Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2020-07-22

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 22
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 58▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 49▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady. Feeder cattle Mostly steady To 5.00 Higher. Demand Moderate. Activity Moderate. Offerings Light. Quality Plain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.05/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$116.05
16 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$21.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.94
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555125.326959thin
Medium 2612104.146387thin
One grade step is worth $21.18/cwt here — about $58 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 sale16 hd
116.05
—
NC average8 barns · 659 hd
115.11
+0.94
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—Average1,54986.161,3346thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31560.697989thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,01955.7556817
CowsLean 85-90%Low75152.743966thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290160.00/cwt160.00–160.004641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315126.51/cwt126.00–127.003992
Steers—Medium 2350130.00/cwt130.00–130.004551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395148.00/cwt148.00–148.005851
Steers—Small and Medium 3395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
Steers—Small and Medium 3Full50086.00/cwt86.00–86.004301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007811
Steers—Medium 2645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-288098.00/cwt98.00–98.008621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small and Medium 2210110.00/cwt110.00–110.002311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310125.00/cwt125.00–125.003881
Heifers—Small and Medium 334588.00/cwt88.00–88.003041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358119.04/cwt117.00–121.004262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425124.00/cwt124.00–124.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483121.45/cwt118.00–125.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520112.67/cwt108.00–117.005862
Heifers—Medium 254086.00/cwt86.00–86.004641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438132.29/cwt130.00–137.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450136.00/cwt134.00–138.006122
Bulls—Medium 2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
Bulls—Medium 2545106.00/cwt106.00–106.005781
Bulls—Medium 2555103.00/cwt103.00–103.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640123.00/cwt123.00–123.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007611
Bulls—Medium 2695104.00/cwt104.00–104.007231
Bulls—Medium 270095.00/cwt95.00–95.006651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
Bulls—Medium 291074.00/cwt74.00–74.006731
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 357555.50/cwt52.00–59.003192
Dairy Steers—Medium 267082.00/cwt82.00–82.005491
Dairy Steers—Medium 284381.00/cwt81.00–81.006831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35374.35/cwt72.00–78.001,0062
Bulls——1,41085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,2061
Bulls——1,72594.25/cwt92.50–96.001,6263
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%66567.00/cwt67.00–67.004461
Cows—Lean 85-90%75846.50/cwt45.00–48.003522
Cows—Lean 85-90%77552.15/cwt50.00–55.004043
Cows—Boner 80-85%91538.50/cwt38.50–38.503521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01162.86/cwt60.00–65.006364
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01843.53/cwt43.00–44.004432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03257.08/cwt54.00–59.5058910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24355.56/cwt50.00–59.006914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37264.79/cwt62.00–67.508895

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.