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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, May 1

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Apr 17May 1May 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 59▼ 16 vs year ago 47 · −34.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 24▼ 14 vs year ago 24 · −58.3%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −114.26 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.

Average price

$257.50

2 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+22.68

vs NC average

−10.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	257.50	1,397	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

257.50

—

NC average8 barns · 303 hd

234.82

+22.68

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−10.88

This barn, trailing median28 sales

371.76

−114.26

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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.88, low $290.32, median $371.76 across 28 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	—	Average	1,465	118.41	1,735	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,257	112.97	1,420	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,082	109.40	1,183	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	770	61.00	470	1thin

Every lot

30 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	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,138	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1	250	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	625	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	315	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	788	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	263.93/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,254	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,376	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium 1	335	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	821	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,246	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	488	191.05/cwt	182.00–200.00	932	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,500	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium 1	640	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,344	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,449	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium 1	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,584	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	850–900	Medium 2	865	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,099	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,445	1
Bulls	—	—	1,472	124.54/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,833	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	470	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,035	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,346	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	99.10/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,095	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,230	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,292	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	116.95/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,485	2

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 May 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 59Year ago 47

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 24Year ago 24

No Reporter Last Week 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
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	455	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	605	248.00	248.00
1	700–750	700	207.00	207.00
1	850–900	890	178.00	178.00
1	950–1000	950	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	488	182.00–200.00	191.05
1	600–650	640	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	780	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
8	450–500	475	262.00–265.00	263.93
1	500–550	510	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	655	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	315	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	450	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	515	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	865	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,472	119.00–130.00	124.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	94.00–105.00	99.10
1	—	1,035	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	105.00	105.00
2	—	1,270	115.00–119.00	116.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	61.00	61.00

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.