Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

N0 Sale 2 weeks Demand Good Activity Moderate offering Light Quality Plain

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $89.37/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$89.37

29 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$426

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

$77.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.12

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	522	117.89	616	10thin
Medium 2	601	86.18	518	11thin
Medium 3	506	70.25	356	4thin
Small and Medium 2	620	64.00	397	1thin
Small and Medium 3	458	40.00	183	2thin
Small 3	475	40.00	190	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.89/cwt here — about $426 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 sale29 hd

89.37

—

NC average7 barns · 441 hd

108.49

−19.12

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	—	Low	1,640	80.27	1,317	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,587	58.38	926	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	52.16	611	17

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2	—	305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	510	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	57.07/cwt	53.00–64.00	523	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	127.44/cwt	122.00–132.00	535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	121.43/cwt	118.00–125.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	110.47/cwt	108.00–113.00	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	507	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	420	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	730	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	390	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	156	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	620	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	397	1
Heifers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	275	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	193	1
Bulls	Small 3Full	—	475	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	190	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	495	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	421	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	355	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	284	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	50.78/cwt	45.50–58.50	553	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	60.10/cwt	58.50–63.00	963	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	55.36/cwt	48.00–60.50	864	4
Bulls	—	—	1,150	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	748	1
Bulls	—	—	1,678	86.16/cwt	81.50–91.00	1,446	4
Bulls	—	—	1,980	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	91.06/cwt	87.00–95.00	300	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	405	81.01/cwt	80.00–82.00	328	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	330	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	231	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	633.40/cwt	620.00–640.00	7,328	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	595	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	109.90/cwt	104.00–115.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	568	95.98/cwt	91.00–101.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	760	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	471	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	528	95.67/cwt	93.00–98.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	695	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	420	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	395	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	465	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	545	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	595	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	125	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	510	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	475	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	333	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	700	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	683	72.50/cwt	72.00–73.00	495	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	380	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	353	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	715	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	625	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	470	54.95/cwt	50.00–60.00	258	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	59.13/cwt	57.00–61.00	777	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	41.67/cwt	40.00–44.00	508	2
Steers	Medium 2Full	—	390	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	382	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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 62Last week 40Year ago 159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 24Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 0Year ago 0

N0 Sale 2 weeks Demand Good Activity Moderate offering Light Quality Plain

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	82.00	82.00
1	—	380	106.00	106.00
1	—	510	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	151.00	151.00
2	—	383	130.00–135.00	132.42
1	—	890	82.00	82.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	917	53.00–64.00	57.07
1	—	820	65.00	65.00
2	—	415	108.00–113.00	110.47
1	—	490	84.00	84.00
1	—	885	55.00	55.00
1	—	520	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	87.00–95.00	91.06
2	—	405	80.00–82.00	81.01
1	—	695	64.00	64.00
1	—	475	70.00	70.00
1	—	715	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	50.00–60.00	54.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	122.00–132.00	127.44
1	—	610	116.00	116.00
1	—	725	108.00	108.00
2	—	470	118.00–125.00	121.43
3	—	563	104.00–115.00	109.90
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	50.00	50.00
1	—	495	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	64.00	64.00
Bulls — Small 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	91.00–101.00	95.98
1	—	760	62.00	62.00
3	—	528	93.00–98.00	95.67
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	700	82.00	82.00
2	—	683	72.00–73.00	72.50
1	—	625	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	92.00	92.00
1	—	545	74.00	74.00
1	—	595	21.00	21.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,089	45.50–58.50	50.78
5	—	1,314	57.00–61.00	59.13
2	—	1,218	40.00–44.00	41.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,602	58.50–63.00	60.10
4	—	1,560	48.00–60.50	55.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,678	81.50–91.00	86.16
1	—	1,980	72.00	72.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,157	620.00–640.00	633.40

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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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle