Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.01/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$120.01

38 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$24.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.20

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	524	128.00	670	23
Medium 2	577	114.69	661	6thin
Medium 3	498	103.11	513	9thin

One grade step is worth $24.89/cwt here — about $157 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 sale38 hd

120.01

—

NC average6 barns · 769 hd

124.21

−4.20

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	1,427	89.36	1,275	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	70.68	1,173	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,211	64.61	782	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	595	51.00	303	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	435	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	106.32/cwt	104.00–110.00	763	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	124.88/cwt	120.00–130.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	880	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	465	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	544	1
Steers	Small 3	—	315	57.43/cwt	46.00–70.00	181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	129.89/cwt	126.00–134.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	154.34/cwt	150.00–159.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	1
Steers	Small 3	—	735	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	404	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	525	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	641	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	310	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	603	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	123.37/cwt	121.00–125.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium 3	—	525	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	504	1
Steers	Medium 3	—	830	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	134.26/cwt	130.00–139.00	705	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	401	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	133.88/cwt	128.00–139.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	134.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	111.67/cwt	110.00–114.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	99.51/cwt	98.00–101.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	288	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	710	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	341	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Bulls	—	—	1,045	72.89/cwt	70.00–76.00	762	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,428	70.45/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,006	2
Bulls	—	—	1,283	84.53/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,085	2
Bulls	—	—	1,638	97.88/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,603	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,860	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,228	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	595	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	303	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	67.10/cwt	60.00–69.00	786	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	52.55/cwt	50.00–55.00	573	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	71.46/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,163	6

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 Nov 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 35Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 12Year ago 48

No sale last week Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light 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	—	435	165.00	165.00
3	—	718	104.00–110.00	106.32
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
2	—	630	120.00–130.00	124.88
1	—	575	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	134.00	134.00
2	—	685	100.00	100.00
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	48.00	48.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	117.00	117.00
1	—	525	122.00	122.00
Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	46.00–70.00	57.43
1	—	735	55.00	55.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	126.00–134.00	129.89
2	—	363	150.00–159.00	154.34
1	—	415	136.00	136.00
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
1	—	570	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	110.00	110.00
1	—	830	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	146.00	146.00
1	—	665	122.00	122.00
2	—	428	127.00–130.00	128.47
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
6	—	525	130.00–139.00	134.26
3	—	577	128.00–139.00	133.88
3	—	472	130.00–138.00	134.64
3	—	608	110.00–114.00	111.67
2	—	738	98.00–101.00	99.51
1	—	215	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	100.00	100.00
3	—	575	104.00	104.00
1	—	525	96.00	96.00
3	—	401	110.00	110.00
1	—	660	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	106.00	106.00
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
3	—	528	121.00–125.00	123.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	70.00–76.00	72.89
2	—	1,283	84.00–85.00	84.53
5	—	1,638	95.00–102.00	97.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	70.00–71.00	70.45
5	—	1,172	60.00–69.00	67.10
2	—	1,090	50.00–55.00	52.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	66.00	66.00
6	—	1,627	70.00–74.00	71.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	51.00	51.00

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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