Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2022-08-10

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 48▼ 41 vs year ago 99 · −41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 11▼ 1 vs year ago 27 · −3.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 5.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle 7.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( Heavy Rain ) Quality Attractive

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.94/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$145.94
21 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$22.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.43
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2426152.7865114thin
Medium 2490133.186535thin
Medium 3435130.005662thin
One grade step is worth $22.78/cwt here — about $85 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 sale21 hd
145.94
—
NC average9 barns · 1,090 hd
141.52
+4.43
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—Average1,386109.381,5156thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33588.971,1886thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09571.3978110
CowsLean 85-90%Average83554.644564thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 3260126.00/cwt126.00–126.003281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004762
Steers—Medium 3320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006503
Steers—Medium 2370167.40/cwt165.00–170.006192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380190.00/cwt190.00–190.007221
Steers—Medium 3390157.00/cwt157.00–157.006122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625154.00/cwt154.00–154.009631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316154.75/cwt152.00–157.004894
Heifers—Medium 3375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380164.00/cwt162.00–166.006232
Heifers—Medium 2390138.00/cwt138.00–138.005381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408161.06/cwt158.00–164.006572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455156.50/cwt156.00–157.007122
Heifers—Medium 2460148.95/cwt144.00–154.006852
Heifers—Medium 3495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
Heifers—Medium 2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525142.89/cwt140.00–146.007502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550142.00/cwt142.00–142.007811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615129.00/cwt129.00–129.007931
Heifers—Medium 2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2400166.00/cwt166.00–166.006641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405190.00/cwt190.00–190.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458168.98/cwt166.00–172.007742
Bulls—Medium 346072.00/cwt72.00–72.003311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523157.95/cwt156.00–160.008262
Bulls—Medium 2525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007041
Bulls—Medium 2565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570148.99/cwt148.00–150.008492
Bulls—Medium 359076.00/cwt76.00–76.004481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645148.00/cwt148.00–148.009551
Bulls—Medium 2645130.00/cwt130.00–130.008391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0661
Bulls—Medium 2655144.00/cwt144.00–144.009431
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Medium 243050.00/cwt50.00–50.002152
Dairy Heifers—Medium 246063.00/cwt63.00–63.002903
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,313104.54/cwt100.00–108.001,3733
Bulls——1,458114.21/cwt110.00–117.001,6653
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78563.00/cwt63.00–63.004951
Cows—Lean 85-90%83842.77/cwt39.00–47.003582
Cows—Lean 85-90%88070.00/cwt70.00–70.006161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03080.00/cwt80.00–80.008241
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06160.79/cwt58.00–65.006456
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18389.71/cwt87.00–92.001,0613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33588.97/cwt85.00–92.001,1886

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.