Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	57	—	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,147	—
375	375	1	392.00	$392.00	$1,470	+50.00
402–420	415	6	345.00–365.00	$358.40	$1,487	+23.52
505	505	5	377.00	$377.00	$1,904	—
550	550	4	367.00	$367.00	$2,018	—
600	600	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,070	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	320.00	$320.00	$816	—
525	525	2	245.00–270.00	$257.50	$1,352	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–375	368	3	340.00–350.00	$346.61	$1,276	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	337.00	$337.00	$1,685	—
585	585	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,872	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	425.00	$425.00	$978	—
430	430	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,634	+1.47
450–452	451	4	385.00–395.00	$390.01	$1,759	—
555	555	1	399.00	$399.00	$2,214	+83.00
640	640	2	359.00	$359.00	$2,298	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	332.00	$332.00	$1,278	—
555	555	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,399	—
750	750	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,740	—
985	985	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,576	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1845	1440	75-80%	3	130.00–135.00	$133.40	$1,921	-12.68
1225–1835	1529	75-80%	5	140.00–150.00	$144.57	$2,210	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	80-85%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,086	—
945–985	965	80-85%	2	125.00–135.00	$129.90	$1,254	+64.33
995–1080	1038	80-85%	2	137.00–142.00	$139.60	$1,449	—
1080	1080	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$972	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	85-90%	1	102.00	$102.00	$709	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1845	1845	1	167.00	$167.00	$3,081	—
1880	1880	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,632	—

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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.