Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale for last two weeks Holidays Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (Snow and Cold ) Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $109.21/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$109.21

28 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$640

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

$88.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.89

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	668	118.64	793	20
Medium 2	673	94.16	634	6thin
Medium 3	700	90.00	630	1thin
Small and Medium 3	510	30.00	153	1thin

One grade step is worth $88.64/cwt here — about $640 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 sale28 hd

109.21

—

NC average6 barns · 248 hd

117.10

−7.89

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	1,826	96.65	1,765	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,593	69.96	1,114	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	58.01	657	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	740	40.00	296	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	104.01/cwt	102.00–106.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	137.56/cwt	136.00–139.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	905	1
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	515	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	125.78/cwt	122.00–131.00	709	4
Heifers	Small 3	—	550	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	82.96/cwt	78.00–88.00	762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	739	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	690	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	151.64/cwt	146.00–156.00	573	3
Steers	Medium 3Full	—	510	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	184	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 1-2	—	560	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	96.36/cwt	92.00–99.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	126.31/cwt	121.00–129.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	131.91/cwt	129.00–135.00	679	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 3Full	—	510	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	153	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	735	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	127.74/cwt	122.00–133.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	518	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	913	73.99/cwt	72.00–76.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	149.49/cwt	148.00–151.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	600	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	131.51/cwt	130.00–132.00	834	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	700	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	795	3
Bulls	—	—	2,063	99.86/cwt	96.00–104.00	2,060	3
Bulls	—	—	1,115	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	970	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	53.30/cwt	52.00–54.50	701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	69.14/cwt	62.00–73.00	725	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	46.03/cwt	45.00–47.00	495	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	69.96/cwt	63.00–74.00	1,114	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	296	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 Jan 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 60Last week 83Year ago 62

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 43Year ago 3

No sale for last two weeks Holidays Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (Snow and Cold ) Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	102.00–106.00	104.01
2	—	525	136.00–139.00	137.56
1	—	675	134.00	134.00
3	—	378	146.00–156.00	151.64
Steers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	30.00	30.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	36.00	36.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	89.00	89.00
1	—	845	94.00	94.00
3	—	778	92.00–99.00	96.36
3	—	580	121.00–129.00	126.31
2	—	515	129.00–135.00	131.91
1	—	405	145.00	145.00
4	—	634	130.00–132.00	131.51
1	—	735	129.00	129.00
1	—	900	95.00	95.00
3	—	657	120.00–122.00	121.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
2	—	518	107.00–109.00	108.00
2	—	913	72.00–76.00	73.99
1	—	600	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	122.00–131.00	125.78
2	—	918	78.00–88.00	82.96
2	—	608	120.00–123.00	121.52
1	—	525	126.00	126.00
4	—	475	122.00–133.00	127.74
1	—	705	134.00	134.00
2	—	383	148.00–151.00	149.49
Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	54.00	54.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	114.00	114.00
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	97.00	97.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	62.00	62.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,063	96.00–104.00	99.86
1	—	1,115	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	52.00–54.50	53.30
3	—	1,048	62.00–73.00	69.14
2	—	1,075	45.00–47.00	46.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,593	63.00–74.00	69.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	40.00	40.00

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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