Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby Calves 155.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Moderate Activity Active Offerings Light ( Heavy Rain ) Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.22/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$144.22

20 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

per head · Medium 2 over Medium 3

$22.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.36

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	440	146.50	645	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	632	144.58	913	12thin
Medium 3	410	124.00	508	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $136 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 sale20 hd

144.22

—

NC average8 barns · 706 hd

140.86

+3.36

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	1,445	107.20	1,549	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,357	75.07	1,019	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,115	71.87	802	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	850	45.00	383	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	938	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	890	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	410	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	179.50/cwt	175.00–184.00	709	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	340	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	141.95/cwt	132.00–144.00	791	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	490	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	987	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	420	147.38/cwt	145.00–150.00	619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	647	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	467	145.32/cwt	142.00–150.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	395	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	269	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	400	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	512	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	107.20/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,549	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	71.25/cwt	64.00–74.50	814	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	80.26/cwt	80.00–80.50	869	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	69.91/cwt	66.00–73.00	955	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	79.20/cwt	77.00–82.50	1,069	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	255	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	960	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	576	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 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 120Year ago 63

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 35Year ago 24

Baby Calves 155.00 Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle Mostly steady Demand Moderate Activity Active Offerings Light ( Heavy Rain ) Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	105.00	105.00
3	—	680	138.00	138.00
5	—	578	154.00	154.00
1	—	405	167.00	167.00
1	—	850	115.00	115.00
1	—	490	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	145.00–150.00	147.38
3	—	467	142.00–150.00	145.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	395	175.00–184.00	179.50
1	—	335	176.00	176.00
2	—	584	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
1	—	490	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	128.00	128.00
2	—	480	123.00	123.00
1	—	400	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	132.00–144.00	141.95
1	—	415	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,445	105.00–109.00	107.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,143	64.00–74.50	71.25
2	—	1,083	80.00–80.50	80.26
1	—	960	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,366	66.00–73.00	69.91
5	—	1,350	77.00–82.50	79.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	29.00	29.00
1	—	820	61.00	61.00

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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