Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.99/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$106.99

23 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$47.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.19

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	468	119.54	560	13thin
Medium 2	442	98.53	435	7thin
Medium 3	503	72.33	364	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.21/cwt here — about $196 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 sale23 hd

106.99

—

NC average8 barns · 981 hd

109.18

−2.19

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	1,305	38.00	496	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,655	55.50	919	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,148	43.91	504	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	887	26.67	237	3thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	1,305	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	496	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	42.53/cwt	40.00–44.00	523	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	353	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	49.93/cwt	46.00–53.50	528	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	919	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	121.29/cwt	116.00–124.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	117.03/cwt	115.00–118.00	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	121.50/cwt	120.00–124.00	563	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	120.99/cwt	119.00–122.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	425	97.86/cwt	92.00–104.00	416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	435	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	435	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	450	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	390	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	355	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	590	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	336	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	597	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	615	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	16.01/cwt	13.00–19.00	141	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	455	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	405	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	355	113.66/cwt	102.00–125.00	403	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	533	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	530	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	366	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 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 78Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 28Year ago 38

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	38.00	38.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,230	40.00–44.00	42.53
1	—	1,175	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,058	46.00–53.50	49.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	55.50	55.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	48.00	48.00
2	—	883	13.00–19.00	16.01

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	116.00–124.00	121.29
1	—	555	135.00	135.00
3	—	470	139.00	139.00
1	—	360	146.00	146.00
1	—	315	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	114.00	114.00
6	—	597	103.00	103.00
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
2	—	355	102.00–125.00	113.66
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	90.00	90.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	115.00–118.00	117.03
1	—	560	108.00	108.00
2	—	438	128.00	128.00
3	—	482	119.00–122.00	120.99
2	—	398	126.00	126.00
1	—	610	106.00	106.00
1	—	220	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	92.00–104.00	97.86
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
1	—	455	104.00	104.00
1	—	375	108.00	108.00
2	—	533	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	57.00	57.00
1	—	530	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	120.00–124.00	121.50
1	—	445	144.00	144.00
1	—	615	121.00	121.00
4	—	500	133.00	133.00
1	—	590	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	570	103.00	103.00

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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