Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 13
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 219▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 95▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 3.00 higher Feeder cattler Mostly steady to 5.00 higher Demand good Activity moderate Offerings light (cold)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.10/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$124.10
50 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$23.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.47
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2591128.2475739
Medium and Large 2487115.215615thin
Medium 2498104.655216thin
One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about $236 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 sale50 hd
124.10
—
NC average6 barns · 701 hd
105.63
+18.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,62583.171,3516thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26556.847199thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,13750.5057415
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low81146.593785thin

Every lot

56 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2215115.00/cwt115.00–115.002471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285110.00/cwt110.00–110.003141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315112.62/cwt110.00–120.003554
Steers—Medium 3315100.00/cwt100.00–100.003151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2394127.99/cwt124.00–130.005043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436146.00/cwt146.00–146.0063718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
Steers—Medium 2460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Steers—Medium 2520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535129.00/cwt129.00–129.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 2600104.00/cwt104.00–104.006241
Steers—Medium 266081.00/cwt80.00–82.005352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2145100.00/cwt100.00–100.001451
Heifers—Small and Medium 3Full31075.00/cwt75.00–75.002331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330117.66/cwt114.00–121.003882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380115.40/cwt112.00–120.004393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390100.00/cwt100.00–100.003901
Heifers—Medium 2Full42554.00/cwt54.00–54.002301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427110.68/cwt110.00–112.004733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515107.01/cwt104.00–108.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 252583.00/cwt83.00–83.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565106.00/cwt106.00–106.005991
Heifers—Small and Medium 256580.00/cwt80.00–80.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 260587.50/cwt87.00–88.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-262994.31/cwt93.00–96.005937
Heifers—Medium 3Thin Fleshed68050.00/cwt50.00–50.003401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-268392.50/cwt92.00–93.006322
Heifers—Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed80544.00/cwt44.00–44.003541
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2417109.96/cwt108.00–112.004593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433125.53/cwt124.00–127.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465149.00/cwt149.00–149.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475108.00/cwt108.00–108.005131
Bulls—Medium 2485108.00/cwt108.00–108.005241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505116.00/cwt116.00–116.005861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510136.00/cwt136.00–136.0069413
Bulls—Medium 2540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566127.55/cwt120.00–130.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590101.00/cwt101.00–101.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added649130.00/cwt130.00–130.0084413
Bulls—Medium 271090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-277088.00/cwt88.00–88.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281590.00/cwt90.00–90.007341
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58790.24/cwt85.00–92.501,4323
Bulls——1,66276.10/cwt70.00–79.001,2653
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%68523.00/cwt23.00–23.001581
Cows—Lean 85-90%83555.53/cwt55.00–56.004642
Cows—Lean 85-90%85049.44/cwt46.00–53.004202
Cows—Boner 80-85%97523.00/cwt23.00–23.002241
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11358.77/cwt55.00–63.006547
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18333.55/cwt33.00–34.003972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18551.21/cwt48.00–54.006075
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23253.35/cwt53.00–54.006573
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28158.59/cwt55.00–64.007516

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.