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    <headerData>
        <submissionType>144</submissionType>
        <filerInfo>
            <filer>
                <filerCredentials>
                    <cik>0001856542</cik>
                    <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
                </filerCredentials>
            </filer>
            <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



        </filerInfo>
    </headerData>
    <formData>
        <issuerInfo>
            <issuerCik>0001447362</issuerCik>
            <issuerName>CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC</issuerName>
            <secFileNumber>001-38984</secFileNumber>
            <issuerAddress>
                <ns2:street1>505 S. Friendswood Drive, Suite 401</ns2:street1>
                <ns2:city>Friendstown</ns2:city>
                <ns2:stateOrCountry>TX</ns2:stateOrCountry>
                <ns2:zipCode>77546</ns2:zipCode>
            </issuerAddress>
            <issuerContactPhone>8667889007</issuerContactPhone>
            <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>TOBIN JUVENAL</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
            <relationshipsToIssuer>
                <relationshipToIssuer>Officer</relationshipToIssuer>
            </relationshipsToIssuer>
        </issuerInfo>
        <securitiesInformation>
            <securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
            <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
                <name>Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services</name>
                <address>
                    <ns2:street1>1 New York Plaza</ns2:street1>
                    <ns2:street2>8th Floor</ns2:street2>
                    <ns2:city>New York</ns2:city>
                    <ns2:stateOrCountry>NY</ns2:stateOrCountry>
                    <ns2:zipCode>10004</ns2:zipCode>
                </address>
            </brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
            <noOfUnitsSold>5393</noOfUnitsSold>
            <aggregateMarketValue>187352.82</aggregateMarketValue>
            <noOfUnitsOutstanding>29188659</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
            <approxSaleDate>11/11/2025</approxSaleDate>
            <securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
        </securitiesInformation>
        <securitiesToBeSold>
            <securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
            <acquiredDate>11/11/2025</acquiredDate>
            <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Exercise of Stock Options</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
            <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
            <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
            <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>5393</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
            <paymentDate>11/11/2025</paymentDate>
            <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
        </securitiesToBeSold>
        <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
        <remarks>The securities to be sold were and will be received upon the exercise of stock options over the next three months. The dates of acquisition and payment were and will be the dates of exercise/sale.

Sales that were executed on November 11, 2025 are being reported on this Form 144 filed on November 12, 2025 given the EDGAR system was not accepting filings on November 11, 2025 in observance of the federal holiday.</remarks>
        <noticeSignature>
            <noticeDate>11/11/2025</noticeDate>
            <planAdoptionDates>
                <planAdoptionDate>09/11/2024</planAdoptionDate>
            </planAdoptionDates>
            <signature>/s/ Tobin Juvenal</signature>
        </noticeSignature>
    </formData>
</edgarSubmission>
