Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2024-09-11

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Sep 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
52 vs last sale 101 10 vs year ago 59 · 16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
0 vs last sale 16 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 6.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $211.31/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 174.26 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.
Average price
$211.31
11 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$454
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$96.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.64
vs NC average
27.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513236.451,2146thin
Medium 1555208.571,1583thin
Medium 2543140.007602thin
One grade step is worth $96.45/cwt here — about $454 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale11 hd
211.31
NC average9 barns · 376 hd
214.95
−3.64
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−27.30
This barn, trailing median23 sales
385.57
−174.26
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
BullsAverage1,702140.412,3893thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,432118.741,7004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,068108.871,1627thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average74397.507242thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1450–500460244.89/cwt240.00–250.001,1262
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450405274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,1101
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900875160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0712
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558211.98/cwt208.00–220.001,1833
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275280.00/cwt280.00–280.007701
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350335292.00/cwt292.00–292.009781
Dairy SteersMedium 2350–400355175.00/cwt175.00–175.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335257.00/cwt257.00–257.008611
HeifersMedium 1400–450413235.08/cwt230.00–240.009713
HeifersMedium 1350–400390245.00/cwt245.00–245.009561
HeifersMedium 1550–600570200.36/cwt195.00–206.001,1422
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421249.57/cwt247.00–258.001,0515
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4894
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5373
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550506239.74/cwt235.00–241.001,2135
HeifersMedium 1500–550525225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1811
HeifersMedium 1600–650620206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2771
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1461
BullsMedium 1450–500480224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0751
BullsMedium 1500–550520170.00/cwt170.00–170.008841
HeifersMedium 2300–350345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
HeifersMedium 2500–550535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009101
HeifersMedium 2550–600550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458242.47/cwt237.00–248.001,1112
Bulls1,795132.11/cwt130.00–135.002,3712
Bulls1,515157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3791
CowsBoner 80-85%930100.00/cwt100.00–100.009301
CowsBoner 80-85%91083.00/cwt83.00–83.007551
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,392116.65/cwt115.00–119.001,6243
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,9381
CowsLean 85-90%825115.00/cwt115.00–115.009491
CowsLean 85-90%66080.00/cwt80.00–80.005281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,076114.52/cwt110.00–118.001,2324
CowsBoner 80-85%1,330121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,6091

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.