Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2023-06-07

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 53▼ 33 vs year ago 104 · −31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 27▼ 8 vs year ago 39 · −20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Demand good with moderate activity. Offerings light due to rain. Quality of cattle average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $189.21/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$189.21
31 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$68.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.71
vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477219.101,04513thin
Medium 1469181.408517thin
Medium and Large 2583165.879686thin
Medium 2487150.407325thin
One grade step is worth $68.70/cwt here — about $313 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 sale31 hd
189.21
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NC average8 barns · 1,185 hd
195.92
−6.71
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—High1,575121.691,9175thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,394102.241,42510
CowsLean 85-90%High84494.047933thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13691.891,04413

Every lot

48 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004601
Steers—Medium and Large 1415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
Steers—Medium and Large 1485196.00/cwt196.00–196.009512
Steers—Medium and Large 1505228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1511
Steers—Medium and Large 1550186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0231
Steers—Medium and Large 1630188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1841
Steers—Medium and Large 1690187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328205.92/cwt204.00–208.006752
Heifers—Medium 1330194.00/cwt194.00–194.006401
Heifers—Medium 2395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
Heifers—Medium 2420141.01/cwt140.00–142.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
Heifers—Medium 1440180.00/cwt180.00–180.007921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465196.00/cwt196.00–196.009111
Heifers—Medium 1465175.00/cwt175.00–175.008144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Heifers—Medium 2540158.00/cwt158.00–158.008531
Heifers—Medium 2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2221
Heifers—Medium 2663151.98/cwt150.00–154.001,0082
Heifers—Medium 1695170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2955112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2245170.00/cwt170.00–170.004171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355222.00/cwt222.00–222.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1414233.54/cwt228.00–240.009674
Bulls—Medium 2445168.00/cwt168.00–168.007481
Bulls—Medium 2455148.00/cwt148.00–148.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463231.05/cwt228.00–240.001,0704
Bulls—Medium 1469181.40/cwt178.00–182.008517
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470200.00/cwt200.00–200.009401
Bulls—Medium 2500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585157.61/cwt151.00–164.009222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620160.00/cwt160.00–160.009923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1531
Bulls—Medium 2790136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0741
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium 2260130.00/cwt130.00–130.003381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6401
Bulls——1,593124.86/cwt123.00–127.001,9894
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83598.00/cwt98.00–98.008181
Cows—Lean 85-90%84892.06/cwt88.00–96.007812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09564.00/cwt64.00–64.007011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098101.95/cwt96.00–107.001,1194
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16090.34/cwt85.00–96.001,0488
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,394102.24/cwt98.00–107.001,42510

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.