Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2024-05-01

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, May 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
28 vs last sale 59 16 vs year ago 47 · 34.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
14 vs last sale 24 14 vs year ago 24 · 58.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 128.07 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.
Average price
$257.50
2 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,397
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+22.68
vs NC average
10.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543257.501,3972thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
473427380334median 385.5712/1703/1104/2906/1008/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.97, low $348.08, median $385.57 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
257.50
NC average8 barns · 303 hd
234.82
+22.68
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−10.88
This barn, trailing median23 sales
385.57
−128.07
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
BullsAverage1,465118.411,7354thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,257112.971,4203thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,082109.401,1833thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low77061.004701thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1600–650605248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5001
Bulls1,445100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10599.10/cwt94.00–105.001,0952
CowsBoner 80-85%1,035130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,230105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2921
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,270116.95/cwt115.00–119.001,4852
CowsLean 85-90%77061.00/cwt61.00–61.004701
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900890178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5841
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475263.93/cwt262.00–265.001,2548
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000950120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450445250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1131
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750700207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4491
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2871
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1381
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2461
HeifersMedium 1300–350315250.00/cwt250.00–250.007881
HeifersMedium 1450–500450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0801
Dairy SteersMedium 2850–900865127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0991
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450405280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3521
Bulls1,472124.54/cwt119.00–130.001,8333
BullsMedium 1300–350335245.00/cwt245.00–245.008211
BullsMedium 1600–650640210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3441
BullsMedium 1750–800780150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1701
BullsMedium 1450–500488191.05/cwt182.00–200.009322
HeifersMedium 1250–300250250.00/cwt250.00–250.006251

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.