Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.49/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$130.49

44 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$386

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

$27.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.90

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	549	134.22	737	35
Medium 2	327	118.76	388	7thin
Medium 3	330	106.25	351	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.97/cwt here — about $386 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 sale44 hd

130.49

—

NC average6 barns · 511 hd

132.39

−1.90

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	1,492	74.89	1,117	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,624	52.25	848	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,190	51.35	611	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	36.25	348	8thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	474	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	123.50/cwt	121.00–124.00	399	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	132.85/cwt	128.00–134.00	632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	117.81/cwt	117.00–118.00	551	5
Bulls	Medium 3	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	136.43/cwt	125.00–157.50	509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	148.81/cwt	147.50–150.00	406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	368	1
Heifers	Small 3	—	225	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	826	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,037	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	516	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	61.79/cwt	58.00–67.00	762	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	39.86/cwt	34.00–44.50	482	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	50.22/cwt	45.00–58.00	586	22
Bulls	—	—	1,665	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,474	1
Bulls	—	—	1,658	76.83/cwt	75.50–78.50	1,274	3
Bulls	—	—	1,268	68.42/cwt	62.00–72.00	868	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	585	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	626	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	363	115.79/cwt	114.00–117.50	420	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	336	117.46/cwt	114.00–122.00	395	4
Bulls	Medium 3	—	450	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	355	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	369	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	270	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	295	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	325	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	365	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	374	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	435	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	460	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	283	115.76/cwt	115.00–116.00	328	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	482	98.34/cwt	90.00–104.00	474	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	63.37/cwt	60.00–67.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	410	100.60/cwt	92.00–109.00	412	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	341	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	35.14/cwt	32.00–38.00	346	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	482	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	960	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	557	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	142.67/cwt	130.00–162.50	454	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	333	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	335	2

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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 112Last week 124Year ago 136

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 26Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	126.00	126.00
6	—	373	125.00–157.50	136.43
2	—	273	147.50–150.00	148.81
1	—	230	160.00	160.00
1	—	400	129.00	129.00
9	—	318	130.00–162.50	142.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	826	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	125.00	125.00
4	—	336	114.00–122.00	117.46
1	—	230	117.50	117.50
1	—	435	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	385	123.00	123.00
6	—	323	121.00–124.00	123.50
5	—	468	117.00–118.00	117.81
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	107.00	107.00
2	—	363	114.00–117.50	115.79
2	—	460	111.00	111.00
4	—	283	115.00–116.00	115.76
1	—	445	108.00	108.00
1	—	330	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	104.00	104.00
3	—	482	90.00–104.00	98.34
2	—	410	92.00–109.00	100.60
2	—	333	100.00–101.00	100.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	128.00–134.00	132.85
3	—	597	124.00	124.00
1	—	680	116.00	116.00
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	100.00	100.00
1	—	450	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	123.00	123.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	58.00	58.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,233	58.00–67.00	61.79
6	—	1,208	34.00–44.50	39.86
22	—	1,167	45.00–58.00	50.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	60.00–67.00	63.37
1	—	1,605	30.00	30.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	44.00	44.00
7	—	986	32.00–38.00	35.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	88.50	88.50
3	—	1,658	75.50–78.50	76.83
3	—	1,268	62.00–72.00	68.42

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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