Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2023-12-13

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Dec 13
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
19 vs last sale 57 27 vs year ago 65 · 41.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
4 vs last sale 36 13 vs year ago 45 · 28.9%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $194.76/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$194.76
21 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$48.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.15
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489212.891,0409thin
Medium and Large 2493189.009328thin
Medium 2410166.006813thin
Medium 1585164.009591thin
One grade step is worth $48.89/cwt here — about $81 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 sale21 hd
194.76
NC average8 barns · 794 hd
177.61
+17.15
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
BullsHigh1,538120.651,8564thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35392.281,24814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12475.2284615

Every lot, as filed

31 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 2720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008641
BullsMedium 2470168.00/cwt168.00–168.007902
BullsMedium and Large 2390210.00/cwt210.00–210.008194
BullsMedium and Large 2480188.00/cwt188.00–188.009021
BullsMedium and Large 1335220.00/cwt220.00–220.007371
BullsMedium and Large 1402237.00/cwt237.00–237.009534
HeifersMedium and Large 1325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 1550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1001
HeifersMedium and Large 1382202.53/cwt201.00–206.007743
HeifersMedium and Large 1810140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 1280223.00/cwt218.00–228.006242
BullsMedium and Large 2535204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0911
BullsMedium and Large 2650160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 1418214.43/cwt208.00–216.008965
HeifersMedium 2560144.00/cwt144.00–144.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 2475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
Dairy HeifersMedium 2225182.00/cwt182.00–182.004101
BullsMedium and Large 1805132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0631
BullsMedium 1585164.00/cwt164.00–164.009591
BullsMedium and Large 1370246.00/cwt246.00–246.009102
BullsMedium 2290162.00/cwt162.00–162.004701
HeifersMedium and Large 283098.00/cwt98.00–98.008131
BullsMedium and Large 1910124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1281
Bulls1,268128.28/cwt124.00–134.001,6272
Bulls1,808113.02/cwt108.00–119.002,0432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22483.44/cwt77.00–88.001,0215
CowsBoner 80-85%88748.25/cwt30.00–57.004283
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35093.22/cwt90.00–97.001,25813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30399.84/cwt96.00–104.001,3012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09673.34/cwt66.00–75.008045
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1081

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.