Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( Hay Time ) Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $246.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −160.68 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$246.33

3 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.51

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	253.50	1,388	2thin
Medium and Large 2	515	232.00	1,195	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

246.33

—

NC average9 barns · 193 hd

234.83

+11.51

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−160.68

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	1,630	148.75	2,425	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	733	125.89	923	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,268	124.04	1,573	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,181	115.27	1,361	8thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1	450–500	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	733	189.90/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	1
Bulls	—	—	1,797	169.52/cwt	168.00–173.00	3,046	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	101.58/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,146	3
Bulls	—	—	1,380	117.60/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,195	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	116.91/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,461	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	113.84/cwt	110.00–118.00	837	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	133.35/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,540	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,268	124.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,503	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	305	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,747	1
Bulls	Medium 2	700–750	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	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 Jun 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15Last week 45Year ago 12

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 33Year ago 24

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( Hay Time ) Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	733	180.00–200.00	189.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	585	257.00	257.00
1	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	805	207.00	207.00
1	950–1000	960	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	232.00	232.00
1	950–1000	960	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	150.00	150.00
2	—	735	110.00–118.00	113.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	99.00–105.00	101.58
3	—	1,250	111.00–120.00	116.91
2	—	1,155	128.00–138.00	133.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	120.00–128.00	124.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	168.00–173.00	169.52
2	—	1,380	116.00–119.00	117.60

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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