Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 2.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −163.24 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$222.33

3 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.14

vs NC average

−42.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	239.00	1,315	1thin
Medium 1	575	214.00	1,231	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $84 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 sale3 hd

222.33

—

NC average9 barns · 316 hd

227.48

−5.14

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

−42.30

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−163.24

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	1,753	146.00	2,559	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,275	128.00	1,632	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,065	113.58	1,210	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	770	70.00	539	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,790	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,291	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	116.47/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,238	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	125.75/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,416	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,006	98.92/cwt	90.00–104.00	995	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	252.19/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	235.19/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,453	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,159	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	415	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	789	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	530	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	954	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	475	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	575	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,231	2
Bulls	—	—	1,715	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,813	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	515	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,015	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	428	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	899	2
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	615	218.98/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,347	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	3
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	720	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,188	3

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 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 46Last week 90Year ago 54

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 16Year ago 23

Slaughter cattle 1.00 To 2.00 Higher Feeder cattle 5.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	128.00	128.00
1	—	1,715	164.00	164.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	110.00–120.00	116.47
7	—	1,126	120.00–134.00	125.75
7	—	1,006	90.00–104.00	98.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	128.00	128.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	70.00	70.00

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	335	245.00	245.00
1	400–450	445	220.00	220.00
6	450–500	489	237.00	237.00
1	550–600	550	239.00	239.00
2	950–1000	950	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	135.00	135.00
1	450–500	465	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	190.00	190.00
1	450–500	475	189.00	189.00
2	550–600	575	214.00	214.00
3	700–750	720	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	595	252.00	252.00
1	650–700	675	232.00	232.00
1	900–950	925	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	420	249.00	249.00
2	450–500	468	247.00–257.00	252.19
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
4	600–650	618	230.00–237.00	235.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	210.00	210.00
3	450–500	475	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	515	197.00	197.00
2	600–650	615	218.00–220.00	218.98
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	190.00	190.00

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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