Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 to 6.00 higher Feeder cattle 2.00 to 6.00 lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offering Light Quality Average

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.32/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$139.32

60 head · 399 lb average

Value per head Derived

$555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$465

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

$71.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.37

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	435	152.20	662	37
Medium and Large 2	327	141.39	463	5thin
Medium 2	360	122.19	440	13thin
Small 2-3	365	95.00	347	1thin
Medium 3	410	95.00	390	1thin
Small 3	244	80.83	197	3thin

One grade step is worth $71.37/cwt here — about $465 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 sale60 hd

139.32

—

NC average8 barns · 930 hd

142.69

−3.37

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	1,977	95.50	1,888	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,490	65.11	970	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,152	52.01	599	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	768	41.22	316	6thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	42.39/cwt	37.00–46.00	481	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	52.30/cwt	50.00–54.00	379	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	65.54/cwt	63.00–69.00	785	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	25.81/cwt	20.00–33.50	268	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	43.49/cwt	40.00–47.00	364	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	66.13/cwt	61.00–72.00	979	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	55.07/cwt	49.00–59.00	640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	122.06/cwt	114.00–124.00	339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	340	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	279	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	322	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	645	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	110.02/cwt	108.00–112.00	300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	124.13/cwt	124.00–125.00	488	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	535	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	489	103.02/cwt	95.00–105.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Bulls	—	—	1,310	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—	—	2,310	101.25/cwt	98.00–104.50	2,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	92.50/cwt	92.00–93.00	757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	415	132.59/cwt	130.00–135.00	550	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	560	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium 3Full	—	565	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	356	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	675	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	554	1
Bulls	Small 3Full	—	440	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	134.02/cwt	132.00–136.00	818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	585	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	960	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	730	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	295	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	124	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	320	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	195	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	645	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	426	1
Dairy Heifers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	135	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	61	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	495	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	92.17/cwt	88.00–93.50	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	463	88.98/cwt	86.00–92.00	412	2
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	335	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	114	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	290	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	302	1
Heifers	Small 3-4Thin Fleshed	—	370	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	148	1
Steers	Small 2-3	—	365	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	158.21/cwt	156.00–168.00	524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	138.49/cwt	138.00–139.00	859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	831	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	410	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	390	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	383	122.90/cwt	118.00–128.00	471	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	576	1
Steers	Small 3	—	218	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	141.51/cwt	140.00–143.00	415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	162.04/cwt	154.00–167.00	613	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	280	123.70/cwt	120.00–128.00	346	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	1
Steers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	295	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	158.99/cwt	157.00–161.00	661	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	158.72/cwt	157.00–164.00	436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	149.92/cwt	145.00–155.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	313	131.21/cwt	126.00–139.00	411	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	294	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	27.86/cwt	21.00–35.00	206	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	899	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 Mar 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 123Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 20Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle 3.00 to 6.00 higher Feeder cattle 2.00 to 6.00 lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offering Light Quality Average

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,135	37.00–46.00	42.39
8	—	1,197	63.00–69.00	65.54
3	—	1,040	20.00–33.50	25.81
6	—	1,162	49.00–59.00	55.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	50.00–54.00	52.30
2	—	838	40.00–47.00	43.49
2	—	740	21.00–35.00	27.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,481	61.00–72.00	66.13
1	—	1,550	58.00	58.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	84.00	84.00
2	—	2,310	98.00–104.50	101.25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	95.00	95.00
2	—	273	108.00–112.00	110.02
1	—	475	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	278	114.00–124.00	122.06
2	—	535	112.00	112.00
1	—	555	108.00	108.00
1	—	300	112.00	112.00
7	—	393	124.00–125.00	124.13
2	—	735	90.00	90.00
1	—	635	90.00	90.00
1	—	405	131.00	131.00
4	—	680	88.00–93.50	92.17
1	—	835	101.00	101.00
1	—	460	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	82.00	82.00
1	—	535	89.00	89.00
2	—	463	86.00–92.00	88.98
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	102.00	102.00
1	—	370	87.00	87.00
5	—	489	95.00–105.00	103.02
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	88.00	88.00
1	—	290	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	34.00	34.00
Heifers — Small 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	92.00–93.00	92.50
1	—	750	109.00	109.00
1	—	420	163.00	163.00
4	—	483	145.50	145.50
2	—	587	138.00	138.00
1	—	500	140.00	140.00
2	—	610	132.00–136.00	134.02
1	—	685	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	130.00–135.00	132.59
1	—	560	119.00	119.00
1	—	675	82.00	82.00
1	—	960	76.00	76.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	63.00	63.00
Bulls — Small 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	53.00	53.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	42.00	42.00
1	—	645	66.00	66.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	61.00	61.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	135	45.00	45.00
Steers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	147.00	147.00
2	—	293	140.00–143.00	141.51
2	—	358	137.00–140.00	138.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	156.00–168.00	158.21
2	—	620	138.00–139.00	138.49
1	—	735	113.00	113.00
7	—	378	154.00–167.00	162.04
3	—	527	143.50	143.50
1	—	790	117.00	117.00
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
10	—	416	157.00–161.00	158.99
4	—	275	157.00–164.00	158.72
2	—	468	145.00–155.00	149.92
1	—	670	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	118.00–128.00	122.90
1	—	505	114.00	114.00
3	—	280	120.00–128.00	123.70
1	—	695	114.00	114.00
3	—	313	126.00–139.00	131.21
2	—	245	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	62.50	62.50

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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