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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 19

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 45▲ 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 33▼ 6 vs year ago 24 · −25.0%

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 Active Offerings Light ( Hay Time ) 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 $246.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −137.95 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$246.33

3 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.51

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	253.50	1,388	2thin
Medium and Large 2	515	232.00	1,195	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

246.33

—

NC average9 barns · 193 hd

234.83

+11.51

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−137.95

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	1,630	148.75	2,425	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	733	125.89	923	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,268	124.04	1,573	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,181	115.27	1,361	8thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	305	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	671	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	956	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,195	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,503	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium 2	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium 1	733	189.90/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,392	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,666	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,747	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	960	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,440	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,380	117.60/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,623	2
Bulls	—	—	1,797	169.52/cwt	168.00–173.00	3,046	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	735	113.84/cwt	110.00–118.00	837	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,128	101.58/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,146	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	133.35/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,540	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	116.91/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,461	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,268	124.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,573	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 Jun 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15Last week 45Year ago 12

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 33Year ago 24

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( Hay Time ) Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	733	180.00–200.00	189.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	585	257.00	257.00
1	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	805	207.00	207.00
1	950–1000	960	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	232.00	232.00
1	950–1000	960	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	150.00	150.00
2	—	735	110.00–118.00	113.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	99.00–105.00	101.58
3	—	1,250	111.00–120.00	116.91
2	—	1,155	128.00–138.00	133.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	120.00–128.00	124.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	168.00–173.00	169.52
2	—	1,380	116.00–119.00	117.60

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.