Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	55	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	322.00	$322.00	$1,417	-5.00
450	450	1	304.00	$304.00	$1,368	+15.00
545	545	2	257.00	$257.00	$1,401	-37.50
550	550	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,485	—
650	650	1	262.00	$262.00	$1,703	—
730	730	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,694	—
795	795	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,146	—
860	860	1	249.00	$249.00	$2,141	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	299.00	$299.00	$1,166	+44.00
515	515	2	257.00–270.00	$263.50	$1,357	+13.50
550	550	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,144	-59.00
625	625	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,294	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	270.00	$270.00	$918	-11.93
370	370	1	322.00	$322.00	$1,191	+39.50
440	440	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,219	+12.00
515	515	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,519	+23.00
610	610	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,458	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	329.00	$329.00	$1,086	+2.00
430–445	438	2	300.00–320.00	$310.17	$1,359	—
475	475	1	287.00	$287.00	$1,363	—
515–545	530	2	287.00–299.00	$293.17	$1,554	—
560–590	570	3	230.00–272.00	$251.35	$1,433	-45.65
600–645	630	3	235.00–289.00	$257.26	$1,621	—
685	685	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,644	—
710–735	723	2	232.00–235.00	$233.47	$1,688	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,100	—
465–490	474	4	250.00–259.00	$254.71	$1,207	—
545	545	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,264	—
695	695	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,251	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	280.00	$280.00	$854	—
485	485	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,091	—
600	600	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,218	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1240	1107	80-85%	3	79.00–90.00	$84.71	$938	-34.85
1205–1240	1223	80-85%	2	100.00–103.00	$101.48	$1,241	—
1260	1260	80-85%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,575	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1480	1405	75-80%	2	145.00–150.00	$147.37	$2,071	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.