Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.89/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$109.89

61 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$323

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

$39.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.77

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	474	118.66	562	38
Medium 2	457	107.04	489	12thin
Medium 3	489	87.00	425	5thin
Small and Medium 3	302	79.17	239	6thin

One grade step is worth $39.49/cwt here — about $323 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 sale61 hd

109.89

—

NC average8 barns · 1,111 hd

116.67

−6.77

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	1,563	81.25	1,270	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,344	58.06	780	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,109	51.13	567	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	808	38.20	309	5thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	113.30/cwt	108.00–116.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	100.40/cwt	95.00–106.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	360	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	125.83/cwt	120.00–130.00	527	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	755	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	117.36/cwt	114.00–120.00	305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	147.70/cwt	145.00–156.00	468	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	141.86/cwt	138.00–146.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	639	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.45/cwt	143.00–148.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	500	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	155.75/cwt	150.00–160.00	584	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	257	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	148.48/cwt	145.00–152.00	650	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Full	—	610	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	117.31/cwt	111.00–121.00	653	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 3	—	635	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	533	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	205	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	205	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	308	78.34/cwt	76.00–82.00	241	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	159.23/cwt	152.00–163.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	419	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	445	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	401	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	370	122.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	454	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	235	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	118	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	310	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	279	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	27.52/cwt	24.00–31.00	231	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	59.92/cwt	56.50–65.50	776	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	761	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	42.31/cwt	40.00–44.50	450	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	58.36/cwt	56.00–60.00	636	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	50.86/cwt	45.00–55.00	569	15
Bulls	Medium 2	—	612	127.96/cwt	124.00–130.00	783	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	458	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium 2Full	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	40.99/cwt	40.00–42.00	316	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	443	1
Bulls	—	—	1,465	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Bulls	—	—	1,660	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	655	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	491	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	367	134.06/cwt	132.00–136.00	492	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	282	131.37/cwt	128.00–138.00	370	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	685	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	585	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	714	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	473	134.87/cwt	130.00–140.00	638	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	470	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	675	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	618	111.90/cwt	107.00–117.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	250	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	300	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	300	1
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	705	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	353	1
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	115.32/cwt	110.00–120.00	432	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	430	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	445	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	325	110.95/cwt	108.00–114.00	361	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	144.25/cwt	140.00–146.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium 3Full	—	650	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	325	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	605	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	130.28/cwt	126.00–136.00	491	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	395	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	407	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	415	133.02/cwt	132.00–134.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	510	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	735	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	676	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	340	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	515	108.06/cwt	106.00–110.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	137.62/cwt	134.00–145.00	837	3

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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 115Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 27Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 2Year ago 0

Slaughter cattle 2.00 To 6.00 Higher Feeder Cattle 5.00 To 8.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	108.00–116.00	113.30
2	—	713	95.00–106.00	100.40
7	—	419	120.00–130.00	125.83
3	—	260	114.00–120.00	117.36
2	—	483	120.00–125.00	122.49
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
1	—	320	124.00	124.00
6	—	657	107.00	107.00
1	—	220	117.00	117.00
3	—	557	111.00–121.00	117.31
8	—	377	126.00–136.00	130.28
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	100.00	100.00
3	—	308	76.00–82.00	78.34
1	—	445	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	75.00	75.00
1	—	300	100.00	100.00
1	—	445	107.00	107.00
1	—	395	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	81.00	81.00
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
5	—	375	110.00–120.00	115.32
2	—	325	108.00–114.00	110.95
1	—	605	103.00	103.00
1	—	735	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	50.00	50.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	158.00	158.00
5	—	317	145.00–156.00	147.70
7	—	375	150.00–160.00	155.75
2	—	438	145.00–152.00	148.48
1	—	270	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	113.00	113.00
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
3	—	282	128.00–138.00	131.37
2	—	430	134.00	134.00
4	—	385	140.00–146.00	144.25
1	—	340	121.00	121.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	120.00–125.00	122.64
Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	132.00–136.00	134.06
1	—	470	94.00	94.00
1	—	250	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	50.00	50.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	78.00	78.00
2	—	415	138.00–146.00	141.86
1	—	875	73.00	73.00
2	—	520	143.00–148.00	145.45
4	—	460	152.00–163.00	159.23
1	—	585	148.00	148.00
3	—	608	134.00–145.00	137.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	612	124.00–130.00	127.96
2	—	458	150.00–151.00	150.50
3	—	585	120.00–124.00	121.99
2	—	415	132.00–134.00	133.02
1	—	510	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
2	—	473	130.00–140.00	134.87
1	—	675	80.00	80.00
2	—	618	107.00–117.00	111.90
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	106.00–110.00	108.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	840	24.00–31.00	27.52
2	—	770	40.00–42.00	40.99
1	—	820	54.00	54.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,295	56.50–65.50	59.92
1	—	1,690	45.00	45.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	40.00–44.50	42.31
3	—	1,090	56.00–60.00	58.36
15	—	1,119	45.00–55.00	50.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	77.00	77.00
1	—	1,660	85.50	85.50

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

Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle