Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2022-07-27

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 27
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 66▼ 7 vs year ago 52 · −13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 30▼ 14 vs year ago 16 · −87.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

4 Goats 75.00 each Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (Very HOT ) Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.31/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$140.31
20 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 3
$27.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.58
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2602148.608955thin
Medium 2491141.6169512thin
Medium 3460121.335583thin
One grade step is worth $27.27/cwt here — about $336 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 sale20 hd
140.31
—
NC average6 barns · 340 hd
130.73
+9.58
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low92030.002761thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low76530.002301thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—445168.00/cwt168.00–168.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—705150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—930109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—465158.00/cwt158.00–158.007352
BullsMedium 2—525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
BullsMedium 2—428150.02/cwt149.00–154.006426
SteersMedium 2—383120.97/cwt120.00–122.004632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—565168.00/cwt168.00–168.009491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—265136.00/cwt136.00–136.003602
SteersMedium 2—645141.00/cwt141.00–141.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—695125.00/cwt125.00–125.008691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,040117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2171
HeifersMedium 2—625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006881
HeifersMedium 2—465123.00/cwt123.00–123.005722
HeifersMedium 2—580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—605156.00/cwt156.00–156.009443
BullsMedium 3—490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
BullsMedium 3—445132.00/cwt130.00–134.005872
BullsMedium 2—465142.00/cwt142.00–142.006602
BullsMedium 2—622128.38/cwt125.00–130.007993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—489135.46/cwt134.00–139.006627
CowsBoner 80-85%—92030.00/cwt30.00–30.002761
CowsLean 85-90%—76530.00/cwt30.00–30.002301

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.