Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 7, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	62	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–375	370	2	440.00–445.00	$442.47	$1,637	+67.47
440	440	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,650	—
465–485	475	3	355.00–380.00	$365.14	$1,734	—
590	590	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,242	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,870	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,232	+36.59
370–395	383	2	375.00–385.00	$380.16	$1,456	+8.16
410	410	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,640	+15.19
455–490	467	3	335.00–342.00	$339.55	$1,586	-49.45
505–545	530	4	325.00–330.00	$326.19	$1,729	—
575	575	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,725	-14.00
640	640	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,856	—
665	665	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,161	—
755–790	773	2	239.00–240.00	$239.51	$1,851	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	359.00	$359.00	$1,418	+29.00
400–417	414	6	352.00–370.00	$367.10	$1,520	+20.10

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,381	—
505	505	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,262	—
665	665	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,829	—
775	775	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,434	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,346	-59.67
390	390	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,502	-27.24
400–405	402	3	425.00–435.00	$428.36	$1,722	—
495	495	1	359.00	$359.00	$1,777	-5.68
500	500	1	387.00	$387.00	$1,935	—
660	660	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,881	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,584	+21.00
455–490	473	2	300.00–327.00	$314.00	$1,485	—
515	515	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,596	-17.00
585	585	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,620	-2.87
705	705	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,009	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,278	—
400–430	415	2	375.00–380.00	$377.41	$1,566	—
530	530	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,722	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	279.00	$279.00	$1,451	—
630	630	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,071	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	80-85%	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,341	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,088	—

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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.