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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 14

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

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Feeder Cattle receipts

110 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 49▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 33▲ 42 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

; Slaughter cattle Mostly steady To 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average To Attractive

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 $103.46/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$103.46

51 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$47.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.22

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	477	117.06	558	26
Medium 2	525	100.22	526	14thin
Medium 3	517	76.75	397	9thin
Small and Medium 3	345	69.50	240	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.56/cwt here — about $319 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 sale51 hd

103.46

—

NC average8 barns · 970 hd

110.68

−7.22

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	—	Low	1,565	78.06	1,222	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,366	46.18	631	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,087	44.35	482	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	824	34.98	288	7thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	225	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	293	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	136.98/cwt	132.50–140.00	367	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	156.47/cwt	155.00–158.00	505	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	146.53/cwt	140.00–150.00	542	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	387	131.68/cwt	130.00–135.00	510	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	596	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	530	71.94/cwt	70.00–74.00	381	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	129.97/cwt	127.00–135.00	699	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	558	113.02/cwt	108.00–118.00	631	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	130.44/cwt	122.00–132.00	730	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Steers	—	Medium 3Full	645	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	561	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	790	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	115.48/cwt	114.00–117.00	907	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	170	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	200	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	215	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	269	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	126.47/cwt	122.00–129.00	412	4
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	330	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	241	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3Full	360	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	238	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	365	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	329	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	126.67/cwt	126.00–127.00	471	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	405	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	316	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	520	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	428	91.96/cwt	86.00–98.00	394	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	457	112.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	512	6
Heifers	—	Medium 3Full	465	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	335	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	119.67/cwt	116.00–125.00	580	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	495	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	446	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	530	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	371	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	545	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	463	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3Full	563	79.89/cwt	75.00–85.00	450	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	113.54/cwt	109.00–116.00	657	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	642	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	610	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	403	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	645	87.67/cwt	86.00–90.00	565	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3Full	655	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	426	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	105.32/cwt	104.00–108.00	697	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	690	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	649	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	135.97/cwt	135.00–137.00	562	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	658	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	520	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	426	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Fleshy	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	665	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	499	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	104.52/cwt	103.00–106.00	714	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	355	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	275	1
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2	475	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	390	1
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2	528	81.44/cwt	79.00–84.00	430	2
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2	1,000	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	500	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,458	74.49/cwt	72.00–76.50	1,086	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,209	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	81.92/cwt	79.50–84.50	1,372	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	800	30.77/cwt	28.00–33.00	246	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	834	36.67/cwt	31.00–40.00	306	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	920	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	294	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,031	42.55/cwt	39.50–44.00	439	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,128	46.13/cwt	44.50–48.50	520	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,359	46.72/cwt	45.00–48.00	635	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	609	1

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 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 110Last week 49Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 33Year ago 0

; Slaughter cattle Mostly steady To 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	50.00	50.00
1	—	475	82.00	82.00
2	—	528	79.00–84.00	81.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	77.50	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
1	—	170	117.50	117.50
1	—	215	125.00	125.00
3	—	662	104.00–108.00	105.32
3	—	372	126.00–127.00	126.67
1	—	600	107.00	107.00
1	—	545	107.00	107.00
6	—	579	109.00–116.00	113.54
2	—	408	127.00–128.00	127.51
3	—	485	116.00–125.00	119.67
4	—	326	122.00–129.00	126.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	86.00–90.00	87.67
2	—	428	86.00–98.00	91.96
1	—	585	105.00	105.00
6	—	457	110.00–114.00	112.03
1	—	545	85.00	85.00
1	—	690	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	90.00	90.00
1	—	530	70.00	70.00
1	—	405	78.00	78.00
1	—	495	90.00	90.00
1	—	610	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	75.00–85.00	79.89
1	—	655	65.00	65.00
1	—	465	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	560	122.00–132.00	130.44
2	—	323	155.00–158.00	156.47
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
2	—	785	114.00–117.00	115.48
1	—	225	130.00	130.00
3	—	370	140.00–150.00	146.53
3	—	268	132.50–140.00	136.98
1	—	745	106.00	106.00
1	—	455	131.00	131.00
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
5	—	538	127.00–135.00	129.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	130.00	130.00
3	—	387	130.00–135.00	131.68
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
2	—	558	108.00–118.00	113.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	70.00–74.00	71.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	90.00	90.00
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
1	—	520	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	107.00	107.00
1	—	495	133.00	133.00
2	—	683	103.00–106.00	104.52
2	—	413	135.00–137.00	135.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	834	31.00–40.00	36.67
2	—	800	28.00–33.00	30.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	43.50	43.50
5	—	1,359	45.00–48.00	46.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	32.00	32.00
8	—	1,031	39.50–44.00	42.55
15	—	1,128	44.50–48.50	46.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	72.00–76.50	74.49
2	—	1,675	79.50–84.50	81.92
1	—	1,560	77.50	77.50

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.