Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, boning type were 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison, however a lower undertone was noted. Demand for steers was moderate, while heifers was fairly light; market activity and buyer interest were slow to moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.26/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$118.26

48 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$79.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.31

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	446	155.42	692	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	540	124.83	674	14thin
Medium and Large 2	667	96.32	642	19thin
Small 1-2	540	82.00	443	1thin
Medium and Large 3	625	76.00	475	2thin

One grade step is worth $79.41/cwt here — about $217 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 sale48 hd

118.26

—

NC average8 barns · 713 hd

110.95

+7.31

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	1,566	77.73	1,217	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	59.68	856	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,118	45.45	508	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	39.13	435	4thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1Value Added	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	139.49/cwt	137.00–142.00	709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	690	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	474	84.73/cwt	80.00–89.00	402	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	690	68.93/cwt	60.00–78.00	476	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	595	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	135.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	698	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	458	74.92/cwt	70.00–80.00	343	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	635	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	540	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	124.01/cwt	121.00–126.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	810	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	705	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	121.19/cwt	118.00–124.00	707	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	354	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	148.41/cwt	144.00–153.00	561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	1,360	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,006	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	59.68/cwt	57.50–61.00	856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	590	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	413	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	39.13/cwt	35.50–41.00	435	4
Bulls	—	—	1,531	77.22/cwt	74.50–82.00	1,182	4
Bulls	—	—	1,875	90.85/cwt	88.50–93.00	1,703	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	28.88/cwt	26.00–31.00	320	2
Bulls	—	—	1,085	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	95.49/cwt	95.00–96.00	454	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	50.18/cwt	45.50–55.50	563	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	680	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	540	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	105.23/cwt	100.00–112.00	612	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	92.06/cwt	90.00–94.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	890	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	755	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	108.18/cwt	102.00–114.00	447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	660	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	740	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	108.49/cwt	108.00–109.00	391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	791	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	106.61/cwt	100.00–110.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	106.73/cwt	105.00–111.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	104.02/cwt	103.00–105.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	108.51/cwt	106.00–111.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	895	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	1,030	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	515	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 Nov 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 90Year ago 349

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 38Year ago 86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	137.00–142.00	139.49
1	—	365	160.00	160.00
1	—	445	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	114.00	114.00
1	—	410	132.00	132.00
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
3	—	520	121.00–126.00	124.01
4	—	583	118.00–124.00	121.19
2	—	378	144.00–153.00	148.41
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	112.00	112.00
5	—	582	100.00–112.00	105.23
1	—	415	101.00	101.00
2	—	725	92.00	92.00
1	—	610	106.00	106.00
3	—	477	100.00–110.00	106.61
2	—	683	106.00–111.00	108.51
1	—	895	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	70.00	70.00
1	—	660	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,030	50.00	50.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	160.00	160.00
6	—	354	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	130.00–139.00	135.44
1	—	405	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	114.00	114.00
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
7	—	713	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	80.00–89.00	84.73
2	—	690	60.00–78.00	68.93
1	—	595	88.00	88.00
1	—	635	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
1	—	440	122.00	122.00
1	—	375	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	70.00–80.00	74.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	84.00	84.00
1	—	705	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	95.00–96.00	95.49
1	—	305	90.00	90.00
2	—	520	90.00–94.00	92.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	75.00	75.00
1	—	540	78.00	78.00
1	—	755	69.00	69.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	86.00	86.00
2	—	413	102.00–114.00	108.18
2	—	360	108.00–109.00	108.49
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
1	—	710	83.00	83.00
4	—	514	105.00–111.00	106.73
2	—	575	103.00–105.00	104.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,435	57.50–61.00	59.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,111	35.50–41.00	39.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	26.00–31.00	28.88
7	—	1,121	45.50–55.50	50.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,531	74.50–82.00	77.22
2	—	1,875	88.50–93.00	90.85
1	—	1,085	53.50	53.50

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