Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 17, 2025

This is an archived report. See the latest Wilkes Livestock Exchange report →

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $435.02/cwt ≈ $2,065/hd at 475 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	69	—	—

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–438	422	9	452.00–480.00	$467.10	$1,971	—
455–475	471	7	395.00–405.00	$402.89	$1,898	—
480 value added	480	5	480.00	$480.00	$2,304	—
620	620	4	352.00	$352.00	$2,182	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,400	—
485	485	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,722	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,333	—
375	375	3	360.00–399.00	$386.00	$1,448	-14.00
400–430	413	3	379.00–392.00	$386.50	$1,596	—
480–495	492	5	350.00–357.00	$355.63	$1,750	+23.63
500	500	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,725	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	300.00	$300.00	$975	—
410	410	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,332	—
505–525	520	4	259.00–285.00	$265.31	$1,380	-19.69
585	585	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,814	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	469.00	$469.00	$1,993	+67.00
490	490	4	420.00	$420.00	$2,058	+44.64
558–595	567	6	312.00–337.00	$325.64	$1,846	—
705	705	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,953	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,323	—
565	565	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,610	—
700	700	1	249.00	$249.00	$1,743	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,212	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	75-80%	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,149	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	1	174.00	$174.00	$2,558	—
1675	1675	1	190.00	$190.00	$3,182	—

↑ Back to top

Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,197	—
730	730	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,278	—

↑ Back to top

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.