Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $256.24/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −150.78 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$256.24

4 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,354

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$110

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$17.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.45

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	260.65	1,324	3thin
Medium 1	590	243.00	1,434	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.65/cwt here — about −$110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $478.59, low $365.31, median $407.02 across 13 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 sale4 hd

256.24

—

NC average8 barns · 269 hd

254.79

+1.45

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−150.78

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	1,843	143.00	2,635	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,567	123.30	1,932	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	116.25	1,444	4thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,061	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,595	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	129.95/cwt	125.00–135.00	2,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	879	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1	550–600	580	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	269.98/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	260.96/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	291.88/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,043	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	293.88/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	289.64/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	274.89/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,264	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	274.35/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	255.09/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	355	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	478	212.47/cwt	207.00–218.00	1,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	320.92/cwt	318.00–324.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	136.51/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	260.65/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,324	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	455	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,074	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 1	400–450	410	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	590	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	375	246.62/cwt	242.00–251.00	925	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	415	245.07/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,017	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	467	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,074	4
Bulls	—	—	1,795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,423	1
Bulls	—	—	1,890	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,854	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,584	3

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 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 56Last week 75Year ago 57

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 22Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	105.00	105.00
3	—	1,320	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,625	125.00–135.00	129.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,890	151.00	151.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	298.00	298.00
1	350–400	360	262.00	262.00
1	400–450	415	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	315.00	315.00
3	350–400	375	280.00–296.00	289.64
2	400–450	413	266.00–274.00	269.98
2	450–500	460	270.00–280.00	274.89
3	500–550	508	258.00–262.00	260.65
2	650–700	665	236.00–244.00	240.00
1	700–750	705	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	234.00	234.00
2	450–500	478	207.00–218.00	212.47
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	242.00–251.00	246.62
2	400–450	415	242.00–248.00	245.07
4	450–500	467	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	590	243.00	243.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	298.00	298.00
1	300–350	330	316.00	316.00
2	350–400	370	318.00–324.00	320.92
3	400–450	422	287.00–300.00	293.88
3	450–500	467	286.00–296.00	291.88
2	550–600	558	258.00–264.00	260.96
2	750–800	770	135.00–138.00	136.51
1	850–900	895	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	256.00	256.00
1	300–350	325	274.00	274.00
2	400–450	428	250.00–260.00	255.09
3	450–500	483	270.00–278.00	274.35
Dairy Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	236.00	236.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	204.00	204.00

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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