Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 8.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate ( Rain ) Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $181.48/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$181.48

20 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3

$96.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.13

vs NC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	200	214.00	428	1thin
Medium and Large 1	578	192.68	1,113	14thin
Medium and Large 2	668	153.33	1,025	3thin
Medium 2	700	140.00	980	1thin
Medium and Large 3	545	118.00	643	1thin

One grade step is worth $96.00/cwt here — about −$215 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

181.48

—

NC average8 barns · 806 hd

183.60

−2.13

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	1,507	115.67	1,743	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,083	99.34	1,076	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,340	96.10	1,288	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	793	86.54	686	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	800	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,336	4
Bulls	Medium 1	—	200	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	975	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	965	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	212.99/cwt	211.00–215.00	890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	208.68/cwt	204.00–212.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	280	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	193.44/cwt	190.00–197.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,181	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	214.37/cwt	210.00–219.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium 3	—	395	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	199.01/cwt	198.00–200.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	237.87/cwt	234.00–242.00	887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,026	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,184	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Value Added	—	1,040	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,518	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,321	100.05/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,322	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	675	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	419	1
Bulls	—	—	1,890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,079	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	100.63/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,072	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,362	91.50/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,246	6
Bulls	—	—	1,315	118.50/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,558	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	87.08/cwt	80.00–94.00	762	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	90.71/cwt	86.00–98.00	1,001	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 Aug 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 46Last week 41Year ago 76

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 13Year ago 24

Slaughter cattle Mostly steady Feeder cattle 8.00 To 10.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate ( Rain ) Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	167.00	167.00
1	—	425	224.00	224.00
1	—	965	143.00	143.00
2	—	335	210.00–219.00	214.37
2	—	470	198.00–200.00	199.01
2	—	373	234.00–242.00	237.87
2	—	570	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	120.00	120.00
1	—	590	150.00	150.00
1	—	440	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	211.00–215.00	212.99
1	—	540	200.00	200.00
1	—	650	200.00	200.00
2	—	625	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	166.00	166.00
2	—	428	180.00	180.00
1	—	375	194.00	194.00
1	—	450	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	204.00–212.00	208.68
2	—	428	190.00–197.00	193.44
5	—	580	190.00	190.00
1	—	630	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	146.00	146.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,321	95.00–107.00	100.05
6	—	1,362	90.00–93.00	91.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	62.00	62.00
2	—	875	80.00–94.00	87.08
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,065	97.00–103.00	100.63
6	—	1,103	86.00–98.00	90.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,315	112.00–125.00	118.50

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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