Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $175.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −210.57 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$175.00

1 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−57.17

vs NC average

−95.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	595	175.00	1,041	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

175.00

—

NC average8 barns · 321 hd

232.17

−57.17

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−95.00

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−210.57

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	1,459	130.75	1,907	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,338	110.67	1,481	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,064	105.10	1,118	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	705	100.00	705	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	485	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	595	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	1
Bulls	—	—	1,240	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,488	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	117.95/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,297	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	918	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,036	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	788	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,790	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,077	104.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,130	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Bulls	—	—	1,568	136.12/cwt	135.00–137.00	2,134	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,190	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,607	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Mexican Origin	—	1,060	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,452	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 May 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5Last week 41Year ago 65

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 29Year ago 25

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

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	345	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	595	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	960	97.00	97.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,568	135.00–137.00	136.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	117.00–119.00	117.95
2	—	998	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,050	75.00	75.00
6	—	1,077	100.00–110.00	104.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,530	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,190	135.00	135.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	137.00	137.00

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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