Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 10, 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 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,566	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,119	+6.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,560	—
485–495	490	2	332.00	$332.00	$1,627	—
540	540	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,971	+7.45
625	625	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,781	—
805	805	1	267.00	$267.00	$2,149	+48.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	267.00	$267.00	$1,202	-53.00
515	515	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,468	-57.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,072	—
300	300	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,275	—
385	385	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,540	—
425	425	1	402.00	$402.00	$1,708	+32.27
455–495	479	4	370.00–385.00	$375.36	$1,798	—
515	515	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,777	+25.00
610–620	615	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,999	+9.52
685	685	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,295	—
920	920	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,785	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–525	515	3	320.00–332.00	$327.10	$1,685	—
645	645	1	306.00	$306.00	$1,974	—
660	660	1	317.00	$317.00	$2,092	+30.00
775	775	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,015	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	80-85%	1	96.00	$96.00	$960	—
1020	1020	80-85%	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,489	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	75-80%	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,988	—
1215	1215	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,822	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	85-90%	1	98.00	$98.00	$872	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1335	1210	2	183.00–185.00	$183.90	$2,225	—
1155–1370	1232	3	164.00–175.00	$169.66	$2,090	—

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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.