Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

305 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.37/cwt -0.30 vs last sale · ≈ $549/hd at 460 lb · 13 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.27/cwt -6.24 vs last sale · ≈ $502/hd at 414 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.53/cwt +12.53 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 497 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	305	152	276
Feeder cattle	266	110	221
Slaughter cattle	36	42	53
Replacement cattle	3	—	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter Cattle 3.00 To 6.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 To 6.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 value added	320	1	154.00	$154.00	$493	—
335–343	340	6	144.00–148.00	$146.35	$498	-10.12
360–395	377	3	140.00–149.00	$145.08	$547	-1.45
405–430	415	3	136.00–143.00	$139.59	$579	—
494–498	497	11	141.00–148.00	$143.53	$713	—
500–505	503	2	133.00–136.00	$134.51	$677	+4.54
564	564	4	133.00	$133.00	$750	+2.56
600–615	606	4	120.00–130.00	$126.00	$764	+6.00
717–725	720	3	119.00	$119.00	$857	+13.00
765	765	1	113.00	$113.00	$864	-2.48

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	120.00	$120.00	$240	—
315	315	1	135.00	$135.00	$425	+5.00
365–380	375	3	125.00–135.00	$130.74	$490	-0.94
430–445	438	2	129.00–130.00	$129.49	$567	—
455–490	473	2	130.00–132.00	$131.04	$620	—
580	580	3	114.00–118.00	$116.67	$677	+3.65
685	685	1	106.00	$106.00	$726	+6.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	98.00	$98.00	$216	—
255	255	1	68.00	$68.00	$173	—
385–390	388	2	80.00–82.00	$81.01	$314	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	107.50	$107.50	$317	—
310–330	320	2	110.00–120.00	$115.16	$369	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	2	126.00	$126.00	$300	+1.00
260–290	275	2	112.00–120.00	$116.22	$320	—
300–340	332	5	120.00–127.00	$123.28	$409	-3.19
380	380	1	128.00	$128.00	$486	+1.33
402–430	414	11	117.00–124.00	$121.27	$502	-6.24
452 value added	452	6	128.00	$128.00	$579	—
450–480	467	7	110.00–116.00	$111.98	$523	-7.69
500–535	516	7	100.00–109.00	$105.10	$542	-1.90
550	550	4	115.00	$115.00	$632	+1.46
618	618	9	111.00	$111.00	$686	+4.00
655–665	660	3	91.00–97.00	$94.34	$623	-10.98
732	732	5	96.50	$96.50	$706	+6.50
825	825	1	87.00	$87.00	$718	—
935	935	5	83.00	$83.00	$776	—
1040	1040	1	87.00	$87.00	$905	—
1070–1090	1082	3	79.00–91.00	$85.31	$923	—
1210–1235	1223	2	90.00–92.00	$90.99	$1,113	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	115.00	$115.00	$167	—
160	160	1	115.00	$115.00	$184	—
240	240	1	109.00	$109.00	$262	—
310–330	315	4	105.00–112.00	$108.31	$341	—
365–385	375	2	90.00–100.00	$95.13	$357	—
400–440	418	4	84.00–92.00	$86.91	$363	-5.05
485	485	1	105.00	$105.00	$509	-7.03
515	515	1	85.00	$85.00	$438	±0.00
500–545	526	7	80.00–98.00	$88.34	$465	+3.34
595	595	1	91.00	$91.00	$541	-14.00
610–640	622	5	84.00–95.00	$90.18	$561	+2.51
655 thin fleshed	655	1	60.00	$60.00	$393	—
680	680	1	60.00	$60.00	$408	-34.00
718	718	2	85.00	$85.00	$610	—
780	780	1	60.00	$60.00	$468	—
825	825	1	66.00	$66.00	$544	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	100.00	$100.00	$230	—
345	345	1	94.00	$94.00	$324	—
434	434	4	100.00	$100.00	$434	+22.00
455–495	472	3	80.00–90.00	$84.69	$400	+12.69
525–548	542	4	61.00–62.00	$61.24	$332	-8.76
640	640	1	80.00	$80.00	$512	+14.00
765	765	1	62.00	$62.00	$474	—
820	820	1	53.00	$53.00	$435	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	50.00	$50.00	$212	—
630–640	635	2	60.00	$60.00	$381	—
710	710	1	34.00	$34.00	$241	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	5	132.00	$132.00	$519	—
455–498	475	10	132.00–140.00	$136.22	$647	+3.22
500–520	515	4	123.00–133.00	$125.43	$646	+18.43
550–575	563	3	116.00–119.00	$118.00	$664	—
620–645	635	5	109.00–113.00	$110.68	$703	—
650–690	672	5	100.00–109.00	$104.40	$702	-0.12
680 value added	680	1	117.00	$117.00	$796	—
700–735	720	3	94.00–102.00	$96.93	$698	—
722 value added	722	2	120.00	$120.00	$866	—
760–770	767	3	85.00–92.00	$87.98	$675	—
815	815	1	89.00	$89.00	$725	—
863	863	2	83.00	$83.00	$716	—
930	930	1	88.00	$88.00	$818	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	425	2	110.00–118.00	$113.81	$484	+13.81
485	485	1	106.00	$106.00	$514	—
510	510	1	81.00	$81.00	$413	-1.00
500–540	520	2	104.00–111.00	$107.63	$560	+25.63
570	570	1	70.00	$70.00	$399	—
575	575	1	106.00	$106.00	$610	—
613–640	620	4	89.00–100.00	$97.16	$602	+12.16
685	685	1	95.00	$95.00	$651	+5.00
725–745	735	4	76.00–86.00	$80.76	$594	—
800	800	1	74.00	$74.00	$592	—
910–923	919	3	69.00–75.00	$73.02	$671	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	94.00	$94.00	$404	—
520	520	1	80.00	$80.00	$416	—
535	535	1	90.00	$90.00	$482	—
575	575	1	91.00	$91.00	$523	—
645	645	1	74.00	$74.00	$477	—
715	715	1	78.00	$78.00	$558	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–540	525	3	58.00–60.00	$59.31	$311	—
555	555	1	77.00	$77.00	$427	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1020	975	80-85%	3	38.00–44.00	$40.41	$394	—
905–1275	1089	80-85%	14	45.00–55.00	$51.34	$559	—
1170–1280	1237	80-85%	3	56.00–59.50	$57.68	$714	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$475	+28.23
805–870	831	85-90%	4	47.00–55.00	$51.28	$426	+14.61
780–880	832	85-90%	3	38.00–43.00	$41.10	$342	+4.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1290	1273	75-80%	3	56.00–58.00	$56.67	$721	—
1265–1280	1273	75-80%	2	53.00–53.50	$53.25	$678	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420	1420	1	73.50	$73.50	$1,044	—
1155–2160	1658	2	79.00–85.50	$83.24	$1,380	+1.32

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	440.00	$440.00
905	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	530.00	$530.00

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	54.00	$54.00	$240	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	78.00	$78.00	$507	—
725	725	1	73.00	$73.00	$529	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	75.00	$75.00	$218	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.