Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2021-08-18

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 18
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
24 vs last sale 99 34 vs year ago 89 · +38.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
23 vs last sale 27 12 vs year ago 16 · 75.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were too few comparable head the previous week to establish an adequate market comparison. Demand for value added feeder cattle was very good; market activity and buyer interest were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was attractive. Baby calves were 70.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.92/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$159.92
62 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$31.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.36
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596161.9596558
Medium 2571130.597464thin
One grade step is worth $31.36/cwt here — about $220 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 sale62 hd
159.92
NC average8 barns · 727 hd
140.57
+19.36
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
BullsHigh1,95896.761,8952thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37069.509521thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls1,95896.76/cwt95.50–98.001,8952
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37069.50/cwt69.50–69.509521
Dairy SteersLarge 363088.00/cwt88.00–88.005541
Dairy HeifersLarge 337560.00/cwt60.00–60.002251
HeifersMedium 2428108.00/cwt108.00–108.004622
HeifersMedium 2473108.98/cwt108.00–110.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540137.00/cwt137.00–137.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428129.22/cwt124.00–132.005534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465145.48/cwt144.00–147.006762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added697149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,03910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added569146.00/cwt146.00–146.0083121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468127.46/cwt124.00–132.005973
HeifersMedium 2670115.00/cwt111.00–119.007712
HeifersMedium 2535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added578166.50/cwt166.50–166.5096244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575133.50/cwt132.00–135.007682
SteersMedium 2571130.59/cwt126.00–136.007464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520136.00/cwt136.00–136.007071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added660138.00/cwt138.00–138.009119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430153.00/cwt153.00–153.006581

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.