Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	42	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	339.00	$339.00	$1,678	-26.14
610–620	613	4	347.00–355.00	$352.98	$2,164	—
770	770	1	279.00	$279.00	$2,148	—
820	820	2	289.00	$289.00	$2,370	—
890	890	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,536	—
920	920	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,622	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	377.00	$377.00	$1,433	-3.16
410–420	415	2	359.00–372.00	$365.42	$1,516	-34.58
470	470	1	316.00	$316.00	$1,485	-23.55
540	540	1	332.00	$332.00	$1,793	+5.81
555	555	1	322.00	$322.00	$1,787	+22.00
870	870	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,306	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,280	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,247	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	297.00	$297.00	$3,015	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,150	—
450–485	468	2	362.00–377.00	$369.78	$1,731	+10.78
545	545	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,935	—
650–690	670	2	270.00–275.00	$272.43	$1,825	-12.57
740	740	1	262.00	$262.00	$1,939	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,092	—
450	450	1	337.00	$337.00	$1,516	+23.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	165.00	$165.00	$462	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	80-85%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,254	—
1250	1250	80-85%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,562	+19.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340	1340	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,742	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2030	2030	1	170.00	$170.00	$3,451	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	3,100.00	$3,100.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,875.00	$3,875.00	—

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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.