Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 5.00 To 9.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 8.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.89/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$171.89

44 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$765

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2

$103.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.48

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	195.38	982	16thin
Medium and Large 2	447	183.67	820	3thin
Medium 1	500	172.96	865	10thin
Medium 2	531	151.40	804	13thin
Medium 3	510	96.00	490	1thin
Small 2	235	92.00	216	1thin

One grade step is worth $103.38/cwt here — about $765 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 sale44 hd

171.89

—

NC average8 barns · 1,330 hd

165.40

+6.48

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	—	High	2,010	112.00	2,251	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,491	90.58	1,351	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,035	85.67	886	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	829	84.46	701	9thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,016	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	214.65/cwt	214.00–216.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	515	175.66/cwt	168.00–180.00	905	4
Heifers	Small 2Thin Fleshed	—	235	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	216	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	610	163.50/cwt	163.00–164.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,081	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,163	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	370	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	583	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	770	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,001	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	425	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	340	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	200	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	675	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	555	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	944	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	507	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	225.01/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	608	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	—	715	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium 1	—	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium 1	—	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,000	2
Bulls	Medium 1	—	635	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	735	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	575	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	794	95.60/cwt	90.00–100.00	759	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	86.18/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,215	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	100.33/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,117	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	84.65/cwt	80.00–90.00	876	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	955	74.59/cwt	72.00–77.00	712	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	851	78.19/cwt	75.00–85.00	665	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	93.52/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,445	3
Bulls	—	—	2,010	112.00/cwt	105.00–121.00	2,251	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	418	174.11/cwt	168.00–180.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	755	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,223	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	705	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,015	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	510	151.95/cwt	147.00–157.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium 3	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	655	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	191.84/cwt	190.00–200.00	967	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	950	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,074	1
Bulls	Medium 3	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	430	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	175.04/cwt	174.00–179.00	919	5
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	510	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	563	164.08/cwt	160.00–172.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	275	175.47/cwt	175.00–176.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	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 Apr 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 96Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 40Year ago 37

Slaughter cattle 5.00 To 9.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 To 8.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	168.00	168.00
1	—	450	183.00	183.00
1	—	285	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	136.00	136.00
2	—	610	163.00–164.00	163.50
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
3	—	563	160.00–172.00	164.08
2	—	275	175.00–176.00	175.47
1	—	755	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	214.00–216.00	214.65
1	—	425	194.00	194.00
5	—	559	208.00	208.00
1	—	270	216.00	216.00
1	—	820	157.00	157.00
5	—	525	174.00–179.00	175.04
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	168.00–180.00	175.66
1	—	370	191.00	191.00
1	—	675	156.00	156.00
1	—	555	170.00	170.00
2	—	455	170.00	170.00
1	—	430	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	130.00	130.00
1	—	200	182.00	182.00
1	—	645	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	210.00	210.00
3	—	450	214.00	214.00
2	—	560	224.00–226.00	225.01
1	—	270	225.00	225.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	80.00	80.00
2	—	507	80.00	80.00
1	—	715	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	220.00	220.00
2	—	463	216.00	216.00
1	—	350	210.00	210.00
1	—	310	230.00	230.00
11	—	504	190.00–200.00	191.84
1	—	950	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	200.00	200.00
1	—	415	200.00	200.00
1	—	635	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	168.00–180.00	174.11
1	—	755	162.00	162.00
1	—	705	144.00	144.00
1	—	570	155.00	155.00
2	—	510	147.00–157.00	151.95
1	—	655	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	116.00	116.00
1	—	625	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	65.00	65.00
4	—	794	90.00–100.00	95.60
4	—	851	75.00–85.00	78.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	85.00–88.00	86.18
3	—	1,545	90.00–96.00	93.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	96.00–105.00	100.33
7	—	1,035	80.00–90.00	84.65
2	—	955	72.00–77.00	74.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,010	105.00–121.00	112.00

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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