Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 20
● Final146 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
349 head
229 vs last sale 120 349 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
49 vs last sale 37 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher Feeder cattle Mostly steady to 5.00 higher Demand good Activity moderate Offerings Moderate Quality plain average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $92.20/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$92.20
123 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$466
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3
$54.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.88
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534104.6055957
Medium and Large 252590.2447434
Medium 244881.1336316thin
Medium 345167.293048thin
Small 327662.171716thin
Small 285051.004341thin
Small and Medium 355550.002781thin
One grade step is worth $54.60/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale123 hd
92.20
NC average8 barns · 1,274 hd
106.08
−13.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,59077.651,23518
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36556.6977421
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,10551.2756734
CowsLean 85-90%Average87942.013693thin

Every lot, as filed

146 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium 240084.00/cwt84.00–84.003361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510106.39/cwt102.00–109.005435
HeifersMedium 364050.00/cwt50.00–50.003201
HeifersMedium 332572.65/cwt70.00–75.002362
HeifersMedium 338570.00/cwt70.00–70.002702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335110.00/cwt110.00–110.003691
HeifersMedium 232085.18/cwt80.00–90.002733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425116.26/cwt111.00–122.0049412
HeifersMedium and Large 263085.00/cwt85.00–85.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287591.00/cwt91.00–91.007961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-219795.00/cwt95.00–95.001872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358100.00/cwt100.00–100.003582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-266491.78/cwt87.00–97.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 1-256498.54/cwt95.00–107.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-277694.79/cwt94.00–98.007365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-261799.84/cwt93.00–104.506168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468109.96/cwt105.00–112.005159
HeifersMedium and Large 266083.00/cwt83.00–83.005481
HeifersMedium 356372.49/cwt70.00–75.004082
HeifersMedium and Large 242893.94/cwt86.00–102.004024
HeifersMedium and Large 238795.99/cwt95.00–97.003715
HeifersSmall 318076.00/cwt76.00–76.001371
HeifersMedium and Large 285075.00/cwt75.00–75.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 233892.98/cwt90.00–96.003142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730100.53/cwt99.00–102.007342
CowsLean 85-90%87351.51/cwt51.00–52.004502
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37359.42/cwt55.00–63.5081616
CowsLean 85-90%89023.00/cwt23.00–23.002051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00527.00/cwt27.00–27.002711
HeifersMedium and Large 272084.03/cwt80.00–88.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 277083.51/cwt82.00–85.006432
BullsMedium and Large 282073.00/cwt73.00–73.005991
CowsBoner 80-85%97536.17/cwt31.00–42.003534
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09849.28/cwt45.00–54.0054113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30540.00/cwt40.00–40.005221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34649.92/cwt47.50–53.006724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15058.18/cwt55.00–62.0066916
BullsMedium and Large 262599.40/cwt96.00–107.006215
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573124.69/cwt124.00–126.007143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2456148.25/cwt146.00–150.006764
BullsMedium 384569.00/cwt69.00–69.005831
BullsMedium 342090.00/cwt90.00–90.003782
BullsMedium and Large 279066.00/cwt66.00–66.005211
BullsMedium and Large 2435129.02/cwt128.00–130.005612
BullsMedium and Large 1-289580.00/cwt80.00–80.007161
BullsMedium and Large 1-290573.00/cwt73.00–73.006611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2703106.52/cwt101.00–112.007492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510139.27/cwt136.00–144.007103
BullsMedium and Large 2484131.50/cwt130.00–136.006364
BullsMedium 2440110.00/cwt110.00–110.004841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2424133.73/cwt132.00–142.005676
BullsMedium and Large 1-2633117.00/cwt115.00–120.0074111
BullsMedium and Large 2380112.00/cwt112.00–112.004261
BullsMedium and Large 270090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
BullsMedium and Large 294060.00/cwt60.00–60.005641
BullsMedium 347562.00/cwt62.00–62.002951
BullsMedium and Large 2565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005882
BullsMedium and Large 268591.51/cwt90.00–93.006272
BullsMedium 282071.00/cwt71.00–71.005824
BullsMedium 2526103.29/cwt100.00–110.005436
BullsMedium 364054.00/cwt54.00–54.003461
Bulls1,64973.61/cwt70.00–75.001,2147
Bulls1,63085.45/cwt81.00–91.501,3938
BullsMedium 275578.00/cwt78.00–78.005891
BullsMedium 294560.50/cwt60.50–60.505721
BullsMedium 263391.01/cwt90.00–94.005764
BullsMedium 2464124.26/cwt120.00–128.005777
BullsSmall and Medium 3Thin Fleshed47042.00/cwt42.00–42.001971
BullsMedium 3Thin Fleshed52562.00/cwt62.00–62.003261
BullsSmall 3Thin Fleshed47040.00/cwt40.00–40.001881
HeifersSmall and Medium 3Thin Fleshed55550.00/cwt50.00–50.002781
SteersSmall 3Thin Fleshed21540.00/cwt40.00–40.00861
SteersSmall 3Thin Fleshed37540.00/cwt40.00–40.001501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy525121.00/cwt121.00–121.006351
BullsMedium 3Full48039.00/cwt39.00–39.001871
HeifersSmall 3Full28046.00/cwt46.00–46.001291
SteersMedium 3Full33052.00/cwt52.00–52.001721
SteersSmall and Medium 3Full67069.00/cwt69.00–69.004621
SteersSmall 3Full38540.00/cwt40.00–40.001541
Bulls1,34866.29/cwt65.00–67.008943
BullsSmall and Medium 341060.00/cwt60.00–60.002461
BullsSmall and Medium 361545.00/cwt45.00–45.002771
BullsMedium 358871.04/cwt68.00–74.004182
BullsMedium 354090.00/cwt90.00–90.004861
BullsMedium and Large 2528123.91/cwt114.00–129.0065415
Dairy SteersLarge 332042.00/cwt42.00–42.001341
Dairy SteersLarge 348540.00/cwt40.00–40.001941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,140660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,5241
Dairy HeifersLarge 345043.00/cwt43.00–43.001941
Dairy HeifersLarge 355046.00/cwt46.00–46.002531
Dairy HeifersLarge 364046.00/cwt46.00–46.002941
Dairy SteersLarge 378050.00/cwt50.00–50.003901
Dairy SteersLarge 344067.00/cwt67.00–67.002952
SteersLarge 380060.00/cwt60.00–60.004801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,383798.10/cwt750.00–850.0011,0382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,200975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,6651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,313744.48/cwt690.00–780.009,7753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,221680.97/cwt600.00–740.008,3154
SteersMedium 2365108.00/cwt108.00–108.003941
SteersMedium 2425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
SteersMedium 2485116.00/cwt116.00–116.005631
SteersMedium 2500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
SteersMedium 2585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
SteersMedium 264590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
SteersSmall 336860.00/cwt60.00–60.002212
SteersSmall and Medium 323080.00/cwt80.00–80.001841
SteersSmall and Medium 341560.00/cwt60.00–60.002491
SteersMedium and Large 2571123.00/cwt123.00–123.007028
SteersSmall 324080.00/cwt80.00–80.001921
SteersSmall 354094.00/cwt94.00–94.005081
SteersMedium 355564.00/cwt64.00–64.003551
SteersMedium 3280104.00/cwt104.00–104.002912
SteersMedium 278082.00/cwt82.00–82.006401
SteersMedium 2278100.00/cwt100.00–100.002782
SteersMedium 2313115.56/cwt113.00–118.003622
SteersSmall 319080.00/cwt80.00–80.001521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688123.00/cwt123.00–123.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2215112.00/cwt112.00–112.002413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270112.00/cwt112.00–112.003021
SteersMedium and Large 1-274598.00/cwt98.00–98.007301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523130.31/cwt129.00–131.006823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2371129.76/cwt128.00–131.004814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433136.00/cwt136.00–136.0058910
SteersMedium and Large 2363110.00/cwt110.00–110.003992
SteersMedium 3338102.00/cwt102.00–102.003452
SteersMedium 338082.93/cwt78.00–88.003152
SteersMedium and Large 2458132.99/cwt132.00–134.006092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 252693.60/cwt90.00–96.004925
HeifersMedium and Large 256888.70/cwt83.00–94.005046
HeifersSmall 285051.00/cwt51.00–51.004341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2317133.32/cwt130.00–140.004233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476144.27/cwt143.00–148.006874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593139.00/cwt139.00–139.008249
HeifersMedium 250976.28/cwt75.00–80.003884
HeifersSmall 321060.00/cwt60.00–60.001261
HeifersSmall 328055.00/cwt55.00–55.001541
HeifersSmall 333076.00/cwt76.00–76.002511
HeifersSmall 337560.00/cwt60.00–60.002251
HeifersMedium and Large 247689.62/cwt88.00–91.004275
HeifersMedium 342558.00/cwt58.00–58.002471
HeifersMedium 238288.27/cwt85.00–89.003375
HeifersMedium 246077.00/cwt77.00–77.003541
HeifersMedium 255082.00/cwt82.00–82.004511
HeifersMedium 285053.00/cwt53.00–53.004511

How this sale compares

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.