Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light {Cold \ Snow } Quality Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.62/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$124.62

18 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$14.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.58

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	481	128.69	619	12thin
Medium 2	480	116.98	561	5thin
Medium 2-3	410	114.00	467	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.69/cwt here — about $151 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 sale18 hd

124.62

—

NC average7 barns · 269 hd

113.04

+11.58

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	1,470	91.50	1,345	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,115	55.11	614	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	51.00	760	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	843	28.25	238	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,100	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	908	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	51.90/cwt	45.50–56.50	555	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	62.13/cwt	58.00–69.00	714	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	41.24/cwt	40.00–43.00	438	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,218	71.74/cwt	71.50–72.00	874	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	138.22/cwt	137.00–142.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	132.89/cwt	130.00–139.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	138.94/cwt	137.00–141.00	517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	403	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	235	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	254	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	568	1
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	295	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	708	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,849	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	36.50/cwt	36.50–36.50	312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	137.54/cwt	130.00–142.00	450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	117.67/cwt	112.00–124.00	601	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	166	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	485	120.90/cwt	116.00–126.00	586	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	515	106.54/cwt	102.00–111.00	549	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	664	63.40/cwt	63.00–65.00	421	5
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	410	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	467	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 Feb 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 44Last week 99Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 21Year ago 75

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 4.00 Higher Feeder cattle 4.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light {Cold \ Snow } Quality Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	82.50	82.50
1	—	1,840	100.50	100.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,070	45.50–56.50	51.90
5	—	1,150	58.00–69.00	62.13
4	—	1,063	40.00–43.00	41.24
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	71.50–72.00	71.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	51.00	51.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	36.50	36.50
1	—	830	20.00	20.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	137.00–142.00	138.22
3	—	472	130.00–139.00	132.89
1	—	580	122.00	122.00
4	—	511	112.00–124.00	117.67
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
2	—	485	116.00–126.00	120.90
2	—	515	102.00–111.00	106.54
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	122.00	122.00
1	—	330	122.00	122.00
1	—	295	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	137.00–141.00	138.94
1	—	400	142.00	142.00
3	—	327	130.00–142.00	137.54
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	63.00–65.00	63.40

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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