Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2020-03-25

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Mar 25
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
34 vs last sale 66 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
62 vs last sale 31 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to feeder cattle records with removal of extremely low price feeder cattle records.*

Slaughter cattle Some what lower Feeder cattle 5.00 to 8.00 higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings light ( rain ) Quality Plain to Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.32/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$116.32
12 head · 618 lb average
Value per head Derived
$719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$358
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3
$33.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.29
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2640119.0976210thin
Medium and Large 3550119.006551thin
Small and Medium 347086.004041thin
One grade step is worth $33.08/cwt here — about $358 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 sale12 hd
116.32
NC average8 barns · 457 hd
115.03
+1.29
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
BullsAverage1,80291.791,65413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43668.2698029
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08652.5957143
CowsLean 85-90%Average80042.923438thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
CowsLean 85-90%80154.88/cwt52.00–59.004404
CowsLean 85-90%84838.94/cwt38.00–40.003302
CowsLean 85-90%74822.98/cwt22.00–24.001722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270128.00/cwt128.00–128.003461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2240125.00/cwt125.00–125.003001
HeifersMedium 252086.00/cwt86.00–86.004471
HeifersMedium 243590.00/cwt90.00–90.003921
HeifersMedium 2340110.00/cwt110.00–110.003741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13857.12/cwt51.00–61.0065016
SteersMedium 2345118.00/cwt118.00–118.004071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725111.94/cwt108.00–116.008122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570123.97/cwt123.00–125.007072
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508140.55/cwt137.00–144.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565111.00/cwt111.00–111.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610106.00/cwt106.00–106.006471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2970107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
BullsMedium and Large 3550119.00/cwt119.00–119.006551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2761102.79/cwt98.00–106.007825
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430147.45/cwt146.00–149.006342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006911
HeifersSmall and Medium 3Full62060.00/cwt60.00–60.003721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06946.22/cwt40.00–49.004947
CowsBoner 80-85%97828.49/cwt20.00–31.002798
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09966.34/cwt63.00–74.0072912
Bulls1,94587.17/cwt85.00–89.501,6953
Bulls1,80795.72/cwt90.00–104.001,7308
Bulls1,57083.02/cwt81.00–85.001,3032
BullsSmall and Medium 347086.00/cwt86.00–86.004041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59560.00/cwt60.00–60.009571
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43068.55/cwt63.00–74.0098028

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.