Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average 4 Hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $214.40/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −171.17 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$214.40

5 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$535

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$102.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.74

vs NC average

−50.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	259.50	1,401	2thin
Medium and Large 2	520	238.00	1,238	1thin
Medium 2	550	157.50	866	2thin

One grade step is worth $102.00/cwt here — about $535 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

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 sale5 hd

214.40

—

NC average8 barns · 294 hd

221.14

−6.74

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−50.12

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−171.17

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	1,873	141.47	2,649	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,356	118.09	1,602	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	859	116.40	1,000	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,064	109.34	1,163	9thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1	300–350	333	298.08/cwt	290.00–306.00	993	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	281.63/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,172	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	279.95/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,134	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,347	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	963	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	102.05/cwt	98.00–108.00	896	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Value Added	—	845	138.11/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,167	2
Bulls	—	—	1,922	148.63/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,857	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	129.38/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,757	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	118.97/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,202	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	278.48/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,131	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	470	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium 3	400–450	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	540	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	710	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	365	196.39/cwt	190.00–200.00	717	3
Bulls	Medium 2Full	400–450	405	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	695	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,251	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	515	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium 3	500–550	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium 3	450–500	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	110.57/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,498	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	104.53/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,140	6
Bulls	—	—	1,725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	205	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	453	248.51/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,126	2

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 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 76Year ago 51

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 11Year ago 32

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average 4 Hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	275.00	275.00
3	300–350	333	290.00–306.00	298.08
2	350–400	368	275.00–282.00	278.48
5	400–450	416	276.00–284.00	281.63
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	520	259.00	259.00
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	540	165.00	165.00
1	550–600	560	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	150.00	150.00
1	450–500	495	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	190.00–200.00	196.39
2	450–500	453	247.00–250.00	248.51
1	650–700	695	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	710	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	295.00	295.00
1	250–300	260	275.00	275.00
1	300–350	330	292.00	292.00
2	400–450	405	276.00–284.00	279.95
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	525	306.00	306.00
1	550–600	575	282.00	282.00
1	600–650	605	254.00	254.00
1	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	430	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	525	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	162.00	162.00
1	500–550	545	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	625	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	442	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	625	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	208.00	208.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	116.00	116.00
3	—	878	98.00–108.00	102.05
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	136.00–140.00	138.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	120.00–138.00	129.38
3	—	1,355	100.00–115.00	110.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,010	118.00–120.00	118.97
6	—	1,091	100.00–112.00	104.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,922	145.00–151.00	148.63
1	—	1,725	120.00	120.00

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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