Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trend due to sale not being covered last week (October 16th) due to limited staff availability. Continued coverage will resume next week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.17/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$112.17

80 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2

$30.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.39

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	122.99	631	34
Medium and Large 2	555	109.83	610	6thin
Medium 1-2	589	107.84	636	28
Small 1-2	525	92.76	487	12thin

One grade step is worth $30.23/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale80 hd

112.17

—

NC average7 barns · 680 hd

106.78

+5.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,741	74.30	1,294	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,413	47.84	676	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	46.80	557	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,136	37.43	425	12

Every lot, as filed

97 lots · USDA AMS · Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	121.28/cwt	120.00–124.00	524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	119.66/cwt	119.00–120.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	127.71/cwt	124.00–129.00	656	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	129.18/cwt	122.00–133.00	602	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	370	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,780	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	250	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	250	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	375	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	383	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	465	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	502	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	610	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	702	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	483	90.98/cwt	88.00–94.00	439	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	763	91.51/cwt	89.00–94.00	698	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	570	90.03/cwt	89.00–93.00	513	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	628	96.84/cwt	91.00–99.00	608	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	656	94.48/cwt	91.00–99.00	620	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	539	92.79/cwt	88.00–96.00	500	5
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	325	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	237	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Full	—	295	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	302	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Full	—	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	626	5
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	410	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	361	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	730	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,741	74.30/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,294	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	63.59/cwt	59.00–66.50	785	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	38.94/cwt	34.50–43.50	454	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	48.50/cwt	44.00–53.00	580	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	51.26/cwt	50.50–52.00	773	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	46.47/cwt	40.00–49.50	639	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	421	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	29.27/cwt	28.50–30.00	301	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	38.34/cwt	35.00–42.00	454	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	338	88.99/cwt	88.00–90.00	301	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	805	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	773	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	400	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	328	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	355	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	997	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	338	1
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	230	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	247	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	518	113.12/cwt	105.00–118.00	586	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	332	113.67/cwt	108.00–119.00	377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	128.56/cwt	120.00–135.00	474	8
Steers	Small 1-2	—	283	92.87/cwt	90.00–96.00	263	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	735	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	353	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	658	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	451	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	560	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	179	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	345	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	342	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	440	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	387	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	520	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	562	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	458	88.52/cwt	84.00–93.00	405	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	635	104.53/cwt	101.00–108.00	664	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	558	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	325	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	585	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	625	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Full	—	725	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	265	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	307	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	355	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	376	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	480	110.02/cwt	109.00–111.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	419	110.71/cwt	108.00–116.00	464	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	527	105.97/cwt	102.00–108.00	558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	780	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	895	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	102.97/cwt	101.00–105.00	554	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	695	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	556	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	524	82.50/cwt	81.00–83.00	432	4
Heifers	Small 1-2Full	—	615	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	577	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	650	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	410	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,065	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	518	114.55/cwt	107.00–119.00	593	7
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	425	111.73/cwt	104.00–118.00	475	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	569	111.55/cwt	108.00–117.00	635	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	622	114.35/cwt	112.00–116.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	460	115.98/cwt	114.00–118.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	745	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Full	—	965	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	724	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Full	—	700	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	778	97.46/cwt	95.00–100.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	660	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	601	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,875	1

How this sale compares

North Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Wed Oct 23, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 137Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 8Year ago 0

No market trend due to sale not being covered last week (October 16th) due to limited staff availability. Continued coverage will resume next week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	114.00	114.00
3	—	432	120.00–124.00	121.28
3	—	561	119.00–120.00	119.66
8	—	514	124.00–129.00	127.71
12	—	466	122.00–133.00	129.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	114.00	114.00
5	—	574	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	88.00	88.00
1	—	730	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	99.00	99.00
1	—	440	88.00	88.00
1	—	520	108.00	108.00
2	—	458	84.00–93.00	88.52
2	—	635	101.00–108.00	104.53
3	—	558	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	111.00	111.00
2	—	577	114.00	114.00
1	—	650	95.00	95.00
1	—	410	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	518	107.00–119.00	114.55
5	—	425	104.00–118.00	111.73
4	—	569	108.00–117.00	111.55
3	—	622	112.00–116.00	114.35
2	—	460	114.00–118.00	115.98
1	—	745	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	75.00	75.00
1	—	700	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	95.00–100.00	97.46
1	—	660	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	552	125.00	125.00
4	—	498	120.00	120.00
1	—	605	128.00	128.00
1	—	745	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	88.00–94.00	90.98
2	—	763	89.00–94.00	91.51
4	—	570	89.00–93.00	90.03
4	—	628	91.00–99.00	96.84
4	—	656	91.00–99.00	94.48
5	—	539	88.00–96.00	92.79
2	—	338	88.00–90.00	88.99
1	—	805	96.00	96.00
1	—	400	82.00	82.00
1	—	355	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	90.00	90.00
1	—	585	96.00	96.00
1	—	625	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	116.00	116.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
1	—	355	106.00	106.00
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
1	—	645	116.00	116.00
2	—	480	109.00–111.00	110.02
2	—	650	115.00	115.00
6	—	419	108.00–116.00	110.71
8	—	527	102.00–108.00	105.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	102.00	102.00
1	—	780	96.00	96.00
1	—	895	90.00	90.00
2	—	423	100.00	100.00
2	—	538	101.00–105.00	102.97
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	80.00	80.00
4	—	524	81.00–83.00	82.50
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	88.00	88.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	100.00	100.00
1	—	375	102.00	102.00
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
1	—	465	108.00	108.00
1	—	610	115.00	115.00
3	—	518	105.00–118.00	113.12
3	—	332	108.00–119.00	113.67
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	102.50	102.50
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	132.00	132.00
1	—	455	127.00	127.00
1	—	340	129.00	129.00
1	—	260	130.00	130.00
8	—	369	120.00–135.00	128.56
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	107.50	107.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	90.00–96.00	92.87
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	48.00	48.00
4	—	658	68.50	68.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	32.00	32.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	625.00	625.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,741	72.00–77.00	74.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	59.00–66.50	63.59
9	—	1,167	34.50–43.50	38.94
12	—	1,196	44.00–53.00	48.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	50.50–52.00	51.26
5	—	1,375	40.00–49.50	46.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	45.50	45.50
2	—	1,028	28.50–30.00	29.27
9	—	1,184	35.00–42.00	38.34

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle