Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $97.20/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$97.20

16 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$527

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

$72.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.79

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	643	112.25	721	4thin
Medium 2	548	98.02	537	10thin
Medium 3	400	86.00	344	1thin
Small and Medium 3	485	40.00	194	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.25/cwt here — about $527 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 sale16 hd

97.20

—

NC average8 barns · 740 hd

120.99

−23.79

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	1,765	92.00	1,624	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,382	70.69	977	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,071	68.48	734	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,045	64.00	669	1thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	345	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	560	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	478	105.13/cwt	100.00–110.00	503	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	520	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	640	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	385	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	308	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	64.56/cwt	63.50–65.50	700	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,624	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	71.09/cwt	68.00–73.00	755	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	63.12/cwt	60.00–66.00	933	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	72.85/cwt	68.00–75.00	987	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,045	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	400	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	344	1
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	850	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	629	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	485	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	194	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	372	120.04/cwt	115.00–125.00	447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	515	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	117.55/cwt	115.00–120.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	146.52/cwt	145.00–148.00	341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	152.90/cwt	150.00–156.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	405	107.66/cwt	105.00–110.00	436	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 Aug 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 33Last week 123Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 4Year ago 17

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	136.00	136.00
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
1	—	760	89.00	89.00
2	—	408	115.00–120.00	117.55
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	51.00	51.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	122.00	122.00
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
1	—	785	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	107.00	107.00
2	—	478	100.00–110.00	105.13
1	—	520	103.00	103.00
1	—	640	83.00	83.00
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
3	—	405	105.00–110.00	107.66
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	40.00	40.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	160.00	160.00
2	—	233	145.00–148.00	146.52
2	—	378	150.00–156.00	152.90
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	115.00–125.00	120.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	63.50–65.50	64.56
3	—	1,062	68.00–73.00	71.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	60.00–66.00	63.12
7	—	1,355	68.00–75.00	72.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	92.00	92.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	64.00	64.00

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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