Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 26, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	91	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	5	410.00	$410.00	$1,156	—
355	355	1	389.00	$389.00	$1,381	-31.00
430	430	3	372.00	$372.00	$1,600	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	150.00	$150.00	$518	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,276	+10.00
350	350	4	360.00–370.00	$367.50	$1,286	+7.50
400–420	412	3	275.00–285.00	$278.36	$1,147	-26.78
450–495	476	4	282.00–300.00	$294.24	$1,401	-25.76
535–540	538	2	260.00–277.00	$268.54	$1,445	-1.46
577–595	580	6	270.00–277.00	$275.80	$1,600	—
605	605	1	249.00	$249.00	$1,506	-6.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	235.00	$235.00	$705	—
385	385	2	320.00–325.00	$322.50	$1,242	—
445	445	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,112	—
570	570	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,454	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,069	—
505	505	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,162	—
615	615	1	150.00	$150.00	$922	—
630	630	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,166	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–370	363	2	349.00–352.00	$350.53	$1,272	+23.03

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,323	+25.00
400–415	408	4	367.00–375.00	$370.93	$1,513	+13.43
455–465	461	4	320.00–339.00	$332.55	$1,533	-44.95
500	500	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,625	—
555–585	569	5	282.00–297.00	$288.67	$1,643	-68.83
625	625	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,731	-70.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	285.00	$285.00	$969	—
385	385	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,097	—
410–445	421	5	292.00–305.00	$295.23	$1,243	-24.77
460–490	475	2	290.00–310.00	$299.68	$1,423	-40.32
535	535	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,471	-25.00
550	550	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,540	-5.00
660	660	1	262.00	$262.00	$1,729	—
700	700	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,540	—
765	765	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,721	—
985	985	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,862	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,279	—
570	570	2	235.00–250.00	$242.50	$1,382	—
680	680	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,598	+85.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,068	—
415–430	423	2	342.00–350.00	$346.07	$1,464	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	75-80%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,445	—
1430–1740	1625	75-80%	3	145.50–147.00	$146.11	$2,374	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,210	—
1090–1095	1093	80-85%	2	85.00	$85.00	$929	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$525	—
815	815	85-90%	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,280	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	-30.11

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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.