Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2025-12-10

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Dec 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
40 vs last sale 56 5 vs year ago 21 · 23.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
1 vs last sale 20 10 vs year ago 11 · +90.9%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 3.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $322.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 84.35 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.
Average price
$322.67
3 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.11
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542322.671,7483thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
493446398351median 407.0201/0703/1105/0606/0308/19
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 sale3 hd
322.67
NC average9 barns · 151 hd
314.56
+8.11
This barn, trailing median13 sales
407.02
−84.35
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,918167.503,2122thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,485143.862,1365thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,161112.651,30714

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450408378.53/cwt377.00–380.001,5442
BullsMedium 1400–450445340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5131
BullsMedium 1600–650640214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3701
BullsMedium 2700–750705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4101
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600550316.00/cwt310.00–322.001,7382
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,7641
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400350342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,1971
HeifersMedium 1350–400375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1251
HeifersMedium 1400–450405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2151
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405334.88/cwt325.00–345.001,3562
SteersMedium 1500–550500249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,2451
Dairy SteersMedium 2600–650610170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0371
Dairy SteersMedium 2650–700660180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258129.22/cwt124.00–132.001,6265
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150144.36/cwt142.00–146.001,6603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,207100.39/cwt100.00–101.001,2123
Bulls1,625155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5191
Bulls2,210180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,9781
CowsBoner 80-85%96265.57/cwt60.00–76.006313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,645135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,2211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445146.08/cwt145.00–148.002,1114

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.