Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 20, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	41	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	240.00	$240.00	$648	—
620	620	1	155.00	$155.00	$961	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,244	—

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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	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,138	-72.00
365	365	1	402.00	$402.00	$1,467	—
420	420	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,764	—
520–545	533	3	330.00–347.00	$338.07	$1,802	+1.07
555	555	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,942	—
650–675	663	2	250.00–275.00	$262.26	$1,739	—
745	745	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,198	—
925	925	1	252.00	$252.00	$2,331	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	369.00	$369.00	$1,616	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	373	2	415.00–435.00	$425.47	$1,587	+36.47
425–435	430	2	375.00–399.00	$387.14	$1,665	+12.14
470–495	483	3	365.00–382.00	$373.86	$1,806	-6.14
515	515	1	349.00	$349.00	$1,797	—
555–595	575	2	316.00–342.00	$328.55	$1,889	+1.55
625	625	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,969	-1.44
660	660	1	307.00	$307.00	$2,026	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,155	—
495	495	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,485	—
520	520	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,586	—
610	610	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,659	—
690	690	1	302.00	$302.00	$2,084	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,008	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–870	758	85-90%	2	140.00–145.00	$142.87	$1,083	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	80-85%	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,104	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1540	1298	2	180.00–197.00	$186.91	$2,426	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,182	—

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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.