Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −158.91 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$226.67

6 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$83.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.46

vs NC average

−31.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	240.60	1,263	5thin
Medium 1	540	157.00	848	1thin

One grade step is worth $83.60/cwt here — about $415 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 sale6 hd

226.67

—

NC average9 barns · 274 hd

220.21

+6.46

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−31.79

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−158.91

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,563	140.50	2,195	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,574	125.17	1,970	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	122.27	1,464	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	763	111.50	850	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	133.12/cwt	127.00–139.00	1,615	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	102.85/cwt	93.00–111.00	1,039	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	121.86/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,494	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	125.17/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,970	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,051	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,241	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	250.91/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,079	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	241.00/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,121	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	260.53/cwt	259.00–262.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	171.34/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	924	1
Bulls	—	—	1,210	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,452	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	3,083	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	485	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	907	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	555	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	438	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	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 Jul 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32Last week 46Year ago 70

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 24Year ago 23

Slaughter cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,213	127.00–139.00	133.12
2	—	1,010	93.00–111.00	102.85
11	—	1,226	115.00–127.00	121.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,574	120.00–128.00	125.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	142.00	142.00
1	—	785	81.00	81.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,915	161.00	161.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	259.00–262.00	260.53
1	400–450	420	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	455	220.00	220.00
4	500–550	515	241.00	241.00
1	550–600	565	239.00	239.00
1	600–650	615	232.00	232.00
3	750–800	783	169.00–175.00	171.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	540	157.00	157.00
1	600–650	645	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00
2	400–450	430	247.00–255.00	250.91
2	450–500	465	240.00–242.00	241.00
1	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	560	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	485	187.00	187.00
1	550–600	555	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	542	252.00	252.00

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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