Sale reports / North Carolina / North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction / 2024-10-09

North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Oct 9
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
13 vs last sale 48 55 vs year ago 90 · 61.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 16 13 vs year ago 21 · 61.9%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SaleSat Apr 4, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $200.17/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits 206.84 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.
Average price
$200.17
7 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$17.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.57
vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529202.701,0736thin
Medium 1530185.009811thin
One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $92 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

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
200.17
NC average8 barns · 245 hd
207.74
−7.57
This barn, trailing median13 sales
407.02
−206.84
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
BullsHigh1,780140.002,4921thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,287116.771,5033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08574.008032thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low80567.005392thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0641
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530185.00/cwt185.00–185.009811
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400350216.00/cwt216.00–216.007561
HeifersMedium 1500–550515192.00/cwt192.00–192.009891
HeifersMedium 1700–750735160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1761
HeifersMedium 1750–800780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009751
HeifersMedium 1450–500455190.00/cwt190.00–190.008651
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415235.00/cwt230.00–240.009752
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325222.00/cwt222.00–222.007221
BullsMedium 1500–550530185.00/cwt185.00–185.009811
BullsMedium 1650–700670170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1391
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450415212.00/cwt212.00–212.008801
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500450210.00/cwt210.00–210.009451
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600585165.00/cwt165.00–165.009651
Bulls1,780140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,4921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03580.00/cwt80.00–80.008281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13568.00/cwt68.00–68.007721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,287116.77/cwt110.00–121.001,5033
CowsLean 85-90%85064.00/cwt64.00–64.005441
CowsLean 85-90%76070.00/cwt70.00–70.005321
HeifersMedium 1550–600565177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0001
BullsMedium 2300–350325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004061
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550518210.24/cwt200.00–215.001,0895
BullsMedium 1450–500480177.00/cwt177.00–177.008501
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658185.51/cwt182.00–189.001,2212
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420235.00/cwt235.00–235.009871
BullsMedium 1400–450440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008801
SteersMedium 1650–700660150.00/cwt150.00–150.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007671
HeifersMedium 1400–450420172.00/cwt165.00–179.007222
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2621
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2941
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750705185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3041

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.