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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 20

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 107 vs last sale 138▼ 51 vs year ago 82 · −62.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 39▼ 1 vs year ago 27 · −3.7%

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $224.23/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −160.06 against this barn's trailing median of $384.28.

Average price

$224.23

4 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$48.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.32

vs NC average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	248.45	1,287	2thin
Medium 2	540	200.00	1,080	1thin
Medium 1	565	200.00	1,130	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.45/cwt here — about $157 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 sale4 hd

224.23

—

NC average9 barns · 235 hd

219.91

+4.32

This barn, trailing median16 sales

384.28

−160.06

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	—	Average	1,915	135.00	2,585	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,129	95.73	1,081	25

Every lot

29 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	200–250	Medium 1	205	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	513	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	288.55/cwt	287.00–290.00	923	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,048	1
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	918	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,050	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	226.26/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,183	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,032	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	642	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium 1	225	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	563	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	738	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,070	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	243.63/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,165	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	248.45/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,287	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium 2	410	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	738	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,915	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,585	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,083	71.11/cwt	50.00–84.00	770	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,119	112.58/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,260	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	103.40/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,187	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,202	91.89/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,105	5

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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 138Year ago 82

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 39Year ago 27

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	292.00	292.00
1	250–300	250	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	385	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	433	247.00	247.00
2	450–500	478	240.00–247.00	243.63
2	500–550	518	247.00–250.00	248.45
1	750–800	770	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	125.00	125.00
1	500–550	540	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	170.00	170.00
1	450–500	475	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	287.00–290.00	288.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	443	237.00	237.00
2	500–550	523	220.00–232.00	226.26
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	645	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,119	110.00–120.00	112.58
5	—	1,202	90.00–99.00	91.89
7	—	1,083	50.00–84.00	71.11
3	—	1,148	100.00–105.00	103.40

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.