Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 6.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 7.00 To 12.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $357.52/cwt on 13 head, down $28.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −28.05 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$357.52

▼ 28.05 vs prior sale

13 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$374

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$41.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.25

vs NC average

−56.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	366.31	2,064	9thin
Medium and Large 2	552	342.00	1,887	3thin
Medium and Large 3	520	325.00	1,690	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.31/cwt here — about $374 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale13 hd

357.52

—

NC average9 barns · 327 hd

363.77

−6.25

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−56.26

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−28.05

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	1,677	200.24	3,357	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,383	164.54	2,275	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,080	154.60	1,670	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	875	128.63	1,125	3thin

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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	945	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$1,659	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	449.33/cwt	449.00–450.00	2,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	326.91/cwt	312.00–332.00	2,344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	325.47/cwt	316.00–335.00	2,516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	469.96/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,676	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	1,868	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	462.78/cwt	447.00–465.00	2,184	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,591	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,658.83/head	1,325.00–1,975.00	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	358.97/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,043	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	431.69/cwt	418.00–447.00	1,835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	460.84/cwt	455.00–467.00	2,226	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	448.04/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	432.37/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	447.49/cwt	435.00–459.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	155.14/cwt	148.00–161.00	2,205	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,481	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	167.06/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,955	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	149.83/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,585	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,125	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,216	1
Bulls	—	—	1,350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,295	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	575	287.17/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,651	2
Bulls	—	—	1,583	197.54/cwt	190.00–202.00	3,127	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	219.42/cwt	215.00–224.00	4,345	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	125.44/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,110	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,154	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	170.80/cwt	166.00–178.00	2,318	6
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	410	443.00/cwt	435.00–449.00	1,816	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	750	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	485	376.47/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,826	4
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	366	405.19/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,483	4
Bulls	Medium 2	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	479	424.54/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,034	4
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	615	375.14/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,307	3
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	720	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	532	399.38/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,125	5
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	397.34/cwt	380.00–414.00	2,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	338.00/cwt	329.00–347.00	1,927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	427.60/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,224	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	386.37/cwt	377.00–397.00	2,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	462.44/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,878	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	476.58/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	345.13/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,840	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	608	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	360.98/cwt	359.00–365.00	2,787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	359.27/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,314	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	276.02/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,290	7

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 Mar 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 202Last week 242Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 42Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 9Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 6.00 Lower Feeder Cattle 7.00 To 12.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Heavy Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	550.00	550.00
2	350–400	385	439.00	439.00
2	400–450	400	527.00	527.00
3	450–500	480	449.00–450.00	449.33
1	500–550	515	459.00	459.00
9	550–600	550	471.00	471.00
5	600–650	604	443.00	443.00
2	700–750	717	372.00	372.00
3	750–800	772	359.00–365.00	360.98
8	800–850	823	342.00–347.00	345.13
1	850–900	860	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	425.00–455.00	432.37
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	590	420.00	420.00
2	600–650	628	380.00–414.00	397.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	575	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	535.00	535.00
2	300–350	338	465.00–475.00	469.96
6	350–400	382	489.00	489.00
10	400–450	406	450.00–480.00	462.44
8	450–500	472	447.00–465.00	462.78
1	500–550	520	425.00	425.00
8	550–600	569	350.00–362.00	358.97
4	600–650	644	357.00–360.00	359.27
2	650–700	680	275.00–277.00	276.02
4	700–750	717	312.00–332.00	326.91
2	750–800	773	316.00–335.00	325.47
2	800–850	800	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	445.00	445.00
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
8	350–400	373	435.00–450.00	448.04
6	400–450	425	418.00–447.00	431.69
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	570	329.00–347.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	379.00	379.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	520.00	520.00
1	250–300	255	500.00	500.00
3	350–400	370	475.00–480.00	476.58
7	400–450	428	535.00	535.00
2	450–500	483	455.00–467.00	460.84
4	500–550	520	420.00–440.00	427.60
3	550–600	555	377.00–397.00	386.37
1	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	732	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	755	290.00	290.00
2	850–900	870	280.00	280.00
2	900–950	907	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	490.00	490.00
1	300–350	340	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	370	435.00–459.00	447.49
1	400–450	445	475.00	475.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	405.00	405.00
4	350–400	366	400.00–420.00	405.19
3	400–450	410	435.00–449.00	443.00
4	450–500	485	350.00–390.00	376.47
2	550–600	575	275.00–300.00	287.17
1	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	710	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	410.00–435.00	424.54
5	500–550	532	399.00–400.00	399.38
3	600–650	615	365.00–390.00	375.14
1	700–750	720	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	608	414.00	414.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	920	1,325.00–1,975.00	1,658.83
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,421	148.00–161.00	155.14
6	—	1,357	166.00–178.00	170.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,170	166.00–168.00	167.06
8	—	1,058	144.00–157.00	149.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	197.00	197.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	885	120.00–131.00	125.44
1	—	855	135.00	135.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,583	190.00–202.00	197.54
2	—	1,980	215.00–224.00	219.42

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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