Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Lower Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average; Slaughter cattle 7.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 6.00 Lower Demand Moderate Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $99.26/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$99.26

19 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$25.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.25

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	650	105.43	686	9thin
Medium 2	477	98.29	469	7thin
Small and Medium 2	370	89.00	329	1thin
Medium 3	558	80.00	446	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.43/cwt here — about $240 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 sale19 hd

99.26

—

NC average8 barns · 1,312 hd

110.51

−11.25

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	1,688	77.48	1,308	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,330	50.55	672	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,025	45.38	465	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	840	36.24	304	4thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 3	—	715	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	601	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	673	98.97/cwt	98.00–100.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	121.51/cwt	121.00–122.00	705	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	370	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	141.52/cwt	141.00–142.00	541	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	383	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	297	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	808	26.97/cwt	24.00–30.00	218	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	50.55/cwt	47.00–52.00	672	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	49.65/cwt	45.00–54.00	506	11
Bulls	—	—	1,908	84.47/cwt	84.00–85.50	1,612	3
Bulls	—	—	1,245	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	921	1
Bulls	—	—	1,470	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	882	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	39.07/cwt	34.00–44.00	408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	145.50/cwt	143.00–148.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	490	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	635	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	103.52/cwt	103.00–104.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	108.94/cwt	104.00–114.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	395	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	125.42/cwt	124.00–130.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	625	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	575	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	635	92.52/cwt	90.00–95.00	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	150	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	165	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	510	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	430	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	417	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 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 49Last week 65Year ago 137

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 29Year ago 60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	84.00	84.00
1	—	430	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	98.00–100.00	98.97
1	—	635	83.00	83.00
2	—	575	103.00–104.00	103.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	121.00–122.00	121.51
1	—	795	90.00	90.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
1	—	435	146.00	146.00
2	—	623	100.00–105.00	102.51
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
4	—	533	124.00–130.00	125.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
4	—	382	141.00–142.00	141.52
1	—	690	112.00	112.00
1	—	325	150.00	150.00
2	—	495	143.00–148.00	145.50
1	—	815	112.00	112.00
1	—	515	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	116.00	116.00
1	—	975	73.00	73.00
1	—	725	94.00	94.00
1	—	355	124.00	124.00
1	—	935	93.00	93.00
2	—	613	104.00–114.00	108.94
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	92.00	92.00
2	—	635	90.00–95.00	92.52
1	—	150	110.00	110.00
1	—	440	107.00	107.00
1	—	510	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	44.00	44.00
2	—	808	24.00–30.00	26.97
1	—	875	47.00	47.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	30.00	30.00
11	—	1,020	45.00–54.00	49.65
5	—	1,043	34.00–44.00	39.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,330	47.00–52.00	50.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,908	84.00–85.50	84.47
1	—	1,245	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,470	60.00	60.00

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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