Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light {Hot Hay Time} Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $103.17/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$103.17

18 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$422

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

$75.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.96

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	552	115.21	636	10thin
Medium 2	600	97.41	585	5thin
Medium 3	575	89.00	512	2thin
Small 3	535	40.00	214	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.21/cwt here — about $422 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

103.17

—

NC average8 barns · 835 hd

114.14

−10.96

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	1,459	98.66	1,439	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,300	77.77	1,011	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	69.69	825	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	822	63.19	519	3thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	61.28/cwt	56.00–66.00	487	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	586	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	58.24/cwt	56.50–61.50	787	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	70.24/cwt	68.00–75.00	785	9
Bulls	—	—	1,560	103.82/cwt	99.00–108.50	1,620	4
Bulls	—	—	1,055	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	119.11/cwt	116.00–122.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	371	1
Bulls	Small 3Thin Fleshed	—	535	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	732	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	770	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	493	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	117.42/cwt	114.00–121.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	557	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	550	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	501	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	750	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	480	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	394	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	650	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	455	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	205	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	236	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	123.31/cwt	120.00–125.00	522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	435	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	474	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	710	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	600	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	430	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	387	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	553	115.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	636	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	470	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	268	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,212	79.49/cwt	79.00–80.00	963	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	77.77/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,011	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 Jun 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 58Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 66Year ago 71

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light {Hot Hay Time} Quality Average

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	56.00–66.00	61.28
1	—	875	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	56.50–61.50	58.24
9	—	1,118	68.00–75.00	70.24
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,212	79.00–80.00	79.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	74.00–80.00	77.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,560	99.00–108.50	103.82
1	—	1,055	78.00	78.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	116.00–122.00	119.11
2	—	660	105.00	105.00
1	—	550	133.00	133.00
2	—	540	110.00	110.00
2	—	620	114.00–121.00	117.42
1	—	480	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Small 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	91.00	91.00
1	—	600	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	70.00	70.00
1	—	435	109.00	109.00
1	—	710	78.00	78.00
2	—	553	110.00–120.00	115.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
1	—	305	142.00	142.00
1	—	475	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	205	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	130.00	130.00
1	—	290	128.00	128.00
1	—	630	81.00	81.00
1	—	700	78.00	78.00
1	—	365	136.00	136.00
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
4	—	423	120.00–125.00	123.31
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	64.00	64.00
1	—	480	82.00	82.00
1	—	650	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	57.00	57.00

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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