Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 lower and boning type slaughter cows were 4.00 to 5.00 lower; slaughter bulls were 10.00 higher on a very light test. Feeder cattle were very lightly tested, steers were 9.00 to 11.00 higher, heifers were mostly 1.00 to 14.00 higher, and feeder bulls were mostly 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was very good; market activity and buyer activity were active. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.82/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$119.82

49 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

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

$77.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.50

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	426	145.24	618	22
Medium 2	526	127.32	670	6thin
Medium 3	491	102.51	503	14thin
Small 1-2	366	68.13	249	7thin

One grade step is worth $77.11/cwt here — about $369 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 sale49 hd

119.82

—

NC average8 barns · 830 hd

127.32

−7.50

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	1,777	103.51	1,839	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,397	71.23	995	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,194	67.05	801	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	752	52.28	393	7thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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	Small 1-2	—	495	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	455	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	83.95/cwt	80.00–88.00	357	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	430	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	404	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	668	128.94/cwt	124.00–134.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	980	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	610	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	390	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	647	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	478	105.45/cwt	104.00–107.00	504	2
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	535	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	166.10/cwt	160.00–169.00	782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	176.03/cwt	175.00–177.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	885	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	450	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	183.20/cwt	179.00–186.00	526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	170.59/cwt	165.00–179.00	645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	335	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	523	1
Steers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	260	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	163.88/cwt	160.00–172.00	541	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	700	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	177.88/cwt	174.00–182.00	854	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	383	116.37/cwt	114.00–118.00	446	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	138.57/cwt	137.00–140.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	142.59/cwt	140.00–144.00	439	3
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	468	41.01/cwt	40.00–42.00	192	2
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	300	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	222	1
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	580	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	710	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	425	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	142.65/cwt	140.00–145.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	225	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	304	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	554	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	325	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	163	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	328	115.56/cwt	114.00–117.00	379	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	240	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	600	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	655	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	633	124.96/cwt	123.00–127.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	144.34/cwt	141.00–148.00	593	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	165	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	132	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	390	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	464	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	285	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	690	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	530	102.33/cwt	101.00–104.00	542	3
Bulls	—	—	1,455	105.27/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,532	2
Bulls	—	—	2,420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,420	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	492	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	715	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	811	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,351	65.51/cwt	65.00–66.00	885	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	75.81/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,086	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	518	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	788	43.63/cwt	42.00–45.00	344	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	667	54.90/cwt	51.00–57.00	366	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	416	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	74.32/cwt	70.50–77.00	867	5

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 Feb 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 59Year ago 44

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 23Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
1	—	650	100.00	100.00
1	—	430	94.00	94.00
2	—	478	104.00–107.00	105.45
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	124.00–134.00	128.94
1	—	980	104.00	104.00
1	—	450	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	160.00–169.00	166.10
1	—	585	157.00	157.00
2	—	413	175.00–177.00	176.03
3	—	527	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	80.00–88.00	83.95
1	—	165	80.00	80.00
1	—	285	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	154.00	154.00
1	—	580	150.00	150.00
1	—	420	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	142.00	142.00
2	—	473	137.00–140.00	138.57
3	—	308	140.00–144.00	142.59
3	—	513	140.00–145.00	142.65
7	—	411	141.00–148.00	144.34
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	40.00–42.00	41.01
1	—	325	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	74.00	74.00
1	—	580	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	97.00	97.00
1	—	425	114.00	114.00
2	—	328	114.00–117.00	115.56
1	—	240	100.00	100.00
1	—	600	109.00	109.00
1	—	390	119.00	119.00
2	—	690	106.00	106.00
3	—	530	101.00–104.00	102.33
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	135.00	135.00
1	—	440	126.00	126.00
1	—	655	129.00	129.00
2	—	633	123.00–127.00	124.96
1	—	570	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	287	179.00–186.00	183.20
3	—	378	165.00–179.00	170.59
3	—	330	160.00–172.00	163.88
1	—	505	163.00	163.00
1	—	590	158.00	158.00
1	—	415	160.00	160.00
2	—	480	174.00–182.00	177.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	156.00	156.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	84.00	84.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	114.00–118.00	116.37
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	144.00	144.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	103.00–107.00	105.27
1	—	2,420	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	43.00	43.00
1	—	1,300	55.00	55.00
5	—	1,210	67.00	67.00
5	—	1,167	70.50–77.00	74.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,351	65.00–66.00	65.51
5	—	1,433	74.00–78.00	75.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	70.00	70.00
2	—	788	42.00–45.00	43.63
3	—	667	51.00–57.00	54.90
1	—	945	44.00	44.00

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