Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2024-01-10

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Jan 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
16 vs last sale 33 90 vs year ago 107 · 84.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
28 vs last sale 31 29 vs year ago 32 · 90.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 0 15 vs year ago 3 · +500.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last two weeks Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light (Cold ) Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.63/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$161.63
8 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.54
vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479179.258584thin
Medium and Large 2636144.009164thin
One grade step is worth $35.25/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale8 hd
161.63
NC average8 barns · 778 hd
179.17
−17.54
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%Average1,39880.001,1182thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25580.001,0041thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,139$1,6929

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39880.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0041
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1921,764.58/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7656
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0331,546.13/head1,430.00–1,750.001,5463
SteersMedium and Large 2685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1651
HeifersMedium and Large 1590178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0501
HeifersMedium and Large 2695158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0981
HeifersMedium and Large 2420148.00/cwt148.00–148.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 1515180.00/cwt180.00–180.009271
HeifersMedium and Large 2805120.00/cwt120.00–120.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 2625150.00/cwt150.00–150.009381
HeifersMedium and Large 1445175.00/cwt175.00–175.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1365184.00/cwt184.00–184.006721
Dairy HeifersMedium 266060.00/cwt60.00–60.003961
BullsMedium and Large 1560180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1450210.00/cwt210.00–210.009451
BullsMedium and Large 2375184.00/cwt184.00–184.006901
BullsMedium and Large 1390228.00/cwt228.00–228.008891
BullsMedium 1565144.00/cwt144.00–144.008141
BullsMedium 1540152.00/cwt152.00–152.008211
BullsMedium 1445164.00/cwt164.00–164.007301

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.