Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.10/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −154.47 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$231.10

5 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$486

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$92.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.95

vs NC average

−36.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	249.51	1,392	4thin
Medium 1	575	157.50	906	1thin

One grade step is worth $92.01/cwt here — about $486 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

231.10

—

NC average8 barns · 290 hd

230.15

+0.95

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−36.49

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−154.47

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	1,130	115.00	1,300	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,414	115.28	1,630	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	814	99.02	806	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,096	98.12	1,075	13

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	—	1,130	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,300	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	663	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	810	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	90.42/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,000	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	111.96/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,588	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	124.12/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	278.65/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,457	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	262.98/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	289.70/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,072	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	248.34/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	251.00/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	615	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	655	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,002	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	380	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	470	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,081	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	620	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	798	109.53/cwt	109.00–110.00	874	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	106.80/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,195	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	925	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	575	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	906	1
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	723	141.34/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,022	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 May 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 41Last week 31Year ago 93

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 10Year ago 15

Slaughter cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	85.00	85.00
1	—	880	92.00	92.00
2	—	798	109.00–110.00	109.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,106	88.00–92.00	90.42
4	—	1,119	100.00–113.00	106.80
1	—	925	125.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,418	105.00–117.00	111.96
3	—	1,403	120.00–134.00	124.12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	295.00	295.00
3	350–400	370	287.00–291.00	289.70
2	450–500	450	266.00	266.00
1	500–550	515	253.00	253.00
3	550–600	572	247.00–249.00	248.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	250.00–252.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	470	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	575	157.50	157.50
1	600–650	615	157.00	157.00
1	650–700	655	153.00	153.00
2	700–750	723	135.00–148.00	141.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	405	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	310.00	310.00
2	250–300	270	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	390	311.00	311.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	278.00	278.00
3	500–550	523	278.00–280.00	278.65
3	550–600	562	255.00–267.00	262.98
3	600–650	600	264.00	264.00
1	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	245.00	245.00

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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