Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 10.00 Higher 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 $125.21/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$125.21

21 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$387

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

$83.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.06

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	506	140.46	710	14thin
Medium 2	552	121.33	669	3thin
Medium 3	663	92.50	613	2thin
Small and Medium 3	568	57.00	323	2thin

One grade step is worth $83.46/cwt here — about $387 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 sale21 hd

125.21

—

NC average8 barns · 626 hd

133.28

−8.06

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,356	82.54	1,119	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	986	68.75	678	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	803	48.00	385	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Small and Medium 3	—	460	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	852	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	530	126.53/cwt	123.00–130.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	415	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	148.98/cwt	146.00–152.00	705	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	607	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	911	2
Steers	Small 3	—	625	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.14/cwt	130.00–140.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	615	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	308	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	128.99/cwt	127.00–130.00	862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	485	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	640	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	680	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	544	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	520	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	148.03/cwt	144.00–154.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	583	123.55/cwt	120.00–127.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,008	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	82.54/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,119	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	551	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	241	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	63.33/cwt	63.00–64.00	624	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	842	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 Aug 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 48Last week 45Year ago 95

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 2Year ago 27

Slaughter cattle 3.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light (HOT) Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	148.00	148.00
1	—	915	100.00	100.00
2	—	568	150.00	150.00
1	—	620	124.00	124.00
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
1	—	775	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	123.00–130.00	126.53
2	—	583	120.00–127.00	123.55
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	96.00	96.00
1	—	485	92.00	92.00
1	—	530	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	146.00–152.00	148.98
2	—	645	170.00	170.00
1	—	825	159.00	159.00
1	—	540	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	607	150.00	150.00
1	—	595	134.00	134.00
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	79.00	79.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	130.00–140.00	135.14
2	—	555	144.00	144.00
3	—	668	127.00–130.00	128.99
1	—	275	152.00	152.00
1	—	390	148.00	148.00
3	—	418	144.00–154.00	148.03
1	—	455	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	50.00	50.00
1	—	520	64.00	64.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
1	—	680	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	640	124.00	124.00
1	—	495	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,356	80.00–84.00	82.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	63.00	63.00
1	—	730	33.00	33.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	63.00–64.00	63.33
1	—	990	85.00	85.00

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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