Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2021-02-17

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Feb 17
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
11 vs last sale 47 40 vs year ago 98 · 40.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 20 1 vs year ago 24 · +4.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were unevenly steady on a very light test. There were too few comparable feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand, market activity, and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were light due to ongoing wet weather leaving pastures extremely muddy and cattle difficult to move. Cattle quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.02/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$108.02
27 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3
$40.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.31
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510110.6956524
Medium 230395.002872thin
Small 325570.001791thin
One grade step is worth $40.69/cwt here — about $386 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 sale27 hd
108.02
NC average8 barns · 279 hd
102.71
+5.31
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
BullsHigh1,66394.731,5753thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66465.811,09511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25361.7677410
CowsLean 85-90%Low89038.003381thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls1,66394.73/cwt90.50–101.501,5753
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13353.16/cwt52.50–54.006023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30465.44/cwt60.00–68.508537
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,93558.00/cwt58.00–58.001,1221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63766.59/cwt64.00–69.001,09010
CowsLean 85-90%89038.00/cwt38.00–38.003381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400116.00/cwt116.00–116.004641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-278084.00/cwt84.00–84.006551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287082.00/cwt82.00–82.007131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685114.00/cwt114.00–114.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2359124.70/cwt122.00–129.004484
BullsSmall and Medium 354564.00/cwt64.00–64.003491
SteersSmall and Medium 3295107.00/cwt107.00–107.003161
BullsSmall and Medium 3Full50540.00/cwt40.00–40.002021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474131.94/cwt128.00–139.006254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510125.97/cwt123.00–130.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335122.91/cwt120.00–126.004122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450109.50/cwt107.00–112.004932
HeifersSmall 3Full25570.00/cwt70.00–70.001791
BullsMedium 2470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005553
Dairy HeifersMedium 3Thin Fleshed40020.00/cwt20.00–20.00801
SteersMedium 339098.00/cwt98.00–98.003821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511113.82/cwt110.00–117.005827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760117.00/cwt117.00–117.008891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
SteersMedium 2345124.00/cwt124.00–124.004281
SteersMedium 2415114.00/cwt114.00–114.004731
HeifersMedium 226592.00/cwt92.00–92.002441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570101.43/cwt96.00–104.005783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-281495.00/cwt95.00–95.007732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375123.56/cwt119.00–128.004632
BullsMedium 346098.00/cwt98.00–98.004511
Dairy HeifersMedium 347028.00/cwt28.00–28.001321
BullsMedium 2445108.00/cwt108.00–108.004811
HeifersMedium 234098.00/cwt98.00–98.003331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425129.00/cwt129.00–129.005481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585124.00/cwt124.00–124.007251

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.