Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 10, 2023

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light 4-weight M 2 heifers $180.00/cwt ≈ $749/hd at 416 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	108	72	135
Feeder cattle	93	47	104
Slaughter cattle	15	24	31
Replacement cattle	—	1	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Feeder cattle 6.00 higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	191.00	$191.00	$955	—
655	655	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,297	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	200.00	$200.00	$490	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	158.00	$158.00	$316	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	177.00	$177.00	$796	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	2	150.00	$150.00	$225	—
210	210	1	149.00	$149.00	$313	+15.00
265	265	1	184.00	$184.00	$488	—
332	332	2	182.00	$182.00	$604	+26.68
415–430	416	13	180.00	$180.00	$749	—
515	515	1	150.00	$150.00	$772	+36.00
551	551	2	146.00	$146.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	385	2	190.00–204.00	$197.09	$759	—
405–420	411	8	194.00–202.00	$195.52	$804	—
630	630	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,021	—
720	720	1	134.00	$134.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	190.00	$190.00	$732	—
425	425	1	187.00	$187.00	$795	—
565	565	3	159.00	$159.00	$898	—
710	710	1	124.00	$124.00	$880	-22.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	202.00	$202.00	$576	—
480	480	1	186.00	$186.00	$893	+6.67
670	670	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,206	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	76.00	$76.00	$251	—
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	9	212.00–222.00	$213.11	$895	—
490–495	493	3	196.00–204.00	$198.65	$979	—
585	585	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,135	—
640	640	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,120	-14.00
780	780	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,123	—
905	905	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,140	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	275	2	198.00	$198.00	$544	—
330	330	2	219.00	$219.00	$723	+19.00
392	392	6	214.00	$214.00	$839	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	92.00	$92.00	$322	—
535–545	540	2	170.00–178.00	$173.96	$939	—
670	670	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,072	—
840	840	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	190.00–200.00	$194.93	$731	—
420	420	1	180.00	$180.00	$756	—
555	555	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,010	—
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	115.00	$115.00	$368	—
560	560	1	68.00	$68.00	$381	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	118.00	$118.00	$413	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1015	966	80-85%	4	76.00–87.00	$81.31	$785	+17.24
960–1275	1134	80-85%	6	92.00–105.00	$96.12	$1,090	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1410	1285	75-80%	2	98.00–100.00	$98.90	$1,271	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$363	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,188	—
2070	2070	1	119.00	$119.00	$2,463	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	92.00	$92.00	$193	—
410	410	1	86.00	$86.00	$353	—

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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.