Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $223.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −183.68 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$223.33

3 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,217

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$70.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.81

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	250.00	1,338	1thin
Medium and Large 2	550	240.00	1,320	1thin
Medium 1	550	180.00	990	1thin

One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale3 hd

223.33

—

NC average8 barns · 262 hd

262.14

−38.81

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−183.68

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	1,453	136.04	1,977	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	833	135.03	1,125	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	120.00	1,722	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,098	106.54	1,170	5thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	277.61/cwt	275.00–280.00	611	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	619	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	125.00/cwt	118.00–131.00	1,416	2
Bulls	—	—	1,453	136.04/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,977	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	350–400	370	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	496	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	94.24/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,013	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,636	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	135.03/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	640	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	145	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	265.02/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,020	3
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	743	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 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18Last week 56Year ago 96

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 9Year ago 40

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Moderate Offerings Light Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	275.00–280.00	277.61
1	300–350	330	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	535	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	550	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	550	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	258.00	258.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	255.00	255.00
3	350–400	385	260.00–270.00	265.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	118.00–131.00	125.00
3	—	1,075	90.00–100.00	94.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	124.00	124.00
1	—	1,410	116.00	116.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	134.00–136.00	135.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	135.00–137.00	136.04

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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