Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2023-06-21

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jun 21
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
45 vs last sale 57 42 vs year ago 54 · 77.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
9 vs last sale 33 2 vs year ago 26 · 7.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Good demand with moderate activity and light offerings due to heavy rain. Quality of cattle average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $166.19/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$166.19
9 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$77
per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.03
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1375180.006751thin
Medium and Large 1729165.101,2037thin
Medium 2470160.007521thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale9 hd
166.19
NC average8 barns · 1,021 hd
184.22
−18.03
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42295.191,3536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07685.0891615
CowsLean 85-90%Low82771.025873thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11182.48/cwt78.00–87.009169
CowsLean 85-90%84864.53/cwt63.00–66.005472
CowsLean 85-90%78584.00/cwt84.00–84.006591
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,490100.37/cwt92.00–105.001,4963
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2183
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05375.00/cwt75.00–75.007902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01095.98/cwt90.00–101.009694
BullsMedium 2470160.00/cwt160.00–160.007521
HeifersMedium 2345128.00/cwt128.00–128.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1765150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 1790154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2172
BullsMedium and Large 1675182.34/cwt177.00–188.001,2312
BullsMedium and Large 1905144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3031
BullsMedium and Large 1700162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1341
BullsMedium and Large 1565177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0001
BullsMedium 1375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006751

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.