Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {wet and cold } Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.56/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$113.56

22 head · 419 lb average

Value per head Derived

$475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$21.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.37

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	415	120.24	499	13thin
Medium 2	433	105.30	456	7thin
Medium 3	395	99.00	391	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.24/cwt here — about $107 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 sale22 hd

113.56

—

NC average7 barns · 620 hd

108.19

+5.37

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	1,995	91.14	1,818	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,370	68.38	937	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,144	65.48	749	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	625	45.00	281	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,955	98.49/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,925	2
Bulls	—	—	2,035	83.79/cwt	83.50–84.00	1,705	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	65.48/cwt	60.00–73.00	749	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	855	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,339	70.61/cwt	66.00–78.50	945	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	625	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3Full	—	365	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	256	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	405	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	127.49/cwt	126.00–129.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	120.00/cwt	114.00–126.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	129.07/cwt	125.00–132.00	398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	183	154.16/cwt	150.00–158.00	282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	143.68/cwt	142.00–145.00	457	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	140.00/cwt	138.00–142.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	114.27/cwt	110.00–119.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	810	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	591	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	390	89.00/cwt	88.00–90.00	347	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	880	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	395	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	410	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	665	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	380	109.62/cwt	107.00–114.00	417	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	210	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	256	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 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 47Last week 44Year ago 52

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 41

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light {wet and cold } Quality Average To Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,955	93.00–102.00	98.49
2	—	2,035	83.50–84.00	83.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,144	60.00–73.00	65.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	55.00	55.00
6	—	1,339	66.00–78.50	70.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	45.00	45.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	132.00	132.00
2	—	280	127.00–130.00	128.47
2	—	403	126.00–129.00	127.49
2	—	495	114.00–126.00	120.00
3	—	308	125.00–132.00	129.07
1	—	520	109.00	109.00
1	—	570	93.00	93.00
1	—	670	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	104.00	104.00
1	—	665	85.00	85.00
5	—	380	107.00–114.00	109.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	146.00	146.00
1	—	390	118.00	118.00
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
2	—	183	150.00–158.00	154.16
3	—	318	142.00–145.00	143.68
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	73.00	73.00
2	—	390	88.00–90.00	89.00
1	—	210	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	94.00	94.00
2	—	440	138.00–142.00	140.00
3	—	568	110.00–119.00	114.27
1	—	480	131.00	131.00
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	129.00	129.00
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	55.00	55.00

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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