,543	158.33	2,444	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	148.50	2,132	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	134.11	1,513	7thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,973	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	115.24/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,452	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	150.00/cwt	146.00–156.00	2,142	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	146.71/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,589	2
Bulls	—	—	2,000	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	138.28/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	293.03/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,422	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	410.07/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	348.47/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	343.40/cwt	335.00–368.00	1,425	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	330.62/cwt	325.00–337.00	919	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	391.88/cwt	385.00–399.00	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	246.91/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium 2Full	300–350	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	515	238.07/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,226	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,102	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	457	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	623	239.59/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium 1Full	600–650	630	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,355	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	375	342.80/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,286	2
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	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 Nov 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 53Last week 38Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 20Year ago 26

Slaughter Cattle 4.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive Head Calves 675.00 To 690

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	150.00	150.00
1	—	2,000	175.00	175.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	110.00–120.00	115.24
2	—	1,083	145.00–149.00	146.71
3	—	1,070	135.00–140.00	138.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	146.00–156.00	150.00
1	—	1,460	144.00	144.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	325.00–337.00	330.62
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	360	345.00	345.00
5	400–450	415	335.00–368.00	343.40
4	450–500	474	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	523	285.00–297.00	293.03
2	600–650	633	239.00–255.00	246.91
1	650–700	670	229.00	229.00
1	900–950	930	187.00	187.00
1	950–1000	955	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	515	225.00–245.00	238.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	385.00–399.00	391.88
2	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	360	405.00–415.00	410.07
2	400–450	430	347.00–350.00	348.47
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	600	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	335.00–350.00	342.80
2	450–500	457	306.00	306.00
2	600–650	623	237.00–242.00	239.59
Bulls — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	425	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	593	332.00	332.00
1	650–700	695	322.00	322.00
1	850–900	880	252.00	252.00

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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