Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle Some what higher Demand good Activity active Offerings light Quality average

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.11/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$143.11

62 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$625

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$58.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.83

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	530	152.53	808	37
Medium and Large 2	521	136.52	712	12thin
Medium 1-2	315	127.00	400	1thin
Medium 2	447	124.57	557	11thin
Small 3	195	94.00	183	1thin

One grade step is worth $58.53/cwt here — about $625 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 sale62 hd

143.11

—

NC average6 barns · 556 hd

131.28

+11.83

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	—	High	1,998	83.25	1,663	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,417	55.81	791	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,135	46.84	532	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	818	25.53	209	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 2	—	420	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	529	1
Bulls	—	—	2,340	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	565	107.84/cwt	102.00–114.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	138.98/cwt	135.00–143.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	107.27/cwt	104.00–109.00	769	3
Bulls	—	—	1,655	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,307	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	550	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	710	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	380	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	487	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	390	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	575	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	520	80.10/cwt	70.00–90.00	417	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	495	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	298	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	505	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	434	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	585	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	94.54/cwt	91.00–98.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	90.64/cwt	89.00–93.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	695	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	417	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	315	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	277	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	136.99/cwt	135.00–138.00	637	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	455	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	355	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	195	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	373	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	100.56/cwt	96.00–105.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	88.99/cwt	86.00–90.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	97.00/cwt	91.00–100.00	398	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	140	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	568	87.06/cwt	80.00–97.00	495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	732	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	40.54/cwt	34.00–45.00	453	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	52.26/cwt	47.00–59.00	736	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	58.77/cwt	55.00–62.00	729	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	25.53/cwt	25.00–26.00	209	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	28.42/cwt	28.00–29.00	338	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	50.55/cwt	45.00–54.00	559	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	59.78/cwt	55.00–67.00	856	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	315	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	400	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	151.01/cwt	149.00–155.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	156.88/cwt	150.00–160.00	842	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	525	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	641	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	434	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	10,374	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	142.60/cwt	139.00–145.00	746	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	313	116.16/cwt	112.00–120.00	364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	963	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Steers	Small 3	—	195	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	183	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	730.91/cwt	660.00–790.00	9,451	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	686.37/cwt	640.00–740.00	8,511	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	482.50/cwt	385.00–580.00	4,584	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	330	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 Dec 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 136Last week 349Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 86Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 13Year ago 0

Cattle Some what higher Demand good Activity active Offerings light Quality average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	115.00	115.00
2	—	565	102.00–114.00	107.84
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
1	—	525	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	503	135.00–143.00	138.98
3	—	717	104.00–109.00	107.27
1	—	660	117.00	117.00
3	—	465	135.00–138.00	136.99
2	—	605	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	78.00	78.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	80.00–97.00	87.06
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	60.00	60.00
1	—	380	90.00	90.00
2	—	520	70.00–90.00	80.10
1	—	495	77.00	77.00
1	—	695	60.00	60.00
1	—	315	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	80.00	80.00
6	—	372	80.00	80.00
1	—	505	86.00	86.00
1	—	575	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	110.00	110.00
2	—	800	87.00	87.00
1	—	775	76.00	76.00
3	—	530	89.00–93.00	90.64
1	—	905	72.00	72.00
1	—	420	101.00	101.00
1	—	615	93.00	93.00
2	—	380	96.00–105.00	100.56
4	—	575	86.00–90.00	88.99
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	91.00–98.00	94.54
3	—	410	91.00–100.00	97.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	52.00	52.00
1	—	525	71.00	71.00
1	—	440	28.00	28.00
1	—	465	71.00	71.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	39.00	39.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	127.00	127.00
1	—	525	122.00	122.00
6	—	434	127.00	127.00
2	—	313	112.00–120.00	116.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	138.00	138.00
5	—	421	149.00–155.00	151.01
13	—	537	150.00–160.00	156.88
1	—	885	114.00	114.00
6	—	468	156.00	156.00
1	—	355	143.00	143.00
2	—	338	155.00	155.00
8	—	638	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	130.00	130.00
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
7	—	523	139.00–145.00	142.60
1	—	395	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,340	87.50	87.50
1	—	1,655	79.00	79.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,118	34.00–45.00	40.54
7	—	1,240	55.00–62.00	58.77
2	—	1,190	28.00–29.00	28.42
18	—	1,105	45.00–54.00	50.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,408	47.00–59.00	52.26
1	—	1,350	45.00	45.00
9	—	1,432	55.00–67.00	59.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	25.00–26.00	25.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,293	660.00–790.00	730.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,240	640.00–740.00	686.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	385.00–580.00	482.50

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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

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