Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2021-08-11

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 11
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 95▲ 33 vs year ago 66 · +50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 27▲ 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter last week Head calves 200.00 Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.64/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$114.64
44 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$37.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.14
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507124.5463128
Medium 2477103.6049410thin
Medium 344886.833896thin
One grade step is worth $37.71/cwt here — about $242 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 sale44 hd
114.64
—
NC average9 barns · 1,488 hd
123.78
−9.14
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—High2,115103.002,1781thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32370.209297thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05365.2068713
CowsLean 85-90%Low86259.705156thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290156.00/cwt156.00–156.004521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Steers—Medium 2305114.00/cwt114.00–114.003481
Steers—Medium 334596.00/cwt96.00–96.003311
Steers—Medium 2390135.00/cwt135.00–135.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408157.21/cwt157.00–158.006415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450164.00/cwt164.00–164.007381
Steers—Medium 2460133.00/cwt133.00–133.006122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007301
Steers—Medium 2540114.00/cwt114.00–114.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595141.00/cwt141.00–141.008391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640139.00/cwt139.00–139.008901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,015106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2175110.00/cwt110.00–110.001931
Heifers—Medium 333080.00/cwt80.00–80.002641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added350148.00/cwt148.00–148.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375133.00/cwt133.00–133.004991
Heifers—Medium 2378120.00/cwt120.00–120.004542
Heifers—Medium 2430132.00/cwt132.00–132.005681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437139.26/cwt137.00–143.006098
Heifers—Medium 344567.00/cwt67.00–67.002981
Heifers—Medium 3465108.00/cwt108.00–108.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471129.65/cwt126.00–135.006114
Heifers—Medium 3Full47593.00/cwt93.00–93.004422
Heifers—Medium 2495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005941
Heifers—Medium 350080.00/cwt80.00–80.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521115.69/cwt114.00–120.006036
Heifers—Medium 252388.01/cwt86.00–90.004602
Heifers—Medium 2555100.00/cwt100.00–100.005551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564121.36/cwt114.00–124.006844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613105.95/cwt102.00–110.006492
Heifers—Medium 261595.00/cwt95.00–95.005841
Heifers—Medium 269563.00/cwt63.00–63.004381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-270096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277086.00/cwt86.00–86.006621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 340289.00/cwt89.00–89.003582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410128.00/cwt128.00–128.005251
Bulls—Medium 2425101.00/cwt101.00–101.004291
Bulls—Medium 2474121.38/cwt120.00–124.005755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478132.59/cwt130.00–135.006342
Bulls—Medium 2500117.00/cwt117.00–117.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528128.03/cwt126.00–131.006763
Bulls—Medium 2560122.00/cwt122.00–122.006831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584133.11/cwt128.00–139.007775
Bulls—Medium 2618101.34/cwt96.00–107.006262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620112.48/cwt110.00–115.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678109.45/cwt105.00–114.007422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-270097.00/cwt97.00–97.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282392.99/cwt92.00–94.007653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-291388.98/cwt86.00–92.008122
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium 254061.00/cwt61.00–61.003291
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Medium 331040.00/cwt40.00–40.001241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,115103.00/cwt103.00–103.002,1781
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83551.00/cwt51.00–51.004261
Cows—Lean 85-90%86160.05/cwt55.00–65.005174
Cows—Lean 85-90%89567.00/cwt67.00–67.006001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03870.09/cwt68.00–74.507286
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06362.43/cwt58.00–66.006646
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08552.50/cwt52.50–52.505701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27471.86/cwt68.00–76.009155
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44566.06/cwt65.00–67.009552

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.