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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 30

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

86 head

▼ 135 vs last sale 221▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

34 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 53▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle were mostly steady. Demand was good; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light due to inclement weather. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.24/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$100.24

34 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3

$44.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.20

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	104.87	547	23
Medium 2	383	96.26	369	5thin
Medium and Large 2	445	96.22	428	4thin
Small and Medium 3	555	70.00	389	1thin
Medium 3	305	60.00	183	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.87/cwt here — about $364 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

100.24

—

NC average8 barns · 1,224 hd

106.44

−6.20

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,294	69.71	902	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,418	49.17	697	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,193	44.69	533	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	740	28.25	209	2thin

Every lot

59 lots · USDA AMS · Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	294	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	315	92.98/cwt	92.00–94.00	293	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	394	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	362	119.68/cwt	116.00–125.00	433	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	130.68/cwt	126.00–138.00	501	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	535	1
Steers	—	Small 2	390	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	304	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	124.62/cwt	120.00–127.00	567	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	760	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	903	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	200	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	190	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	225	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	253	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	303	97.40/cwt	85.00–110.00	295	2
Heifers	—	Medium 3	305	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	183	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	328	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	355	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	334	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	111.69/cwt	107.00–115.00	466	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	108.92/cwt	104.00–114.00	515	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	96.96/cwt	92.00–100.00	461	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	110.34/cwt	108.00–113.00	561	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	543	87.00/cwt	86.00–88.00	472	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	555	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	389	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	96.58/cwt	93.00–100.00	553	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	663	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	624	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	690	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	744	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	518	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	428	107.29/cwt	100.00–114.00	459	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 3	430	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	340	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	493	1
Bulls	—	Small 2	440	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	352	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	127.52/cwt	122.00–132.00	589	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	571	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	122.01/cwt	121.00–123.00	620	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 3Full	510	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	224	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	537	106.58/cwt	99.00–112.00	572	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	555	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	622	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3Full	560	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	302	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	113.78/cwt	110.00–116.00	703	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	109.04/cwt	105.00–113.00	728	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Thin Fleshed	520	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	192	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,030	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	788	1
Bulls	—	—	1,065	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	575	1
Bulls	—	—	1,458	72.69/cwt	70.00–74.50	1,060	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	675	18.00/cwt	18.00–18.00	122	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	805	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	310	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,167	47.66/cwt	46.00–51.50	556	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	40.53/cwt	30.00–44.00	498	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	487	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,418	49.42/cwt	45.00–53.00	701	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	54.76/cwt	54.50–55.00	786	2

This sale against other markets

North Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Wed Oct 30, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 86Last week 221Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 53Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	95.00	95.00
1	—	315	104.00	104.00
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
1	—	750	92.00	92.00
1	—	855	87.00	87.00
2	—	473	104.00–114.00	108.92
2	—	573	93.00–100.00	96.58
2	—	660	94.50	94.50
3	—	417	107.00–115.00	111.69
3	—	608	109.00	109.00
6	—	508	108.00–113.00	110.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	94.00	94.00
3	—	475	92.00–100.00	96.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	112.50	112.50
2	—	303	85.00–110.00	97.40
2	—	543	86.00–88.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	92.00–94.00	92.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	120.00	120.00
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	126.00	126.00
1	—	623	122.00	122.00
1	—	740	122.00	122.00
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
3	—	383	126.00–138.00	130.68
3	—	455	120.00–127.00	124.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	116.00	116.00
3	—	362	116.00–125.00	119.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	37.00	37.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	100.00–114.00	107.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	85.00	85.00
2	—	418	124.00	124.00
2	—	508	121.00–123.00	122.01
2	—	668	105.00–113.00	109.04
3	—	462	122.00–132.00	127.52
4	—	618	110.00–116.00	113.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	112.00	112.00
1	—	480	119.00	119.00
1	—	555	112.00	112.00
3	—	537	99.00–112.00	106.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	76.50	76.50
1	—	1,065	54.00	54.00
3	—	1,458	70.00–74.50	72.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,229	30.00–44.00	40.53
7	—	1,167	46.00–51.50	47.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	35.00	35.00
2	—	1,435	54.50–55.00	54.76
12	—	1,418	45.00–53.00	49.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	18.00	18.00
1	—	805	38.50	38.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.