Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2024-08-28

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Aug 28
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
11 vs last sale 48 9 vs year ago 46 · 19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
10 vs last sale 22 19 vs year ago 31 · 61.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average Baby calves 250.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $213.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 194.02 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.
Average price
$213.00
7 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$35.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.35
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545233.001,2703thin
Medium 1546197.991,0814thin
One grade step is worth $35.01/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
493446398351median 407.0201/0703/1105/0606/0308/19
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $478.59, low $365.31, median $407.02 across 13 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 sale7 hd
213.00
NC average9 barns · 235 hd
211.65
+1.35
This barn, trailing median13 sales
407.02
−194.02
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
BullsAverage2,160150.003,2401thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,373131.001,7982thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,143124.271,4217thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average735102.507532thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1400–450433230.00/cwt230.00–230.009962
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2712
BullsMedium 1250–300275245.00/cwt245.00–245.006741
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250245295.00/cwt295.00–295.007231
BullsMedium 1400–450405225.00/cwt225.00–225.009111
BullsMedium 1450–500490192.00/cwt192.00–192.009411
HeifersMedium 1450–500490225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1031
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850815172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4021
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2273
HeifersMedium 1550–600555225.54/cwt221.00–230.001,2522
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340250.00/cwt250.00–250.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2131
HeifersMedium 1350–400375195.00/cwt195.00–195.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4761
BullsMedium 1500–550510204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0401
BullsMedium 1550–600558195.99/cwt195.00–198.001,0943
HeifersMedium 2400–450440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006601
HeifersSmall and Medium 2450–500460100.00/cwt100.00–100.004601
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340260.00/cwt260.00–260.008841
HeifersMedium 1700–750718178.10/cwt168.00–188.001,2792
BullsMedium 1600–650625213.16/cwt208.00–218.001,3322
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600585215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2581
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4871
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365264.53/cwt262.00–267.009662
BullsMedium 1350–400365240.00/cwt240.00–240.008761
BullsMedium 1650–700690212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4631
CowsLean 85-90%860130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1181
CowsLean 85-90%61075.00/cwt75.00–75.004581
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,245147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,8301
Bulls2,160150.00/cwt150.00–150.003,2401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153122.98/cwt118.00–128.001,4186
CowsBoner 80-85%1,085132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,4321

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.