Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 3, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	87	29	118
Feeder cattle	76	18	91
Slaughter cattle	11	11	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Attractive Head calves 310.00 Goats 6

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,000	—
385	385	1	326.00	$326.00	$1,255	—
405	405	1	318.00	$318.00	$1,288	—
660	660	1	264.00	$264.00	$1,742	—
745	745	1	238.00	$238.00	$1,773	—
755	755	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,676	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,091	+64.00
555	555	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,110	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,095	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	299.00	$299.00	$882	—
320–340	330	2	295.00–298.00	$296.55	$979	—
390	390	1	302.00	$302.00	$1,178	+36.98
415	415	2	290.00–296.00	$293.00	$1,216	—
460	460	1	292.00	$292.00	$1,343	—
500–525	513	2	264.00	$264.00	$1,354	—
550–595	573	2	250.00–260.00	$254.80	$1,460	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,097	—
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	200.00	$200.00	$480	—
350	350	1	186.00	$186.00	$651	—
462	462	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	287.00	$287.00	$1,062	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	246.00	$246.00	$578	-31.61
255–295	275	2	305.00–310.00	$307.68	$846	—
365	365	1	296.00	$296.00	$1,080	—
400–425	413	3	302.00–312.00	$307.28	$1,269	+57.28
455–460	458	2	306.00–318.00	$312.03	$1,429	+42.03
513	513	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,293	+2.00
550	550	1	284.00	$284.00	$1,562	—
600	600	1	264.00	$264.00	$1,584	—
670	670	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,662	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	432	3	294.00–299.00	$295.72	$1,278	—
460–485	473	2	294.00–304.00	$299.13	$1,415	+64.13
500	500	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,300	—
604	604	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,462	—
710	710	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,122	—
940	940	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,363	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
365	365	1	178.00	$178.00	$650	—
468–495	474	5	275.00–285.00	$281.92	$1,336	—
505–530	518	2	228.00–240.00	$233.86	$1,211	—
550	550	1	180.00	$180.00	$990	±0.00
665	665	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,111	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	186.00	$186.00	$884	—
590	590	1	134.00	$134.00	$791	—
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
830	830	1	110.00	$110.00	$913	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—
520–745	633	85-90%	2	137.00–148.00	$141.52	$896	—
780–885	833	85-90%	2	65.00–75.00	$70.32	$586	-64.71
850	850	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$892	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	80-85%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,272	+25.76
1070	1070	80-85%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,016	+0.76

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1610	1490	75-80%	2	100.00–110.00	$104.60	$1,559	-19.40

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,538	—

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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.