Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle 14.00 To 15.00 Higher Head Calves 825.00 11 Sheep Demand Real Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.10/cwt on 9 head, down $22.26 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −37.47 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$348.10

▼ 22.26 vs prior sale

9 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$593

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$113.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.56

vs NC average

−65.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	386.00	2,127	6thin
Medium 1	563	272.31	1,534	3thin

One grade step is worth $113.69/cwt here — about $593 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 sale9 hd

348.10

—

NC average9 barns · 320 hd

334.54

+13.56

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−65.38

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−37.47

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	1,535	175.54	2,695	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	149.52	2,108	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,052	128.30	1,350	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	735	74.00	544	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,330	$3,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	310.29/cwt	275.00–322.00	2,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,127	6
Heifers	Medium 1Full	550–600	560	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,906	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	462	354.14/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	397.43/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,880	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,438	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	500–550	510	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	427.50/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	475	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	410	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	465.62/cwt	465.00–466.00	2,230	8
Bulls	Medium 2	200–250	220	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	439.37/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,837	2
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	395	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,726	2
Bulls	Medium 1Full	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	544	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	149.52/cwt	149.00–150.00	2,108	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	156.82/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,670	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,022	125.64/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,284	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	739	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	175.54/cwt	174.00–177.00	2,695	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	3,475.00/head	3,475.00–3,475.00	3,475	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,410	3
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	342	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	469.05/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	416.02/cwt	412.00–422.00	2,180	7
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	300	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	436	424.88/cwt	412.00–428.00	1,852	6
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	565	318.47/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,799	2

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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 120Year ago 14

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 33Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 8Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle 14.00 To 15.00 Higher Head Calves 825.00 11 Sheep Demand Real Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	325	465.00	465.00
2	350–400	355	420.00–435.00	427.50
1	400–450	415	455.00	455.00
11	450–500	473	390.00–402.00	397.43
6	550–600	551	386.00	386.00
1	600–650	605	357.00	357.00
6	700–750	719	275.00–322.00	310.29
1	900–950	920	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
3	400–450	410	432.00	432.00
2	450–500	495	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	462	335.00–370.00	354.14
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	436	412.00–428.00	424.88
1	450–500	475	379.00	379.00
2	550–600	565	317.00–320.00	318.47
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	439.00	439.00
1	400–450	445	462.00	462.00
2	450–500	465	469.00	469.00
1	700–750	745	329.00	329.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	510	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	605.00	605.00
1	300–350	315	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	368	465.00–475.00	469.05
2	400–450	418	425.00–455.00	439.37
8	450–500	479	465.00–466.00	465.62
7	500–550	524	412.00–422.00	416.02
1	550–600	595	382.00	382.00
2	600–650	620	402.00	402.00
1	700–750	740	306.00	306.00
3	900–950	915	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	437.00	437.00
2	350–400	395	437.00	437.00
2	400–450	435	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	470	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	115.00	115.00
3	—	1,065	150.00–163.00	156.82
3	—	1,022	123.00–128.00	125.64
1	—	1,155	64.00	64.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	149.00–150.00	149.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	174.00–177.00	175.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	3,475.00	3,475.00

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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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

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