Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2021-11-10

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 10
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 60▼ 3 vs year ago 90 · −3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 47▲ 9 vs year ago 38 · +23.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady To 1.00 Higher Feeder cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.23/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$131.23
34 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$436
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$51.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519139.4172424
Medium 2394117.484638thin
Medium 332888.002882thin
One grade step is worth $51.41/cwt here — about $436 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 sale34 hd
131.23
—
NC average8 barns · 686 hd
130.56
+0.67
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—Average1,80182.991,4947thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37259.2581310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06551.9055325
CowsLean 85-90%Low74438.052835thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 327080.00/cwt80.00–80.002161
Steers—Medium 2280125.96/cwt124.00–128.003532
Steers—Medium 2305105.00/cwt105.00–105.003201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323135.27/cwt130.00–140.004372
Steers—Medium 2370115.98/cwt113.00–120.004293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380144.00/cwt144.00–144.005471
Steers—Medium 338596.00/cwt96.00–96.003701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420140.90/cwt139.00–143.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468144.78/cwt141.00–149.006788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505145.00/cwt145.00–145.007321
Steers—Medium 2535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565137.00/cwt137.00–137.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622135.04/cwt127.00–139.008408
Steers—Medium 2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2260102.00/cwt102.00–102.002651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423125.30/cwt124.00–127.005303
Heifers—Small and Medium 344075.00/cwt75.00–75.003301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460124.02/cwt123.00–125.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520119.44/cwt118.00–121.006212
Heifers—Medium 3Full52063.00/cwt63.00–63.003281
Heifers—Medium 2529108.74/cwt105.00–110.005754
Heifers—Medium 353093.00/cwt93.00–93.004931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562116.20/cwt114.00–120.006535
Heifers—Medium 257397.95/cwt94.00–102.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615128.00/cwt128.00–128.007871
Heifers—Medium 2615106.00/cwt106.00–106.006521
Heifers—Medium 3Thin Fleshed65560.00/cwt60.00–60.003931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-267296.00/cwt94.00–97.006453
Heifers—Medium 267581.00/cwt81.00–81.005471
Heifers—Medium 375057.00/cwt57.00–57.004281
Heifers—Medium 2NHTC94559.00/cwt59.00–59.005581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422134.20/cwt129.00–139.005663
Bulls—Medium 344580.00/cwt80.00–80.003561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2482130.41/cwt126.00–136.006293
Bulls—Medium 2540114.25/cwt111.00–116.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565138.00/cwt138.00–138.007801
Bulls—Medium 2565122.71/cwt119.00–127.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610114.96/cwt110.00–120.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-274090.00/cwt90.00–90.006661
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium 217572.00/cwt72.00–72.001261
Dairy Steers—Medium 352540.00/cwt40.00–40.002101
Dairy Steers—Medium 267060.00/cwt60.00–60.004021
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74983.18/cwt80.00–86.501,4555
Bulls——1,80075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3501
Bulls——2,06090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%68824.36/cwt12.00–37.001682
Cows—Lean 85-90%73844.26/cwt43.00–46.003272
Cows—Lean 85-90%87053.00/cwt53.00–53.004611
Cows—Boner 80-85%94536.00/cwt36.00–36.003401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03563.28/cwt61.00–66.006552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05954.83/cwt50.00–59.0058115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10544.63/cwt42.00–47.004937
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35461.84/cwt61.00–63.508375
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39056.66/cwt54.50–59.507885

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.