Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Demand Moderate Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.65/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$130.65

64 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$442

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

$46.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.53

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	563	140.18	789	25
Medium 2	563	132.26	745	29
Medium 3	589	103.02	607	9thin
Small and Medium 3	370	94.00	348	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.18/cwt here — about $442 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 sale64 hd

130.65

—

NC average8 barns · 713 hd

131.17

−0.53

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	1,400	83.00	1,162	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,264	62.30	788	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,048	55.03	577	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	863	52.00	449	3thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	121.34/cwt	117.00–125.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	130.34/cwt	127.00–132.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	142.05/cwt	138.00–146.00	821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	130.62/cwt	128.00–138.00	619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	130.38/cwt	128.00–134.00	554	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	149.45/cwt	146.00–157.00	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	154.48/cwt	150.00–160.00	499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	375	168.97/cwt	168.00–170.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	146.20/cwt	144.00–150.00	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	101.00/cwt	99.00–103.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	125.98/cwt	121.00–129.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	141.47/cwt	138.00–145.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	139.68/cwt	135.00–145.00	525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	335	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	100.54/cwt	95.00–106.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	148.84/cwt	146.00–156.00	557	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	420	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	344	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	590	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	354	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	370	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	348	1
Heifers	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	558	43.98/cwt	40.00–48.00	245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	162.24/cwt	159.00–168.00	673	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,257	63.36/cwt	58.00–69.50	796	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	741	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	53.73/cwt	50.00–56.00	579	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	923	46.28/cwt	45.00–47.50	427	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,034	60.34/cwt	57.00–64.00	624	6
Bulls	—	—	1,400	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	783	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	723	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	875	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	578	1
Steers	Medium 2Full	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	360	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	410	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	52.00/cwt	48.00–58.00	449	3
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	475	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	380	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3	—	1,015	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	609	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	785	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	628	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	333	139.10/cwt	137.00–146.00	463	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	540	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	122.86/cwt	120.00–126.00	577	5
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	265	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	254	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	458	111.05/cwt	108.00–114.00	509	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	578	115.67/cwt	110.00–121.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	550	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	422	147.19/cwt	142.00–150.00	621	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	585	138.84/cwt	138.00–139.00	812	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	675	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	230	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	196	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	220	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	282	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	355	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	523	125.90/cwt	122.00–130.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	445	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium 3Full	—	730	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	584	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	695	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	138.04/cwt	135.00–144.00	725	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	147.31/cwt	144.00–150.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	373	117.25/cwt	112.00–120.00	437	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	417	118.65/cwt	115.00–123.00	495	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	419	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	690	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	112.04/cwt	109.00–115.00	681	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,380	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	8,532	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 Apr 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 108Year ago 156

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 23Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 2

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 1.00 To 3.00 Higher Demand Moderate Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	96.00	96.00
4	—	521	146.00–157.00	149.45
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
6	—	469	144.00–150.00	146.20
3	—	625	121.00–129.00	125.98
2	—	778	115.00–116.00	115.50
1	—	725	126.00	126.00
3	—	415	159.00–168.00	162.24
3	—	558	144.00–150.00	147.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	90.00	90.00
2	—	723	112.00–114.00	113.02
1	—	875	66.00	66.00
5	—	422	142.00–150.00	147.19
6	—	585	138.00–139.00	138.84
13	—	525	135.00–144.00	138.04
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	80.00	80.00
1	—	785	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
2	—	578	110.00–121.00	115.67
2	—	523	122.00–130.00	125.90
1	—	445	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	117.00–125.00	121.34
3	—	518	127.00–132.00	130.34
1	—	670	114.00	114.00
10	—	474	128.00–138.00	130.62
8	—	425	128.00–134.00	130.38
2	—	750	99.00–103.00	101.00
2	—	338	138.00–145.00	141.47
6	—	376	135.00–145.00	139.68
2	—	720	95.00–106.00	100.54
2	—	608	109.00–115.00	112.04
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	40.00–48.00	43.98
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	120.00–126.00	122.86
3	—	373	112.00–120.00	117.25
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
3	—	417	115.00–123.00	118.65
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	108.00–114.00	111.05
1	—	550	86.00	86.00
1	—	675	70.00	70.00
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	138.00–146.00	142.05
4	—	323	150.00–160.00	154.48
1	—	490	156.00	156.00
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
1	—	715	143.00	143.00
1	—	640	134.00	134.00
1	—	505	150.00	150.00
6	—	374	146.00–156.00	148.84
1	—	280	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	168.00–170.00	168.97
1	—	335	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	137.00–146.00	139.10
1	—	540	118.00	118.00
1	—	220	128.00	128.00
1	—	355	142.00	142.00
1	—	695	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	96.00	96.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	60.00	60.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	58.00–69.50	63.36
1	—	1,300	57.00	57.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,078	50.00–56.00	53.73
2	—	923	45.00–47.50	46.28
6	—	1,034	57.00–64.00	60.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	863	48.00–58.00	52.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	83.00	83.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,340	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	790.00	790.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes Livestock Exchange - North Wilkesboro, NC

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