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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 28

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

58 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 73▼ 59 vs year ago 117 · −50.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 41▼ 11 vs year ago 51 · −21.6%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Head calves 120.00 Slaughter cattle 7.00 To 9.00 Higher Feeder cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.58/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$113.58

26 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$37.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.34

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	635	121.48	771	17thin
Medium 2	590	103.01	608	7thin
Medium 3	480	83.50	401	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.98/cwt here — about $370 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 sale26 hd

113.58

—

NC average9 barns · 1,381 hd

138.93

−25.34

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	1,488	97.92	1,457	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,418	79.90	1,133	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	696	73.14	509	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,112	71.02	790	21

Every lot

47 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	121.96/cwt	120.00–124.00	329	2
Steers	—	Medium 3	325	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	325	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	380	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	380	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	575	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	512	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Steers	—	Medium 3	795	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	803	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	902	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	445	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	387	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Heifers	—	Medium 3	515	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	412	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	726	1
Heifers	—	Medium 2	593	95.02/cwt	90.00–100.00	563	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	6
Heifers	—	Medium 2	638	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	705	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	116.34/cwt	114.00–120.00	770	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	114.62/cwt	109.00–117.00	820	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	575	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	485	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	485	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	1
Bulls	—	Medium 2	580	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	690	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	695	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	785	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	695	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	723	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Bulls	—	Medium 3	823	81.11/cwt	74.00–88.00	668	2
Bulls	—	Medium 3	865	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	735	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2	680	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	394	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,025	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	697	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	112.88/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,942	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	677	86.56/cwt	86.00–88.00	586	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	725	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	479	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	725	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	290	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,070	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,010	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	485	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,066	60.93/cwt	54.00–65.00	650	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	74.68/cwt	70.00–79.00	859	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,274	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,423	78.17/cwt	75.00–79.50	1,112	7

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 Sep 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 73Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 41Year ago 51

Head calves 120.00 Slaughter cattle 7.00 To 9.00 Higher Feeder cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	114.00	114.00
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
3	—	620	130.00	130.00
1	—	405	142.00	142.00
2	—	655	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	100.00	100.00
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
1	—	695	113.00	113.00
1	—	580	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	85.00	85.00
2	—	823	74.00–88.00	81.11
1	—	560	100.00	100.00
1	—	695	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	101.00	101.00
1	—	325	100.00	100.00
1	—	380	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
2	—	270	120.00–124.00	121.96
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
1	—	835	108.00	108.00
1	—	685	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	90.00–100.00	95.02
2	—	638	110.00–111.00	110.50
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	730	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	80.00	80.00
1	—	445	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
1	—	590	123.00	123.00
6	—	610	130.00	130.00
5	—	715	109.00–117.00	114.62
3	—	662	114.00–120.00	116.34
1	—	500	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	48.00	48.00
6	—	1,066	54.00–65.00	60.93
1	—	1,000	107.00	107.00
13	—	1,150	70.00–79.00	74.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	40.00	40.00
1	—	725	66.00	66.00
3	—	677	86.00–88.00	86.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	92.00	92.00
7	—	1,423	75.00–79.50	78.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	109.00–117.00	112.88
1	—	1,025	68.00	68.00

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.