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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 6

● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Oct 30Nov 6Nov 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

219 head

▲ 133 vs last sale 86▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

95 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 34▲ 95 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

*Correction to feeder cattle records with removal of high weight feeder calf.*

Slaughter cattle 3.00 higher Feeder cattle 6.00 to 10.00 higher Demand good Activity moderate Offering moderate Quality 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 $100.23/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$100.23

104 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$72.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.11

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	492	112.70	554	46
Medium and Large 2	451	104.31	471	29
Medium 2	406	94.76	384	12thin
Small and Medium 2	265	80.00	212	1thin
Medium 3	418	72.75	304	9thin
Small and Medium 3	403	62.00	250	2thin
Small 3	331	44.75	148	4thin
Large 3	635	40.00	254	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.70/cwt here — about $300 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 sale104 hd

100.23

—

NC average8 barns · 1,326 hd

106.34

−6.11

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	—	Average	1,502	73.74	1,108	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	52.16	740	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	46.47	546	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	818	36.15	296	16

Every lot

104 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	135	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	142	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	190	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	171	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	215	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	249	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	273	97.51/cwt	92.00–100.00	266	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	341	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	143.20/cwt	142.00–146.00	397	3
Steers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	295	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	230	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	474	1
Steers	—	Medium 3-4	305	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	329	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	145.91/cwt	142.00–148.00	460	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	132.98/cwt	132.00–134.00	430	2
Steers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	340	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	306	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	345	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	421	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	345	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	366	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	144.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	549	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	128.82/cwt	125.00–132.00	491	5
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	385	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	400	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	386	104.11/cwt	98.00–106.00	402	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	473	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	602	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	633	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	111.60/cwt	110.00–115.00	705	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	170	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	150	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	210	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	218	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	215	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	198	1
Heifers	—	Small 3	230	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	115	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2	265	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	212	1
Heifers	—	Small 3Full	265	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	111	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	122.33/cwt	118.00–126.00	334	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	273	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	273	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	281	111.06/cwt	108.00–112.00	312	4
Heifers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	305	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	116	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	307	73.26/cwt	70.00–80.00	225	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	329	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	114.71/cwt	110.00–119.00	367	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	320	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	240	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	327	98.10/cwt	94.00–100.00	321	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	426	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	370	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	318	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	373	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	485	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	105.93/cwt	102.00–109.00	399	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	406	111.95/cwt	108.00–113.00	455	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	119.07/cwt	115.00–126.00	505	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2	475	95.34/cwt	95.00–96.00	453	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	480	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	192	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	117.65/cwt	112.00–122.00	567	10
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	485	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	238	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	493	107.58/cwt	105.00–108.00	530	7
Heifers	—	Small 3Thin Fleshed	525	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	257	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	97.11/cwt	90.00–101.00	517	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	98.69/cwt	97.00–101.00	566	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	528	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	582	89.58/cwt	85.00–94.00	521	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3Full	585	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	392	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	590	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	472	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	605	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	424	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	586	1
Heifers	—	Large 3Thin Fleshed	635	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	254	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	89.44/cwt	86.00–92.00	594	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	105.48/cwt	104.00–107.00	726	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	95.01/cwt	90.00–99.00	684	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	86.04/cwt	80.00–90.00	674	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 3	417	103.37/cwt	100.00–108.00	431	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	126.77/cwt	124.00–128.00	532	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	435	112.45/cwt	111.00–117.00	489	4
Bulls	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	440	80.11/cwt	70.00–90.00	352	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	141.55/cwt	137.00–148.00	654	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	470	118.48/cwt	116.00–122.00	557	4
Bulls	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	470	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	291	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	126.53/cwt	124.00–129.00	607	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	490	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	519	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	515	76.00/cwt	70.00–82.00	391	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	522	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	522	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	124.46/cwt	123.00–126.00	653	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	541	119.60/cwt	112.00–122.00	647	4
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	545	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	610	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	127.67/cwt	127.00–128.00	711	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	558	114.45/cwt	111.00–118.00	639	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	121.75/cwt	119.00–126.00	749	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	644	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	702	5
Bulls	—	Medium 3	650	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	520	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	655	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	262	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	720	88.99/cwt	88.00–90.00	641	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	179	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	270	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	140	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	375	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	150	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	500	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	220	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	640	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	365	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,345	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	888	1
Bulls	—	—	1,499	74.03/cwt	69.00–78.00	1,110	5
Bulls	—	—	1,675	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,340	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	786	26.88/cwt	25.00–29.00	211	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	819	36.01/cwt	30.00–42.00	295	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	820	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	492	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	893	47.97/cwt	45.00–51.00	428	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,066	35.30/cwt	27.00–43.00	376	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	56.16/cwt	55.00–59.00	678	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	49.75/cwt	45.00–54.00	606	30
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,367	57.24/cwt	56.00–59.00	782	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,442	49.98/cwt	45.00–53.00	721	7

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 Nov 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 219Last week 86Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 34Year ago 0

*Correction to feeder cattle records with removal of high weight feeder calf.*

Slaughter cattle 3.00 higher Feeder cattle 6.00 to 10.00 higher Demand good Activity moderate Offering moderate Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	38.00	38.00
1	—	525	49.00	49.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	493	105.00–108.00	107.58
5	—	406	108.00–113.00	111.95
4	—	664	86.00–92.00	89.44
4	—	281	108.00–112.00	111.06
3	—	532	90.00–101.00	97.11
3	—	377	102.00–109.00	105.93
1	—	580	91.00	91.00
1	—	310	106.00	106.00
1	—	210	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	482	112.00–122.00	117.65
7	—	424	115.00–126.00	119.07
6	—	574	97.00–101.00	98.69
3	—	783	80.00–90.00	86.04
3	—	720	90.00–99.00	95.01
3	—	367	116.00	116.00
2	—	688	104.00–107.00	105.48
2	—	320	110.00–119.00	114.71
2	—	273	118.00–126.00	122.33
1	—	610	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	373	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	70.00–80.00	73.26
1	—	605	70.00	70.00
1	—	590	80.00	80.00
1	—	370	86.00	86.00
1	—	215	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	85.00–94.00	89.58
3	—	475	95.00–96.00	95.34
3	—	327	94.00–100.00	98.10
2	—	273	100.00	100.00
1	—	170	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	49.00	49.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	644	109.00	109.00
4	—	541	112.00–122.00	119.60
2	—	558	111.00–118.00	114.45
2	—	480	124.00–129.00	126.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	137.00–148.00	141.55
5	—	420	124.00–128.00	126.77
4	—	615	119.00–126.00	121.75
3	—	557	127.00–128.00	127.67
2	—	730	102.00	102.00
2	—	525	123.00–126.00	124.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	70.00–90.00	80.11
1	—	655	40.00	40.00
1	—	470	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	100.00–108.00	103.37
2	—	515	70.00–82.00	76.00
1	—	650	80.00	80.00
1	—	490	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	116.00–122.00	118.48
4	—	435	111.00–117.00	112.45
3	—	522	100.00	100.00
2	—	720	88.00–90.00	88.99
1	—	625	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	38.00	38.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	104.00	104.00
1	—	135	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	381	125.00–132.00	128.82
2	—	323	132.00–134.00	132.98
1	—	510	118.00	118.00
1	—	415	114.00	114.00
1	—	275	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	113.00	113.00
4	—	315	142.00–148.00	145.91
3	—	632	110.00–115.00	111.60
3	—	380	140.00–150.00	144.50
3	—	277	142.00–146.00	143.20
1	—	510	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	90.00	90.00
1	—	295	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	106.00	106.00
1	—	190	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	98.00–106.00	104.11
3	—	273	92.00–100.00	97.51
1	—	345	122.00	122.00
1	—	215	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	57.00	57.00
1	—	500	44.00	44.00
1	—	375	40.00	40.00
1	—	270	52.00	52.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,442	45.00–53.00	49.98
3	—	1,367	56.00–59.00	57.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,219	45.00–54.00	49.75
14	—	1,066	27.00–43.00	35.30
6	—	1,208	55.00–59.00	56.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	819	30.00–42.00	36.01
5	—	786	25.00–29.00	26.88
2	—	893	45.00–51.00	47.97
1	—	820	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,499	69.00–78.00	74.03
1	—	1,675	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,345	66.00	66.00

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.