Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	97	95	124
Feeder cattle	66	67	83
Slaughter cattle	31	28	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00To 6.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( heavy rain ) Quality Average

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	138.00	$138.00	$338	—
270	270	1	138.00	$138.00	$373	—
385	385	1	166.00	$166.00	$639	+11.66
445	445	1	168.00	$168.00	$748	+32.00
477	477	7	155.00	$155.00	$739	—
545	545	1	156.00	$156.00	$850	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	70.00	$70.00	$210	+12.57
375	375	1	70.00	$70.00	$262	—
395	395	1	98.00	$98.00	$387	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	140.00	$140.00	$525	—
500	500	1	126.00	$126.00	$630	+4.00

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	125.00	$125.00	$350	—
395	395	1	126.00	$126.00	$498	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	142.00–144.00	$142.99	$448	+2.99
390	390	1	146.00	$146.00	$569	±0.00
425–440	433	2	122.00–130.00	$125.93	$545	-2.54
455–495	479	5	130.00–142.00	$136.50	$654	+1.86
515–545	533	3	120.00–126.00	$122.03	$650	-12.23

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	100.00	$100.00	$240	—
260	260	1	82.00	$82.00	$213	—
375	375	1	78.00	$78.00	$292	—
395	395	1	70.00	$70.00	$276	—
440	440	1	80.00	$80.00	$352	—
440	440	1	70.00	$70.00	$308	—
470	470	1	90.00	$90.00	$423	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	116.00	$116.00	$377	—
355–390	373	2	110.00–114.00	$112.09	$418	+12.09
560	560	2	108.00–110.00	$109.00	$610	+5.00
740	740	1	60.00	$60.00	$444	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
290	290	1	122.00	$122.00	$354	—
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	—
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	—
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	152.00	$152.00	$593	—
415–435	422	3	148.00–152.00	$149.31	$630	-15.69
480	480	1	164.00	$164.00	$787	+34.00
515	515	1	147.00	$147.00	$757	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–490	485	3	146.00–148.00	$146.65	$711	—
885	885	1	80.00	$80.00	$708	—
980	980	1	70.00	$70.00	$686	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	—
625	625	1	80.00	$80.00	$500	—
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	—
900	900	1	70.00	$70.00	$630	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1590	1221	80-85%	8	50.00–58.00	$54.87	$670	—
1060–1410	1259	80-85%	4	60.00–66.00	$62.66	$789	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1725	1602	75-80%	3	60.00–67.00	$64.18	$1,028	-7.28
1455–2235	1712	75-80%	6	70.00–77.50	$71.48	$1,224	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1660	1563	2	102.00–110.00	$106.25	$1,661	—
1540–1785	1623	3	90.00–92.00	$90.63	$1,471	-7.25

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	76.00	$76.00	$194	—

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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.