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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Mar 27

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 56▼ 78 vs year ago 96 · −81.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 9▼ 29 vs year ago 40 · −72.5%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $223.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −160.95 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$223.33

3 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$70.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.81

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	250.00	1,338	1thin
Medium and Large 2	550	240.00	1,320	1thin
Medium 1	550	180.00	990	1thin

One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

223.33

—

NC average8 barns · 262 hd

262.14

−38.81

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−160.95

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $443.84, low $322.91, median $384.28 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,453	136.04	1,977	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	833	135.03	1,125	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	120.00	1,722	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,098	106.54	1,170	5thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	619	1
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	100–150	Medium and Large 1	145	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	370	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	265.02/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,020	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	640	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	947	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	277.61/cwt	275.00–280.00	611	2
Bulls	200–250	Medium 1	240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	360	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	743	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	990	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium 2	370	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	496	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,453	136.04/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,977	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	833	135.03/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,125	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	94.24/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,013	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	125.00/cwt	118.00–131.00	1,416	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,636	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,810	1

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 Mar 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 56Year ago 96

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 9Year ago 40

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady 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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	275.00–280.00	277.61
1	300–350	330	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	535	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	550	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	550	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	255.00	255.00
3	350–400	385	260.00–270.00	265.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	118.00–131.00	125.00
3	—	1,075	90.00–100.00	94.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	124.00	124.00
1	—	1,410	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	134.00–136.00	135.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	135.00–137.00	136.04

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.