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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 16

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

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Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 35▼ 84 vs year ago 109 · −77.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 8▼ 25 vs year ago 43 · −58.1%

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 Quality Average

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 $211.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −211.14 against this barn's trailing median of $422.14.

Average price

$211.00

2 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.55

vs NC average

−88.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	222.00	1,288	1thin
Medium 1	565	200.00	1,130	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale2 hd

211.00

—

NC average8 barns · 221 hd

239.55

−28.55

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−88.33

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.14

−211.14

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	—	Average	1,928	152.95	2,949	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,673	118.00	1,974	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	99.75	1,133	13

Every lot

27 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	200–250	Medium 1	228	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	467	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,205	1
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	468	216.10/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,011	2
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,288	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	236.00/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,451	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	530	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	535	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	867	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	199.43/cwt	192.00–207.00	1,077	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,126	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,327	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium 1	335	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	620	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1	363	248.45/cwt	247.00–250.00	902	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	248.54/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,143	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	565	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	989	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,695	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,814	1
Bulls	—	—	2,045	146.43/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,994	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	990	86.89/cwt	84.00–90.00	860	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,030	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	721	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,111	103.36/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,148	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,408	120.78/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,701	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,794	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,785	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,160	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 Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 35Year ago 109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 8Year ago 43

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active 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	410	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	460	245.00–252.00	248.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	185.00	185.00
2	350–400	363	247.00–250.00	248.45
1	550–600	565	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	440	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	540	192.00–207.00	199.43
1	550–600	560	201.00	201.00
1	600–650	620	214.00	214.00
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	205.00	205.00
2	450–500	468	210.00–222.00	216.10
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	580	222.00	222.00
2	600–650	615	232.00–240.00	236.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,045	145.00–148.00	146.43
1	—	1,695	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,785	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,111	100.00–110.00	103.36
1	—	1,030	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,408	120.00–123.00	120.78
4	—	990	84.00–90.00	86.89

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.