Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	199	270	54
Feeder cattle	167	243	47
Slaughter cattle	32	26	7
Replacement cattle	—	1	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	595.00	$595.00	$1,398	—
335	335	1	555.00	$555.00	$1,859	—
390	390	2	529.00	$529.00	$2,063	-41.00
405–422	418	8	500.00–532.00	$525.11	$2,195	-15.87
474	474	6	520.00	$520.00	$2,465	+12.50
550–585	566	7	440.00–459.00	$448.95	$2,541	-29.62
614–645	623	7	440.00–450.00	$442.96	$2,760	+4.26
660	660	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,772	-14.00
730	730	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,372	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	490.00	$490.00	$2,180	—
485	485	1	490.00	$490.00	$2,376	—
540	540	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,917	—
580	580	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,320	—
634	634	7	435.00	$435.00	$2,758	—
685	685	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,534	—
720	720	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,994	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	429.00	$429.00	$1,888	—
465	465	3	437.00–450.00	$445.67	$2,072	—
585	585	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,194	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,838	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	460.00	$460.00	$874	—
220–240	230	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,150	-10.00
275	275	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,361	+5.00
300	300	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,365	-77.99
350–390	368	3	450.00–475.00	$466.18	$1,716	-6.74
410–445	428	2	475.00–487.00	$480.75	$2,058	+12.78
455–470	462	3	475.00–477.00	$476.34	$2,201	+3.78
505–533	523	7	400.00–430.00	$412.58	$2,158	-28.54
556–565	558	4	382.00–390.00	$384.02	$2,143	-33.34
630	630	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,300	-14.00
658	658	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,138	-32.00
746	746	6	355.00	$355.00	$2,648	+35.00
850	850	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,998	-22.44

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	263	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,118	—
320	320	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,360	—
390	390	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,755	—
430–440	437	3	415.00–435.00	$425.08	$1,858	—
450–480	467	5	445.00–457.00	$451.40	$2,108	—
540	540	6	362.00	$362.00	$1,955	—
600	600	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,040	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,560	—
485	485	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,037	—
500–505	503	2	285.00–335.00	$309.88	$1,559	—
545	545	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,880	—
625	625	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,062	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	265.00	$265.00	$848	—
530	530	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,124	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260	258	2	570.00–600.00	$585.15	$1,510	—
310–345	328	2	540.00–550.00	$544.73	$1,787	-14.10
373–390	379	3	505.00–540.00	$527.98	$2,001	+30.36
405	405	1	505.00	$505.00	$2,045	-1.30
480–485	482	3	465.00–482.00	$471.31	$2,272	-26.72
530–545	535	3	442.00–447.00	$445.30	$2,382	-46.67
560–578	575	7	436.00–442.00	$436.83	$2,512	—
620	620	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,728	+26.00
665–695	673	4	372.00–379.00	$377.19	$2,538	-12.81

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	525.00	$525.00	$1,470	—
390	390	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,911	—
420–425	423	2	480.00	$480.00	$2,030	—
475–495	490	5	420.00–447.00	$432.92	$2,121	—
525	525	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,969	—
580–595	588	2	387.00–400.00	$393.42	$2,313	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,480	—
490	490	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,886	—
545	545	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,071	—
590	590	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,770	—
625	625	1	382.00	$382.00	$2,388	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	412.00	$412.00	$2,163	-35.06

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1145	1038	80-85%	4	174.00–215.00	$192.57	$1,999	—
990–1110	1050	80-85%	2	75.00–85.00	$79.71	$837	—
1020–1205	1098	80-85%	3	127.00–136.00	$132.09	$1,450	—
960–1380	1186	80-85%	9	143.00–169.00	$155.93	$1,849	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1435	1386	75-80%	4	165.00–175.00	$169.96	$2,356	—
1600–1685	1643	75-80%	2	160.00–162.00	$160.97	$2,645	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$636	—
770–845	808	85-90%	2	185.00–197.00	$191.28	$1,546	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,721	—
1215–1530	1373	2	185.00–198.00	$190.75	$2,619	—
1580–1730	1655	2	200.00–217.00	$208.89	$3,457	—

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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.