Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light (Heavy Rain ) Quality Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −151.57 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$234.00

1 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.72

vs NC average

−37.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	234.00	1,287	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.97, low $348.08, median $385.57 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

234.00

—

NC average7 barns · 196 hd

220.28

+13.72

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−37.91

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−151.57

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	1,140	100.00	1,140	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	115.50	1,629	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,159	93.99	1,089	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	760	79.50	604	2thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	91.32/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,096	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,056	1
Bulls	—	—	1,140	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,140	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	115.50/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,629	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	720	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,127	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,721	2
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	745	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium 1	200–250	235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	360	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	250	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium 2	250–300	285	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 76Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 24Year ago 27

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle 7.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light (Heavy Rain ) Quality Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	90.00	90.00
1	—	720	69.00	69.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	90.00–94.00	91.32
1	—	1,035	102.00	102.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	110.00–121.00	115.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	100.00	100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	268.00	268.00
4	400–450	430	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	550	234.00	234.00
1	700–750	715	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	200.00	200.00
1	350–400	360	184.00	184.00
1	400–450	405	160.00	160.00
1	450–500	455	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	232.00	232.00
1	500–550	500	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	298.00	298.00
1	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	200.00	200.00
1	300–350	305	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	255.00	255.00
4	600–650	602	278.00	278.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	745	231.00	231.00

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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