Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average Baby calves 225.00

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $242.10/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −164.91 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$242.10

15 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,256

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$75.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.51

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	269.02	1,369	6thin
Medium and Large 2	522	245.27	1,280	3thin
Medium 1	530	223.52	1,185	4thin
Medium 2	520	193.75	1,008	2thin

One grade step is worth $75.27/cwt here — about $362 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

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 sale15 hd

242.10

—

NC average9 barns · 220 hd

222.59

+19.51

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−164.91

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	129.20	1,862	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	745	124.67	929	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,119	120.11	1,343	7thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1	400–450	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	385	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	751	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	520	193.75/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	505	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	560	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	455	155.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	435	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	687	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	522	219.70/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	217.41/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	218.89/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,140	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	247.55/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,025	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	245.27/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	576	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	218.97/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,358	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,142	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	269.02/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,369	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	138.05/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,940	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	124.77/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,820	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,014	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,946	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	115.35/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,297	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	227.57/cwt	225.00–230.00	985	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	726	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	832	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium 1	250–300	270	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	400	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	485	206.06/cwt	200.00–212.00	999	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 Jul 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 90Last week 36Year ago 64

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 41Year ago 15

No Reporter Last Week Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average Baby calves 225.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	195.00	195.00
1	400–450	420	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	450	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	505	200.00–210.00	205.00
1	550–600	560	190.00	190.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	185.00	185.00
1	350–400	380	150.00	150.00
1	400–450	435	158.00	158.00
2	450–500	455	150.00–160.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	433	225.00–230.00	227.57
2	450–500	478	215.00–220.00	217.41
11	500–550	521	217.00–227.00	218.89
2	550–600	562	220.00	220.00
3	600–650	605	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	187.00–200.00	193.75
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	400	187.00	187.00
2	450–500	485	200.00–212.00	206.06
3	500–550	522	214.00–225.00	219.70
1	550–600	555	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
6	400–450	414	240.00–249.00	247.55
3	500–550	522	240.00–249.00	245.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	240	240.00	240.00
1	250–300	295	255.00	255.00
1	300–350	325	265.00	265.00
1	350–400	365	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	495	220.00	220.00
6	500–550	509	267.00–270.00	269.02
2	600–650	620	218.00–220.00	218.97
1	950–1000	980	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	390	260.00	260.00
5	450–500	453	252.00	252.00
1	500–550	510	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	555	267.00	267.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	130.00–147.00	138.05
4	—	1,459	119.00–129.00	124.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,165	167.00	167.00
5	—	1,124	105.00–120.00	115.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	160.00	160.00
1	—	885	94.00	94.00
1	—	635	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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