Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $125.50/cwt ≈ $1,037/hd at 826 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	175	150	145
Feeder cattle	112	124	136
Slaughter cattle	63	26	9

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	160.00	$160.00	$368	—
260–285	273	2	147.50–150.00	$148.81	$406	—
310–345	318	9	130.00–162.50	$142.67	$454	—
350–390	373	6	125.00–157.50	$136.43	$509	—
400	400	1	129.00	$129.00	$516	-19.00
550	550	1	126.00	$126.00	$693	—
826 value added	826	15	125.50	$125.50	$1,037	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	117.50	$117.50	$270	—
280	280	1	125.00	$125.00	$350	—
330–340	336	4	114.00–122.00	$117.46	$395	—
435	435	1	119.00	$119.00	$518	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
365	365	1	102.50	$102.50	$374	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–323	323	6	121.00–124.00	$123.50	$399	—
385	385	9	123.00	$123.00	$474	-5.00
450–472	468	5	117.00–118.00	$117.81	$551	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	283	4	115.00–116.00	$115.76	$328	—
330	330	1	118.00	$118.00	$389	—
355–370	363	2	114.00–117.50	$115.79	$420	—
445	445	1	108.00	$108.00	$481	—
450–470	460	2	111.00	$111.00	$511	—
585	585	1	107.00	$107.00	$626	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	100.00–101.00	$100.50	$335	—
355	355	2	104.00	$104.00	$369	—
405–415	410	2	92.00–109.00	$100.60	$412	—
480–485	482	3	90.00–104.00	$98.34	$474	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	90.00	$90.00	$202	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–481	476	5	128.00–134.00	$132.85	$632	+6.85
597	597	3	124.00	$124.00	$740	+2.81
620	620	1	116.00	$116.00	$719	+2.00
680	680	1	116.00	$116.00	$789	+1.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	106.00	$106.00	$477	—
530	530	1	100.00	$100.00	$530	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	123.00	$123.00	$621	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	111.00	$111.00	$549	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	95.00	$95.00	$518	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1325	1167	80-85%	22	45.00–58.00	$50.22	$586	—
1095–1355	1208	80-85%	6	34.00–44.50	$39.86	$482	—
1015–1545	1233	80-85%	9	58.00–67.00	$61.79	$762	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$341	—
770–1225	986	85-90%	7	32.00–38.00	$35.14	$346	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605	1605	75-80%	1	30.00	$30.00	$482	—
1570–1695	1633	75-80%	2	60.00–67.00	$63.37	$1,035	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1440	1268	3	62.00–72.00	$68.42	$868	—
1245–1945	1658	3	75.50–78.50	$76.83	$1,274	—
1665	1665	1	88.50	$88.50	$1,474	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	58.00	$58.00	$557	—

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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.