Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	98	36	80
Feeder cattle	61	12	54
Slaughter cattle	35	24	26
Replacement cattle	2	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Demand good, market activity active with moderate offerings. (Hay Time ) Quality of cattle average.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,346	—
810	810	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,134	—
905	905	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	170.00	$170.00	$552	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	4	192.00	$192.00	$518	—
335	335	6	174.00	$174.00	$583	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	208.00	$208.00	$718	—
460	460	1	190.00	$190.00	$874	—
565	565	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,062	—
630	630	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,096	—
700	700	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,022	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	140.00	$140.00	$574	—
510–530	520	2	140.00–150.00	$145.10	$755	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	220.00	$220.00	$495	—
280	280	5	220.00	$220.00	$616	—
305	305	1	206.00	$206.00	$628	—
445	445	1	210.00	$210.00	$934	—
525–530	528	3	209.00–214.00	$212.34	$1,121	—
590	590	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,239	+33.00
600	600	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,224	—
650	650	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,352	+25.66
800	800	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,336	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	8	200.00	$200.00	$410	—
435	435	1	191.00	$191.00	$831	—
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	$910	—
665	665	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	172.00	$172.00	$774	—
615	615	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,107	—
670	670	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,286	—
735	735	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	—
810	810	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,183	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	164.00	$164.00	$410	—
445	445	1	176.00	$176.00	$783	—
760	760	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,110	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1065	1000	80-85%	2	75.00–78.00	$76.60	$766	-19.38
970–1190	1077	80-85%	9	85.00–92.00	$89.95	$969	+14.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1355	1196	75-80%	5	95.00–102.00	$97.29	$1,164	—
1165–1585	1318	75-80%	6	80.00–92.00	$86.73	$1,143	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–840	770	85-90%	2	95.00–96.00	$95.45	$735	+11.45
775–860	806	85-90%	4	87.00–91.00	$88.56	$714	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,499	—
1675–2030	1836	4	115.00–128.00	$121.38	$2,229	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	88.00	$88.00	$286	—

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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.