Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady To 3.00 Lower. Feeder cattle Mostly steady. Demand Moderate. Activity Moderate. Offerings Light. Quality Plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.06/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$125.06

24 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$513

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

$101.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.15

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	478	135.09	645	17thin
Medium 2	591	116.20	687	5thin
Medium 3	515	90.00	464	1thin
Small 3	390	34.00	133	1thin

One grade step is worth $101.09/cwt here — about $513 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 sale24 hd

125.06

—

NC average9 barns · 1,300 hd

132.21

−7.15

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	1,473	84.48	1,245	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,290	65.38	843	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,120	55.07	617	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	700	50.00	350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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	—	—	1,532	86.78/cwt	82.50–89.00	1,329	5
Bulls	—	—	1,180	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	861	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	465	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	51.25/cwt	50.00–52.00	569	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	61.46/cwt	60.00–63.00	691	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	65.38/cwt	64.00–66.00	843	3
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	420	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	218	1
Steers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	390	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	133	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	310	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	264	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Full	—	565	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	520	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	128.82/cwt	125.00–133.00	563	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	117.01/cwt	115.00–120.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	140.50/cwt	136.00–142.00	538	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	112.50/cwt	109.00–116.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	687	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	542	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	563	106.48/cwt	100.00–110.00	599	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	623	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	655	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	665	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	515	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	412	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	700	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	260	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	304	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	464	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	114.67/cwt	114.00–116.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	340	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	115.01/cwt	113.00–117.00	440	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	470	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	343	1
Bulls	Medium 3Full	—	445	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	392	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	825	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	129.50/cwt	125.00–134.00	550	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	432	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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 69Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 20Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady To 3.00 Lower. Feeder cattle Mostly steady. Demand Moderate. Activity Moderate. Offerings Light. Quality Plain.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,532	82.50–89.00	86.78
1	—	1,180	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	41.00	41.00
3	—	1,110	50.00–52.00	51.25
4	—	1,124	60.00–63.00	61.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	64.00–66.00	65.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	50.00	50.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	52.00	52.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	81.00	81.00
1	—	645	84.00	84.00
1	—	760	79.00	79.00
1	—	535	83.00	83.00
Steers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	34.00	34.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	135.00	135.00
1	—	495	129.00	129.00
1	—	820	119.00	119.00
9	—	383	136.00–142.00	140.50
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
2	—	425	125.00–134.00	129.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	123.00	123.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
1	—	825	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	117.00	117.00
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
3	—	465	115.00–120.00	117.01
2	—	665	109.00–116.00	112.50
2	—	605	113.00–114.00	113.50
3	—	558	114.00–116.00	114.67
2	—	383	113.00–117.00	115.01
1	—	910	77.00	77.00
1	—	400	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	92.00	92.00
1	—	260	117.00	117.00
1	—	340	106.00	106.00
1	—	375	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	437	125.00–133.00	128.82
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	100.00–110.00	106.48
2	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	665	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	88.00	88.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	73.00	73.00
1	—	470	73.00	73.00

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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