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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, May 22

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← May 15May 22Jun 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

75 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 5▲ 44 vs year ago 31 · +141.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 19▲ 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few comparable lots for a price comparison. Feeder cattle sold with moderate to good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.59/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −107.55 against this barn's trailing median of $422.14.

Average price

$314.59

11 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$51.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+40.78

vs NC average

+0.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	324.00	1,623	9thin
Medium 1	570	272.25	1,552	2thin

One grade step is worth $51.75/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale11 hd

314.59

—

NC average9 barns · 129 hd

273.81

+40.78

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+0.49

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.14

−107.55

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

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.26, low $360.41, median $422.14 across 19 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	1,335	112.50	1,502	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,344	123.74	1,664	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,028	112.58	1,158	8thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	1,324	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,366	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,428	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,623	9
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	570	272.25/cwt	272.00–272.50	1,552	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,712	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	400	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	860	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,218	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,327	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,450	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	650	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,372	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium 2	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium 1	255	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	513	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	350	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	648	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	306.32/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,133	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,361	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,386	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,284	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,314	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,344	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	274.96/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,705	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,295	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,295	1
Bulls	—	—	1,375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,719	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	983	111.14/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,093	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	888	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,083	123.68/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,339	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,342	130.06/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,745	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,348	114.26/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,540	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 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 5Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 19Year ago 10

Too few comparable lots for a price comparison. Feeder cattle sold with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,295	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	110.00–119.00	114.26
3	—	1,342	125.00–134.00	130.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	120.00–126.00	123.68
4	—	983	105.00–116.00	111.14
1	—	1,045	85.00	85.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	339.50	339.50
2	400–450	427	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	465	307.00	307.00
9	500–550	501	324.00	324.00
5	600–650	605	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	272.00–272.50	272.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	295.00	295.00
9	450–500	479	277.00	277.00
4	500–550	545	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	165.00	165.00
1	400–450	440	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	650	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	650	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	370	300.00–312.00	306.32
1	400–450	420	324.00	324.00
2	450–500	450	308.00	308.00
3	500–550	530	248.00	248.00
2	600–650	620	270.00–280.00	274.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	560	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	201.00	201.00
1	350–400	350	185.00	185.00
1	500–550	530	145.00	145.00

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.