Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to feeder cattle records with removal of extremely low price feeder cattle records.*

Slaughter cattle 2.00 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 7.00 Lower 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 $131.19/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$131.19

56 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$52.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

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	442	140.22	619	33
Medium and Large 2	432	131.47	568	10thin
Medium 2	373	123.67	462	6thin
Medium 3	365	110.00	402	1thin
Small and Medium 3	479	95.98	459	3thin
Small and Medium 2	630	90.00	567	1thin
Small 3	365	87.50	319	2thin

One grade step is worth $52.72/cwt here — about $300 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 sale56 hd

131.19

—

NC average6 barns · 533 hd

131.23

−0.04

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	1,616	84.39	1,364	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,486	68.66	1,020	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,104	56.00	618	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	795	53.00	421	1thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 2	—	467	122.01/cwt	120.00–123.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	511	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	562	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	420	103.52/cwt	103.00–104.00	435	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	485	101.02/cwt	100.00–102.00	490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	124.57/cwt	120.00–129.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	145.51/cwt	141.00–151.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	133.97/cwt	132.00–140.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	134.26/cwt	130.00–139.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	305	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,042	53.95/cwt	50.00–57.50	562	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	65.87/cwt	62.50–70.00	792	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	45.30/cwt	42.00–48.50	490	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	421	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	68.66/cwt	61.00–72.00	1,020	18
Bulls	Medium 2	—	658	110.51/cwt	108.00–113.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	565	107.96/cwt	106.00–110.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	294	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	660	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	462	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	525	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	368	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	230	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	184	1
Heifers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	550	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	124.58/cwt	119.00–128.00	522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	112.84/cwt	108.00–119.00	522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	124.12/cwt	119.00–128.00	463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	137.94/cwt	137.00–143.00	441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	72.76/cwt	71.00–78.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	355	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	323	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	104.27/cwt	100.00–110.00	389	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	615	80.41/cwt	75.00–86.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	512	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	6,494	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	388	103.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	403	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3Full	—	660	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	528	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Steers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	335	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	268	1
Steers	Small 3	—	395	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	137.31/cwt	135.00–143.00	497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	122.04/cwt	118.00–124.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	152.60/cwt	148.00–157.00	571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	152.17/cwt	148.00–153.00	522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	137.13/cwt	134.00–142.00	662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	141.86/cwt	140.00–143.00	386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	818	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	126.04/cwt	123.00–129.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	780	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	641	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	365	130.67/cwt	130.00–132.00	477	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	675	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	193	101.04/cwt	98.00–104.00	195	2
Bulls	—	—	1,950	86.70/cwt	85.00–88.50	1,691	2
Bulls	—	—	1,449	83.24/cwt	82.50–84.50	1,206	4

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 Apr 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 156Last week 91Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 0

*Correction to feeder cattle records with removal of extremely low price feeder cattle records.*

Slaughter cattle 2.00 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings light Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	120.00–123.00	122.01
3	—	511	110.00	110.00
2	—	658	108.00–113.00	110.51
2	—	565	106.00–110.00	107.96
1	—	430	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	103.00–104.00	103.52
2	—	485	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	100.00–102.00	101.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	126.00	126.00
1	—	665	128.00	128.00
1	—	720	108.00	108.00
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
2	—	518	120.00–129.00	124.57
2	—	620	119.00–120.00	119.51
4	—	423	141.00–151.00	145.51
4	—	483	132.00–140.00	133.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	128.00	128.00
3	—	590	118.00	118.00
4	—	414	130.00–139.00	134.26
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	113.00	113.00
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
4	—	373	100.00–110.00	104.27
3	—	490	110.00	110.00
2	—	615	75.00–86.00	80.41
1	—	550	93.00	93.00
1	—	675	80.00	80.00
2	—	193	98.00–104.00	101.04
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	70.00	70.00
1	—	525	70.00	70.00
1	—	230	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	417	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	119.00–128.00	124.58
6	—	463	108.00–119.00	112.84
6	—	373	119.00–128.00	124.12
6	—	320	137.00–143.00	137.94
4	—	751	71.00–78.00	72.76
2	—	288	124.00–125.00	124.49
1	—	640	105.00	105.00
1	—	595	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	90.00	90.00
1	—	355	91.00	91.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
1	—	245	120.00	120.00
3	—	365	130.00–132.00	130.67
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	100.00–108.00	103.97
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	135.00–143.00	137.31
3	—	582	118.00–124.00	122.04
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
1	—	340	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	148.00–157.00	152.60
6	—	343	148.00–153.00	152.17
5	—	483	134.00–142.00	137.13
5	—	272	140.00–143.00	141.86
4	—	750	109.00	109.00
2	—	518	123.00–129.00	126.04
1	—	645	135.00	135.00
1	—	580	126.00	126.00
1	—	430	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	48.00	48.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,042	50.00–57.50	53.95
6	—	1,203	62.50–70.00	65.87
4	—	1,081	42.00–48.50	45.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	53.00	53.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,486	61.00–72.00	68.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,950	85.00–88.50	86.70
4	—	1,449	82.50–84.50	83.24

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	2	—	955	680.00	680.00

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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

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

Feeder Cattle

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