Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison, however a higher undertone was noted for steers and heifers, while a lower undertone was noted for feeder bulls. Demand was mostly moderate, good for value added and fancy cattle; market activity and buyer interest were moderate. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was mostly average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.28/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$124.28

45 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$465

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

$54.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.68

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	567	136.25	773	22
Medium 2	489	128.00	626	11thin
Medium 3	463	110.92	513	7thin
Small 1-2	374	82.18	307	5thin

One grade step is worth $54.07/cwt here — about $465 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 sale45 hd

124.28

—

NC average8 barns · 1,081 hd

135.96

−11.68

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	1,811	103.47	1,873	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	77.63	1,100	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,208	72.41	875	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	821	53.74	441	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	High	890	98.00	872	1thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2Value Added	—	1,043	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	375	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	375	119.81/cwt	116.00–123.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	143.51/cwt	139.00–148.00	687	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	240	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	685	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	352	141.99/cwt	140.00–143.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium 3Fleshy	—	435	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	153.80/cwt	150.00–155.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	310	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	655	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	956	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	865	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	370	106.45/cwt	103.00–110.00	394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	143.51/cwt	143.00–144.00	746	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	405	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	154.00/cwt	149.00–159.00	847	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	415	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	156.07/cwt	154.00–158.00	574	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.67/cwt	130.00–138.00	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	310	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	620	1
Steers	Medium 2Value Added	—	487	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	470	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	825	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	569	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	515	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	175	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	345	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	442	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	268	145.08/cwt	142.00–148.00	389	2
Steers	Medium 3	—	375	134.03/cwt	132.00–135.00	503	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	585	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	293	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	350	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	354	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	169.91/cwt	165.00–174.00	624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	173.49/cwt	173.00–174.00	529	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	350	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	518	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	590	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	840	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	780	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	421	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	789	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	228	150.15/cwt	148.00–152.00	342	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	515	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	206	1
Bulls	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	495	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	855	2
Bulls	Small 1-2Full	—	495	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	470	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	550	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	535	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	658	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	795	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	134.16/cwt	133.00–137.00	986	5
Bulls	—	—	1,968	113.76/cwt	113.50–114.00	2,239	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	93.18/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,540	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	80.72/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,164	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	57.89/cwt	56.00–60.00	761	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	78.04/cwt	76.00–80.00	955	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	70.84/cwt	67.00–73.00	783	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	71.46/cwt	70.00–73.50	975	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	54.48/cwt	54.00–55.00	477	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	525	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	296	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	890	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	872	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 Feb 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 73Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 35Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	64.00	64.00
1	—	515	34.00	34.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
1	—	440	132.00	132.00
1	—	530	129.00	129.00
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
2	—	560	121.00	121.00
1	—	685	114.00	114.00
3	—	352	140.00–143.00	141.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	118.00	118.00
2	—	760	110.00	110.00
6	—	479	139.00–148.00	143.51
4	—	415	150.00–155.00	153.80
1	—	605	124.00	124.00
2	—	368	154.00–158.00	156.07
1	—	685	121.00	121.00
3	—	525	130.00–138.00	134.67
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	116.00–123.00	119.81
1	—	310	124.00	124.00
1	—	545	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	100.00	100.00
2	—	370	103.00–110.00	106.45
Heifers — Medium 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	73.00	73.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	121.00	121.00
1	—	920	94.00	94.00
2	—	520	143.00–144.00	143.51
2	—	550	149.00–159.00	154.00
1	—	635	131.00	131.00
5	—	735	133.00–137.00	134.16
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	95.00	95.00
1	—	405	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	128.00	128.00
1	—	550	134.00	134.00
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
1	—	535	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	108.00	108.00
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
1	—	490	112.00	112.00
1	—	795	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	40.00	40.00
1	—	495	56.00	56.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	176.00	176.00
1	—	425	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	135.00	135.00
1	—	345	128.00	128.00
3	—	375	132.00–135.00	134.03
1	—	780	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	200.00	200.00
4	—	354	183.00	183.00
7	—	421	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	129.50	129.50
5	—	367	165.00–174.00	169.91
2	—	305	173.00–174.00	173.49
1	—	500	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	142.00–148.00	145.08
1	—	350	148.00	148.00
2	—	228	148.00–152.00	150.15
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	50.00	50.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	92.00	92.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,968	113.50–114.00	113.76
2	—	1,653	92.00–94.00	93.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,442	78.00–83.00	80.72
3	—	1,365	70.00–73.50	71.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	56.00–60.00	57.89
6	—	1,224	76.00–80.00	78.04
3	—	1,105	67.00–73.00	70.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	54.00–55.00	54.48
1	—	795	66.00	66.00
1	—	740	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	98.00	98.00

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