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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Mar 2

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

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Feeder Cattle receipts

79 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 42▲ 38 vs year ago 41 · +92.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 26▲ 3 vs year ago 34 · +8.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 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 1.00 Higher Feeder cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Plain To Average

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.42/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$140.42

34 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

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

$37.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.47

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	579	150.32	870	17thin
Medium 2	543	137.39	747	10thin
Medium 3	558	123.79	691	5thin
Small and Medium 3	468	113.00	528	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.32/cwt here — about $342 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

140.42

—

NC average8 barns · 598 hd

134.96

+5.47

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	—	High	1,850	118.00	2,183	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	79.18	1,130	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,063	72.51	771	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	808	63.90	516	10

Every lot

64 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 3	165	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	188	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	250	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	260	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	445	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	151.95/cwt	150.00–154.00	468	2
Steers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	355	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	320	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	171.46/cwt	165.00–178.00	657	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	770	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	500	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	480	1
Steers	—	Medium 2	550	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	792	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	978	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 3	255	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	270	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	369	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	123.19/cwt	120.00–128.00	392	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	350	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	298	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	130.97/cwt	125.00–136.00	489	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	405	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	478	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	415	109.98/cwt	108.00–112.00	456	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	157.24/cwt	151.00–162.00	687	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	130.61/cwt	128.00–134.00	666	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	126.92/cwt	123.00–133.00	739	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	655	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	229	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	885	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	611	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	720	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	405	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	680	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	430	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	654	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 3	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	157.65/cwt	150.00–161.00	754	4
Bulls	—	Medium 3	478	127.97/cwt	126.00–130.00	612	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	480	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	715	2
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 3	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	860	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	500	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	675	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	163.42/cwt	158.00–169.00	847	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	161.24/cwt	159.00–164.00	921	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2	571	139.48/cwt	135.00–141.00	796	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	975	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	645	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	787	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	134.03/cwt	130.00–138.00	925	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3Full	760	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	676	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	785	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	628	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	747	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	757	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	400	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	256	1
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2	550	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	495	1
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2	1,000	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	800	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium 2	300	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	264	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,850	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	2,183	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	690	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	511	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	819	65.28/cwt	63.00–68.00	535	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	830	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	448	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,033	69.30/cwt	63.00–74.00	716	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,040	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	468	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,076	79.79/cwt	75.00–86.00	859	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	711	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	963	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,431	80.31/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,149	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,600	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 Mar 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 42Year ago 41

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 26Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle 1.00 Higher Feeder cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Plain To Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	144.00	144.00
1	—	380	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	100.00	100.00
1	—	165	114.00	114.00
1	—	500	96.00	96.00
1	—	250	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	170.00	170.00
2	—	383	165.00–178.00	171.46
1	—	475	162.00	162.00
1	—	265	168.00	168.00
2	—	308	150.00–154.00	151.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	123.00–133.00	126.92
3	—	510	128.00–134.00	130.61
1	—	275	134.00	134.00
3	—	373	125.00–136.00	130.97
3	—	437	151.00–162.00	157.24
3	—	318	120.00–128.00	123.19
1	—	645	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	35.00	35.00
2	—	415	108.00–112.00	109.98
1	—	350	85.00	85.00
1	—	885	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
1	—	405	118.00	118.00
1	—	255	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	80.00	80.00
1	—	550	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	87.00	87.00
1	—	400	180.00	180.00
2	—	690	130.00–138.00	134.03
2	—	518	158.00–169.00	163.42
4	—	571	159.00–164.00	161.24
4	—	478	150.00–161.00	157.65
1	—	830	90.00	90.00
1	—	625	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	168.00	168.00
2	—	500	134.00–136.00	135.00
4	—	571	135.00–141.00	139.48
2	—	480	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
1	—	440	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	152.00	152.00
2	—	478	126.00–130.00	127.97
1	—	645	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	54.00	54.00
1	—	690	74.00	74.00
7	—	819	63.00–68.00	65.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	69.00	69.00
9	—	1,431	77.00–84.00	80.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,033	63.00–74.00	69.30
1	—	1,040	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,165	61.00	61.00
8	—	1,076	75.00–86.00	79.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	118.00	118.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	800.00	800.00

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.