Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2021-02-10

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Feb 10
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 44▼ 5 vs year ago 52 · −9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 21 vs year ago 41 · −51.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {wet and cold } Quality Average To Attractive

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.56/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$113.56
22 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$21.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.37
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2415120.2449913thin
Medium 2433105.304567thin
Medium 339599.003912thin
One grade step is worth $21.24/cwt here — about $107 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 sale22 hd
113.56
—
NC average7 barns · 620 hd
108.19
+5.37
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—High1,99591.141,8184thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37068.389377thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14465.487498thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average62545.002811thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2183154.16/cwt150.00–158.002822
Steers—Medium 2210122.00/cwt122.00–122.002561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275146.00/cwt146.00–146.004021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318143.68/cwt142.00–145.004573
Steers—Small and Medium 3Full36570.00/cwt70.00–70.002561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390118.00/cwt118.00–118.004601
Steers—Medium 239089.00/cwt88.00–90.003472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535100.00/cwt100.00–100.005351
Steers—Medium 281073.00/cwt73.00–73.005911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280128.47/cwt127.00–130.003602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308129.07/cwt125.00–132.003983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350132.00/cwt132.00–132.004621
Heifers—Medium 2380109.62/cwt107.00–114.004175
Heifers—Medium 339599.00/cwt99.00–99.003912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403127.49/cwt126.00–129.005142
Heifers—Medium 2465104.00/cwt104.00–104.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495120.00/cwt114.00–126.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520109.00/cwt109.00–109.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-257093.00/cwt93.00–93.005301
Heifers—Medium 266585.00/cwt85.00–85.005651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-267090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 340588.00/cwt88.00–88.003561
Bulls—Medium 2410129.00/cwt129.00–129.005291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440140.00/cwt138.00–142.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480131.00/cwt131.00–131.006291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568114.27/cwt110.00–119.006493
Bulls—Medium 2570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-279094.00/cwt94.00–94.007431
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium 288055.00/cwt55.00–55.004841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,95598.49/cwt93.00–102.001,9252
Bulls——2,03583.79/cwt83.50–84.001,7052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%62545.00/cwt45.00–45.002811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14465.48/cwt60.00–73.007498
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33970.61/cwt66.00–78.509456
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55555.00/cwt55.00–55.008551

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.