Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2023-07-19

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jul 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
1 vs last sale 63 2 vs year ago 66 · 3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
3 vs last sale 18 15 vs year ago 30 · 50.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand good, activity active, offerings light. Quality of cattle average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.07/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$195.07
30 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$829
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium 1 over Medium 3
$72.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.77
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1275222.006114thin
Medium and Large 1426203.9386817thin
Medium 2429182.417823thin
Medium and Large 2625166.671,0423thin
Medium 3417150.006253thin
One grade step is worth $72.00/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale30 hd
195.07
NC average8 barns · 969 hd
184.30
+10.77
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
BullsHigh1,458120.461,7562thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36397.001,3222thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07190.539697thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average78889.307042thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1470194.00/cwt194.00–194.009121
BullsMedium 2595136.00/cwt136.00–136.008091
BullsMedium and Large 2445196.00/cwt196.00–196.008721
BullsMedium and Large 2590190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1211
BullsMedium 1296212.00/cwt212.00–212.006286
BullsMedium and Large 1552201.02/cwt196.00–209.001,1103
HeifersMedium and Large 1517195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0085
HeifersMedium 3250170.00/cwt170.00–170.004251
HeifersMedium 3475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
HeifersMedium 1275222.00/cwt222.00–222.006114
HeifersMedium and Large 1585187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 1468198.30/cwt196.00–202.009283
HeifersMedium and Large 1365194.00/cwt194.00–194.007081
SteersMedium and Large 1730189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3801
SteersMedium and Large 1475220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0451
HeifersMedium 3525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2605174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0531
HeifersMedium 2513174.61/cwt170.00–179.008962
HeifersMedium and Large 2580156.00/cwt156.00–156.009051
HeifersMedium 2260198.00/cwt198.00–198.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 2690170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1731
BullsMedium and Large 1515217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1181
BullsMedium and Large 1620190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1781
BullsMedium and Large 1710176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 1328216.55/cwt214.00–217.007107
BullsMedium and Large 3550170.00/cwt170.00–170.009351
BullsMedium and Large 1400224.00/cwt224.00–224.008967
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36397.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3222
CowsLean 85-90%78889.30/cwt87.00–92.007042
Bulls1,458120.46/cwt120.00–121.001,7562
CowsBoner 80-85%90065.00/cwt65.00–65.005851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20586.09/cwt82.00–91.001,0372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04699.14/cwt97.00–101.001,0374

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.