Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2022-06-22

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 22
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 63▲ 0 vs year ago 54 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 18▼ 27 vs year ago 53 · −50.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 7.00 To 12.00 Higher Feeder cattle 6.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( HOT ) Quality Attractive

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.64/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$126.64
27 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$286
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$32.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.29
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606133.2580716thin
Medium 2546126.046887thin
Medium 3515101.255214thin
One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $286 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 sale27 hd
126.64
—
NC average7 barns · 401 hd
127.93
−1.29
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—Low1,19084.001,0001thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41198.891,39611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11083.1192211
CowsLean 85-90%Low75259.404473thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2330115.00/cwt115.00–115.003801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350135.00/cwt135.00–135.004731
Steers—Medium 2385117.00/cwt117.00–117.004501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2315113.00/cwt113.00–113.003561
Heifers—Medium 335556.00/cwt56.00–56.001991
Heifers—Medium 2379123.51/cwt120.00–124.004688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390137.00/cwt137.00–137.005341
Heifers—Medium 2410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460139.96/cwt138.00–143.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007003
Heifers—Medium 2515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
Heifers—Medium 260090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400164.00/cwt164.00–164.006561
Bulls—Medium 3400100.00/cwt100.00–100.004001
Bulls—Medium 2430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006361
Bulls—Medium 345590.00/cwt90.00–90.004101
Bulls—Medium 2470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473143.67/cwt140.00–147.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518153.48/cwt150.00–157.007952
Bulls—Medium 2530124.08/cwt120.00–128.006582
Bulls—Medium 3560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583136.30/cwt131.00–139.007953
Bulls—Medium 2585126.00/cwt126.00–126.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2612130.29/cwt126.00–136.007973
Bulls—Medium 2638115.06/cwt110.00–120.007342
Bulls—Medium 3645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718112.99/cwt110.00–116.008112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2795116.00/cwt116.00–116.009221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2815113.00/cwt113.00–113.009211
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium 247090.00/cwt90.00–90.004231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,19084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75259.40/cwt58.00–62.004473
Cows—Boner 80-85%97050.00/cwt50.00–50.004851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07972.31/cwt68.00–79.007804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09591.47/cwt90.00–93.001,0022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18398.00/cwt95.00–101.001,1594
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,336101.54/cwt99.00–109.001,3577
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54394.26/cwt90.00–97.001,4544

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.