Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2022-07-20

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 20
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 138▼ 7 vs year ago 73 · −9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 74▲ 3 vs year ago 27 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (HOT) 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 $115.19/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$115.19
30 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$545
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3
$31.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.00
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503122.4161615thin
Medium 2422117.504957thin
Medium 3465102.674776thin
Small and Medium 345090.504072thin
One grade step is worth $31.91/cwt here — about $209 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 sale30 hd
115.19
—
NC average8 barns · 778 hd
127.19
−12.00
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—Low1,35986.071,1693thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51473.611,1147thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21267.2381518
CowsLean 85-90%Low83053.504442thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2230136.00/cwt136.00–136.003131
Steers—Medium 3270110.00/cwt110.00–110.002971
Steers—Medium 3325110.00/cwt110.00–110.003581
Steers—Small 332570.00/cwt70.00–70.002281
Steers—Medium 2330136.00/cwt136.00–136.004491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370170.00/cwt170.00–170.006291
Steers—Medium 2370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495160.00/cwt160.00–160.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550166.00/cwt166.00–166.009131
Steers—Medium 2640117.00/cwt117.00–117.007491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2295124.00/cwt124.00–124.003661
Heifers—Medium 2325117.00/cwt117.00–117.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328129.53/cwt125.00–134.004252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355130.07/cwt125.00–135.004622
Heifers—Medium 336594.00/cwt94.00–94.003431
Heifers—Medium 2418115.58/cwt111.00–120.004832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430133.02/cwt132.00–134.005722
Heifers—Medium 3430105.00/cwt104.00–106.004523
Heifers—Small and Medium 343090.00/cwt90.00–90.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466126.97/cwt124.00–130.005924
Heifers—Small and Medium 347091.00/cwt91.00–91.004281
Heifers—Medium 2480115.16/cwt110.00–120.005532
Heifers—Medium 3490107.00/cwt107.00–107.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525132.00/cwt132.00–132.006931
Heifers—Medium 2535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871
Heifers—Medium 3645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280595.00/cwt95.00–95.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290570.00/cwt70.00–70.006341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438151.99/cwt150.00–154.006664
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006981
Bulls—Medium 2470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006492
Bulls—Medium 3470123.50/cwt123.00–124.005802
Bulls—Medium 3545114.00/cwt114.00–114.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560168.00/cwt168.00–168.009411
Bulls—Medium 357088.00/cwt88.00–88.005021
Bulls—Medium 2583126.48/cwt123.00–130.007372
Bulls—Medium 3600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620124.46/cwt120.00–129.007722
Bulls—Medium 2645118.00/cwt118.00–118.007612
Bulls—Medium 2660116.00/cwt116.00–116.007661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007751
Bulls—Medium 2805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008051
Bulls—Medium 290598.00/cwt98.00–98.008871
Bulls—Medium 392080.00/cwt80.00–80.007361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24889.10/cwt88.00–90.001,1122
Bulls——1,58080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2641
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79545.00/cwt45.00–45.003581
Cows—Lean 85-90%86562.00/cwt62.00–62.005361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14044.00/cwt44.00–44.005021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15656.31/cwt50.00–60.006514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23572.38/cwt69.70–78.0089413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51473.61/cwt70.00–79.001,1147

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.