Wilkes Livestock Exchange Market Report

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 4, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	82	57	93
Feeder cattle	66	31	57
Slaughter cattle	16	26	36

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,192	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	275.00	$275.00	$756	—
320	320	1	285.00	$285.00	$912	—
350	350	1	299.00	$299.00	$1,046	+44.00
405–425	415	4	240.00–250.00	$244.26	$1,014	+7.26
495	495	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,371	—
505–510	507	3	230.00–240.00	$236.64	$1,200	+10.38
610	610	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,293	+52.00
760	760	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,406	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	255.00	$255.00	$944	—
430	430	1	227.00	$227.00	$976	—
450–495	465	7	235.00–247.00	$240.10	$1,116	+40.10
550	550	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,188	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–420	415	2	204.00–210.00	$206.96	$859	—
495	495	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,000	—
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	305.00–320.00	$312.61	$1,063	—
370–385	378	4	285.00–295.00	$291.32	$1,101	—
405	405	1	289.00	$289.00	$1,170	—
450–495	471	4	270.00–277.00	$273.49	$1,288	—
505	505	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,111	—
550	550	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,402	+55.00
625–630	628	2	212.00–227.00	$219.53	$1,379	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	230	2	345.00–350.00	$347.34	$799	+55.34
250–285	268	2	360.00–370.00	$364.67	$977	+69.67
335	335	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,206	—
380	380	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,425	+85.00
425	425	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,360	+73.00
450	450	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,372	+61.37
630	630	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,544	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	260.00–270.00	$265.11	$896	—
420	420	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,029	+120.00
455	455	1	210.00	$210.00	$956	—
540	540	1	185.00	$185.00	$999	-15.00
570	570	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,311	—
620	620	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,085	—
915	915	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,528	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,190	—
360–375	368	3	305.00–345.00	$320.25	$1,179	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$788	—
940–1285	1156	80-85%	4	110.00–118.00	$114.22	$1,320	—
1000–1295	1160	80-85%	3	100.00–105.00	$103.56	$1,201	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	—
845–850	848	85-90%	2	128.00–139.00	$133.52	$1,132	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,168	—
1050–1525	1288	2	110.00–120.00	$114.08	$1,469	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1315	1195	2	75.00–80.00	$77.75	$929	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	150.00	$150.00	$615	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	185.00	$185.00	$610	—

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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.