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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 17

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

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Feeder Cattle receipts

90 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 36▲ 26 vs year ago 64 · +40.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 41▲ 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average Baby calves 225.00

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 $242.10/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −142.18 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$242.10

15 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,256

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$75.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.51

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	269.02	1,369	6thin
Medium and Large 2	522	245.27	1,280	3thin
Medium 1	530	223.52	1,185	4thin
Medium 2	520	193.75	1,008	2thin

One grade step is worth $75.27/cwt here — about $362 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 sale15 hd

242.10

—

NC average9 barns · 220 hd

222.59

+19.51

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−142.18

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	129.20	1,862	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	745	124.67	929	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,119	120.11	1,343	7thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	988	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,014	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,142	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,336	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,482	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	726	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	385	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	751	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	227.57/cwt	225.00–230.00	985	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	435	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	687	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	455	155.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	705	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	217.41/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,039	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	505	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,035	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	218.89/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,140	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	560	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,064	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,236	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,385	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	576	13
Bulls	250–300	Medium 1	270	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	621	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	752	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	861	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	967	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1	400	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	748	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	247.55/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,025	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1	485	206.06/cwt	200.00–212.00	999	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	269.02/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,369	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	520	193.75/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,008	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	245.27/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,280	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium 1	522	219.70/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,147	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	218.97/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,358	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,323	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	832	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,014	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,124	115.35/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,297	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,946	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	138.05/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,940	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,459	124.77/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,820	4

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 Jul 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 36Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 41Year ago 15

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average Baby calves 225.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	195.00	195.00
1	400–450	420	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	450	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	505	200.00–210.00	205.00
1	550–600	560	190.00	190.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	185.00	185.00
1	350–400	380	150.00	150.00
1	400–450	435	158.00	158.00
2	450–500	455	150.00–160.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	433	225.00–230.00	227.57
2	450–500	478	215.00–220.00	217.41
11	500–550	521	217.00–227.00	218.89
2	550–600	562	220.00	220.00
3	600–650	605	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	187.00–200.00	193.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	400	187.00	187.00
2	450–500	485	200.00–212.00	206.06
3	500–550	522	214.00–225.00	219.70
1	550–600	555	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
6	400–450	414	240.00–249.00	247.55
3	500–550	522	240.00–249.00	245.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	240	240.00	240.00
1	250–300	295	255.00	255.00
1	300–350	325	265.00	265.00
1	350–400	365	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	495	220.00	220.00
6	500–550	509	267.00–270.00	269.02
2	600–650	620	218.00–220.00	218.97
1	950–1000	980	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	390	260.00	260.00
5	450–500	453	252.00	252.00
1	500–550	510	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	555	267.00	267.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	130.00–147.00	138.05
4	—	1,459	119.00–129.00	124.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,165	167.00	167.00
5	—	1,124	105.00–120.00	115.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	160.00	160.00
1	—	885	94.00	94.00
1	—	635	120.00	120.00

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.