Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

4 Goats 75.00 each Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (Very HOT ) Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.31/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$140.31

20 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$27.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.58

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	602	148.60	895	5thin
Medium 2	491	141.61	695	12thin
Medium 3	460	121.33	558	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.27/cwt here — about $336 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

140.31

—

NC average6 barns · 340 hd

130.73

+9.58

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	920	30.00	276	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	765	30.00	230	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	445	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	428	150.02/cwt	149.00–154.00	642	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	383	120.97/cwt	120.00–122.00	463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	360	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	944	3
Bulls	Medium 3	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	445	132.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	622	128.38/cwt	125.00–130.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	135.46/cwt	134.00–139.00	662	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	920	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	276	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	765	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	230	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 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 45Last week 66Year ago 52

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 30Year ago 16

4 Goats 75.00 each Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (Very 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	—	445	168.00	168.00
1	—	705	150.00	150.00
1	—	930	109.00	109.00
2	—	465	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
6	—	428	149.00–154.00	150.02
2	—	465	142.00	142.00
3	—	622	125.00–130.00	128.38
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	100.00	100.00
2	—	445	130.00–134.00	132.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	120.00–122.00	120.97
1	—	645	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	168.00	168.00
2	—	265	136.00	136.00
3	—	605	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,040	117.00	117.00
3	—	550	128.00	128.00
7	—	489	134.00–139.00	135.46
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
2	—	465	123.00	123.00
1	—	580	116.00	116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	30.00	30.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	30.00	30.00

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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