Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2024-05-22

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, May 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
70 vs last sale 5 44 vs year ago 31 · +141.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
4 vs last sale 19 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few comparable lots for a price comparison. Feeder cattle sold with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $314.59/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 127.75 against this barn's trailing median of $442.35.
Average price
$314.59
11 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$51.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+40.78
vs NC average
+0.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501324.001,6239thin
Medium 1570272.251,5522thin
One grade step is worth $51.75/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
527480432384median 442.3502/2504/0805/1307/0808/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.26, low $398.10, median $442.35 across 15 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 sale11 hd
314.59
NC average9 barns · 129 hd
273.81
+40.78
National average158 barns · 11,390 hd
314.10
+0.49
This barn, trailing median15 sales
442.35
−127.75
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
BullsHigh1,335112.501,5022thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,344123.741,6645thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,028112.581,1588thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls1,375125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7191
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7125
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550545266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4504
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,348114.26/cwt110.00–119.001,5402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,083123.68/cwt120.00–126.001,3393
CowsBoner 80-85%983111.14/cwt105.00–116.001,0934
Bulls1,295100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,342130.06/cwt125.00–134.001,7453
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370306.32/cwt300.00–312.001,1332
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2189
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3143
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3611
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3862
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500490262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2841
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3279
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500465307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4281
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3662
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550501324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,6239
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3441
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390339.50/cwt339.50–339.501,3248
HeifersMedium 1400–450440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1221
HeifersMedium 2400–450400215.00/cwt215.00–215.008601
HeifersMedium 2650–700650180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1701
SteersMedium 1550–600570272.25/cwt272.00–272.501,5522
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620274.96/cwt270.00–280.001,7052
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04585.00/cwt85.00–85.008881
BullsMedium 1250–300255201.00/cwt201.00–201.005131
BullsMedium 1350–400350185.00/cwt185.00–185.006481
BullsMedium 1500–550530145.00/cwt145.00–145.007691
HeifersMedium 1650–700650211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3721
HeifersMedium 1350–400380165.00/cwt165.00–165.006271

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.