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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 28

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Oct 19Oct 28latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

141 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 145▲ 109 vs year ago 32 · +340.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 30▲ 28 vs year ago 10 · +280.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $356.65/cwt on 25 head, up $33.74 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −27.63 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$356.65

▲ 33.74 vs prior sale

25 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$508

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2

$91.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.11

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	381.30	2,093	8thin
Medium 1	545	362.23	1,976	9thin
Medium 2	533	362.05	1,930	4thin
Small and Medium 2	548	289.41	1,585	4thin

One grade step is worth $91.89/cwt here — about $508 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

356.65

—

NC average9 barns · 294 hd

332.55

+24.11

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−27.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.84, low $322.91, median $384.28 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,675	152.39	2,553	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	750	200.00	1,500	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,479	126.98	1,877	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	105.10	1,262	25

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)	1,195	$1,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	2
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,460	1
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	400	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,340	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,960	2
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,090	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,771	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,181	2
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	635	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,127	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,327	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,196	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,040	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,486	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	777	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	317	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,236	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,515	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	384.15/cwt	380.00–391.00	1,387	8
Heifers	350–400	Small and Medium 2	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	370	367.09/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,358	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,600	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	433	375.04/cwt	369.00–377.00	1,624	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	520	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,144	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	325.20/cwt	318.00–332.00	1,704	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	286.02/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,782	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,178	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	248.66/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,798	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	920	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium 1	200	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	800	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium 2	250	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	875	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	1,386	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium 1	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	476.00/cwt	475.00–477.00	1,618	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium 2	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	478.44/cwt	470.00–487.00	1,689	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	370	457.30/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,692	2
Bulls	350–400	Small and Medium 2	375	345.20/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,295	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	378	402.12/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,520	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	433.94/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,775	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	410	354.39/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,453	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	446	406.01/cwt	400.00–408.00	1,811	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	458	389.92/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,786	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	463	427.03/cwt	425.00–429.00	1,977	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	395.09/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,058	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	525	372.77/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,957	5
Bulls	500–550	Small and Medium 2	528	328.82/cwt	315.00–342.00	1,736	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	533	362.05/cwt	355.00–369.00	1,930	4
Bulls	500–550	Small and Medium 2Full	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	571	349.06/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,993	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	367.51/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,121	4
Bulls	550–600	Small and Medium 2	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,069	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,139	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1	695	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,960	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,967	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,372	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,379	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,007	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium 2	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Dairy Steers	600–650	Medium 2	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,393	1
Bulls	—	—	1,688	156.09/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,635	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,121	91.75/cwt	55.00–100.00	1,029	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	107.22/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,293	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,507	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,314	121.37/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,595	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,187	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,511	124.83/cwt	118.00–134.00	1,886	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	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 Oct 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 145Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 30Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 5Year ago 0

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	370	450.00–465.00	457.30
7	400–450	446	400.00–408.00	406.01
2	450–500	463	425.00–429.00	427.03
5	500–550	525	370.00–375.00	372.77
4	550–600	571	340.00–352.00	349.06
2	650–700	695	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	378	385.00–425.00	402.12
2	400–450	410	330.00–380.00	354.39
2	450–500	458	385.00–395.00	389.92
4	500–550	533	355.00–369.00	362.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	460.00	460.00
1	250–300	275	504.00	504.00
4	300–350	340	475.00–477.00	476.00
2	350–400	353	470.00–487.00	478.44
4	400–450	409	430.00–445.00	433.94
1	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
4	500–550	521	382.00–400.00	395.09
4	550–600	577	360.00–370.00	367.51
2	600–650	605	342.00	342.00
1	650–700	690	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	705	279.00	279.00
3	750–800	765	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	865	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	965	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	330.00–360.00	345.20
2	500–550	528	315.00–342.00	328.82
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	400	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	635	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	400	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	478	410.00	410.00
4	500–550	511	409.00	409.00
2	550–600	550	322.00	322.00
2	600–650	625	349.00	349.00
2	750–800	758	307.00	307.00
1	900–950	915	240.00	240.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	370	360.00–375.00	367.09
4	400–450	433	369.00–377.00	375.04
1	500–550	535	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	520	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	370.00	370.00
1	250–300	295	440.00	440.00
2	300–350	330	459.00	459.00
8	350–400	361	380.00–391.00	384.15
1	400–450	405	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
7	500–550	524	318.00–332.00	325.20
2	550–600	555	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	623	282.00–290.00	286.02
1	650–700	650	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	723	242.00–255.00	248.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,314	115.00–126.00	121.37
8	—	1,121	55.00–100.00	91.75
12	—	1,206	100.00–114.00	107.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,420	154.00	154.00
7	—	1,511	118.00–134.00	124.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	152.00–160.00	156.09
1	—	1,650	145.00	145.00

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	—	1,195	1,550.00	1,550.00

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.