Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (HOT) Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.19/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$115.19

30 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$31.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.00

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	503	122.41	616	15thin
Medium 2	422	117.50	495	7thin
Medium 3	465	102.67	477	6thin
Small and Medium 3	450	90.50	407	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.91/cwt here — about $209 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 sale30 hd

115.19

—

NC average8 barns · 778 hd

127.19

−12.00

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	1,359	86.07	1,169	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,514	73.61	1,114	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	67.23	815	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	830	53.50	444	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	—	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	124.46/cwt	120.00–129.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	640	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	749	1
Steers	Small 3	—	325	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	228	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	496	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	270	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	297	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	792	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	230	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	129.53/cwt	125.00–134.00	425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	418	115.58/cwt	111.00–120.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	115.16/cwt	110.00–120.00	553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	913	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	330	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	295	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	366	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	430	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	130.07/cwt	125.00–135.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	325	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	126.97/cwt	124.00–130.00	592	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	470	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	428	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	56.31/cwt	50.00–60.00	651	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	72.38/cwt	69.70–78.00	894	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	73.61/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,114	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	502	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	358	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	536	1
Bulls	—	—	1,580	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,264	1
Bulls	—	—	1,248	89.10/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,112	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	805	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	545	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	660	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	920	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	583	126.48/cwt	123.00–130.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	133.02/cwt	132.00–134.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	905	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	887	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	645	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	761	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	570	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	502	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	470	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	430	105.00/cwt	104.00–106.00	452	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	151.99/cwt	150.00–154.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	490	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	524	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	343	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 Jul 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 138Year ago 73

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 74Year ago 27

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 8.00 Lower Feeder cattle 4.00 To 7.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (HOT) 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	—	775	100.00	100.00
2	—	620	120.00–129.00	124.46
1	—	450	155.00	155.00
1	—	560	168.00	168.00
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
4	—	438	150.00–154.00	151.99
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	100.00	100.00
1	—	660	116.00	116.00
2	—	583	123.00–130.00	126.48
1	—	905	98.00	98.00
2	—	645	118.00	118.00
2	—	470	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	114.00	114.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
1	—	920	80.00	80.00
1	—	570	88.00	88.00
2	—	470	123.00–124.00	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	170.00	170.00
1	—	495	160.00	160.00
1	—	550	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	117.00	117.00
1	—	370	134.00	134.00
1	—	230	136.00	136.00
1	—	330	136.00	136.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	70.00	70.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	110.00	110.00
1	—	325	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	125.00–134.00	129.53
1	—	635	124.00	124.00
2	—	355	125.00–135.00	130.07
1	—	905	70.00	70.00
4	—	466	124.00–130.00	126.97
2	—	430	132.00–134.00	133.02
1	—	590	122.00	122.00
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
1	—	805	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	111.00–120.00	115.58
2	—	480	110.00–120.00	115.16
1	—	295	124.00	124.00
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
1	—	325	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	90.00	90.00
1	—	470	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	104.00–106.00	105.00
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
1	—	490	107.00	107.00
1	—	365	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,156	50.00–60.00	56.31
13	—	1,235	69.70–78.00	72.38
1	—	1,140	44.00	44.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,514	70.00–79.00	73.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	45.00	45.00
1	—	865	62.00	62.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,248	88.00–90.00	89.10

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