Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 7.00 To 12.00 Higher Feeder cattle 6.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( HOT ) Quality Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.64/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$126.64

27 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.29

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	606	133.25	807	16thin
Medium 2	546	126.04	688	7thin
Medium 3	515	101.25	521	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/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 sale27 hd

126.64

—

NC average7 barns · 401 hd

127.93

−1.29

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	—	Low	1,190	84.00	1,000	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,411	98.89	1,396	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,110	83.11	922	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	752	59.40	447	3thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	585	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	638	115.06/cwt	110.00–120.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	124.08/cwt	120.00–128.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	136.30/cwt	131.00–139.00	795	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	130.29/cwt	126.00–136.00	797	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	153.48/cwt	150.00–157.00	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	112.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	385	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	450	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	470	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	355	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	139.96/cwt	138.00–143.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	379	123.51/cwt	120.00–124.00	468	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	315	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	143.67/cwt	140.00–147.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	455	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	430	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	636	1
Bulls	—	—	1,190	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	91.47/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,002	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	98.00/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,159	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	72.31/cwt	68.00–79.00	780	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	970	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	485	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,336	101.54/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,357	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	94.26/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,454	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	752	59.40/cwt	58.00–62.00	447	3

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 Jun 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54Last week 63Year ago 54

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 18Year ago 53

Slaughter cattle 7.00 To 12.00 Higher Feeder cattle 6.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( HOT ) Quality Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	137.00	137.00
1	—	445	135.00	135.00
3	—	460	138.00–143.00	139.96
1	—	575	116.00	116.00
1	—	610	114.00	114.00
3	—	500	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	90.00	90.00
8	—	379	120.00–124.00	123.51
1	—	315	113.00	113.00
1	—	410	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	56.00	56.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	164.00	164.00
3	—	583	131.00–139.00	136.30
3	—	612	126.00–136.00	130.29
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
1	—	795	116.00	116.00
2	—	518	150.00–157.00	153.48
2	—	718	110.00–116.00	112.99
1	—	815	113.00	113.00
2	—	473	140.00–147.00	143.67
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
1	—	585	126.00	126.00
2	—	638	110.00–120.00	115.06
2	—	530	120.00–128.00	124.08
1	—	430	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
1	—	400	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	90.00	90.00
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	117.00	117.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	90.00–93.00	91.47
4	—	1,183	95.00–101.00	98.00
4	—	1,079	68.00–79.00	72.31
1	—	970	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,336	99.00–109.00	101.54
4	—	1,543	90.00–97.00	94.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	58.00–62.00	59.40

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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