Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Demand Good with moderate activity and light offerings due to rain. Quality of cattle was average. Baby calves 50.00 to 90.00.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $176.70/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$176.70

29 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$732

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$84.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	196.36	1,089	15thin
Medium and Large 2	460	190.00	874	5thin
Medium 2	481	143.71	691	7thin
Medium 3	320	111.50	357	2thin

One grade step is worth $84.86/cwt here — about $732 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 sale29 hd

176.70

—

NC average8 barns · 1,137 hd

176.52

+0.18

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	—	Average	1,352	105.21	1,423	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,104	79.16	874	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	685	77.00	527	1thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	542	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	204.12/cwt	198.00–208.00	1,170	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,190	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,155	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	815	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,167	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	—	395	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	411	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	368	91.14/cwt	88.00–94.00	335	2
Heifers	Medium 3	—	325	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,023	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	220	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	260	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	780	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	225	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	475	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,186	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	685	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	527	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	634	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	87.14/cwt	85.00–92.50	974	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	75.81/cwt	72.00–82.00	845	5
Bulls	—	—	1,080	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	972	1
Bulls	—	—	1,443	110.28/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,591	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	860	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	800	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	300	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	516	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	355	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	285	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	235	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	395	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	430	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	818	2

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 Mar 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 57Last week 158Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 27Year ago 68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	200.00	200.00
2	—	423	221.00	221.00
2	—	542	220.00	220.00
3	—	573	198.00–208.00	204.12
3	—	633	188.00	188.00
3	—	700	165.00	165.00
1	—	320	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	188.00	188.00
2	—	475	189.00	189.00
1	—	685	186.00	186.00
1	—	440	198.00	198.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	149.00	149.00
1	—	860	90.00	90.00
1	—	800	108.00	108.00
1	—	300	172.00	172.00
1	—	295	175.00	175.00
1	—	235	168.00	168.00
1	—	400	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	107.00	107.00
1	—	285	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	94.00	94.00
1	—	220	132.00	132.00
1	—	260	158.00	158.00
1	—	780	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	181.00	181.00
3	—	620	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,040	114.00	114.00
2	—	450	164.00	164.00
2	—	442	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	216.00	216.00
2	—	564	207.00	207.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	104.00	104.00
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	88.00–94.00	91.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	77.00	77.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	64.00	64.00
4	—	1,118	85.00–92.50	87.14
5	—	1,115	72.00–82.00	75.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,443	104.00–115.00	110.28

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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