Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder steers to establish an adequate market comparison; heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 lower; and feeder bulls were unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good at lower prices; market activity and buyer interest were moderate to active. Offerings of cattle were mostly moderate. Cattle quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.11/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$127.11

44 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$53.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.06

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	472	149.61	707	15thin
Medium 2	448	131.67	590	13thin
Medium and Large 3	511	107.00	546	9thin
Small 1-2	437	96.29	421	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.33/cwt here — about $286 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 sale44 hd

127.11

—

NC average8 barns · 1,185 hd

130.17

−3.06

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	—	Average	1,748	107.49	1,879	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	76.53	1,097	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	70.67	854	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	872	53.11	463	12

Every lot, as filed

73 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 1-2Fleshy	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	500	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	369	191.13/cwt	190.00–192.00	705	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	385	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	393	1
Steers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	320	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	410	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	355	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	540	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	538	144.80/cwt	144.00–145.00	779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	663	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Fleshy	—	435	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	515	136.14/cwt	130.00–139.00	701	5
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	253	134.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	485	136.04/cwt	132.00–140.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	375	193.92/cwt	188.00–200.00	727	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	137.97/cwt	135.00–139.00	786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	370	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	155.37/cwt	149.00–162.00	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	255	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	388	1
Steers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	370	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	445	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	171.99/cwt	170.00–175.00	736	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	450	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	964	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	158.57/cwt	154.00–166.00	1,010	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	175.07/cwt	170.00–180.00	832	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	405	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	428	198.97/cwt	195.00–201.00	852	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	42.54/cwt	40.00–45.00	346	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	73.50/cwt	73.00–74.00	715	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	77.53/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,092	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	68.07/cwt	67.00–69.00	979	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	68.29/cwt	64.00–70.50	677	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	76.59/cwt	75.00–80.50	922	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	72.49/cwt	72.00–73.00	892	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	733	51.02/cwt	50.00–52.00	374	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	65.21/cwt	65.00–66.00	784	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,224	2
Bulls	—	—	1,748	107.49/cwt	103.00–110.50	1,879	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	730	14.99/cwt	14.00–16.00	109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Full	—	575	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	418	129.92/cwt	128.00–132.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,015	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	968	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	169.93/cwt	165.00–175.00	897	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	855	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	995	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,004	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	138.07/cwt	134.00–142.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium 2Fleshy	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Full	—	590	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	605	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	889	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	723	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	335	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	409	1
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	665	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	240	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	298	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	346	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	400	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	392	1
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	—	390	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	382	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	415	102.00/cwt	100.00–104.00	423	2

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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 117Last week 142Year ago 161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 30Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
1	—	500	157.00	157.00
3	—	445	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	190.00–192.00	191.13
7	—	517	186.50	186.50
Steers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	152.00	152.00
5	—	538	144.00–145.00	144.80
1	—	255	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	188.00–200.00	193.92
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	170.00–175.00	171.99
1	—	365	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	102.00	102.00
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
2	—	415	100.00–104.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
2	—	663	110.00–111.00	110.49
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	510	116.00	116.00
1	—	340	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	130.00–139.00	136.14
2	—	253	130.00–140.00	134.95
2	—	485	132.00–140.00	136.04
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	121.00	121.00
1	—	335	122.00	122.00
1	—	665	122.00	122.00
1	—	240	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	135.00–139.00	137.97
9	—	421	149.00–162.00	155.37
1	—	475	150.00	150.00
1	—	540	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	98.00	98.00
1	—	390	98.00	98.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	154.00–166.00	158.57
1	—	595	158.00	158.00
4	—	475	170.00–180.00	175.07
1	—	700	145.00	145.00
4	—	528	165.00–175.00	169.93
1	—	665	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
2	—	968	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	195.00–201.00	198.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	128.00–132.00	129.92
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	106.00	106.00
1	—	995	104.00	104.00
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	134.00–142.00	138.07
1	—	650	134.00	134.00
1	—	525	145.00	145.00
1	—	605	147.00	147.00
2	—	723	127.00–128.00	127.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	40.00–45.00	42.54
2	—	973	73.00–74.00	73.50
4	—	991	64.00–70.50	68.29
2	—	733	50.00–52.00	51.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,409	74.00–79.00	77.53
2	—	1,438	67.00–69.00	68.07
2	—	1,475	83.00	83.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,204	75.00–80.50	76.59
2	—	1,230	72.00–73.00	72.49
5	—	1,202	65.00–66.00	65.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	14.00–16.00	14.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,748	103.00–110.50	107.49

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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