Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle 10.00 To 20.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $246.24/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −160.78 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$246.24

4 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,340

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+24.89

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	246.24	1,340	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale4 hd

246.24

—

NC average7 barns · 91 hd

221.35

+24.89

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−160.78

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	1,131	158.43	1,791	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,107	128.10	1,418	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	758	118.31	897	5thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 and Large 1	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	272.39/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	228.26/cwt	228.00–229.00	956	4
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	810	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,288	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	710	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	236.02/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,246	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	243.48/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,371	2
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	465	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,149	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	438	256.03/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	530	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	240.68/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,391	3
Bulls	—	—	1,063	141.75/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,507	2
Bulls	—	—	1,198	175.11/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,098	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,573	157.33/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,475	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	915	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	275	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	137.77/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,459	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	122.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	970	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	710	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,044	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	748	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	748	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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 43Year ago 61

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 29Year ago 30

Slaughter cattle 6.00 To 7.00 Higher Feeder cattle 10.00 To 20.00 Higher Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	280.00	280.00
3	400–450	412	265.00–277.00	272.39
1	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	525	249.00	249.00
2	550–600	563	242.00–245.00	243.48
2	600–650	620	247.00	247.00
1	700–750	705	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	250.00–262.00	256.03
1	450–500	465	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	280.00	280.00
4	400–450	419	228.00–229.00	228.26
1	450–500	495	232.00	232.00
2	500–550	528	235.00–237.00	236.02
3	550–600	578	240.00–242.00	240.68
1	600–650	645	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	142.00	142.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	140.00–144.00	141.75
2	—	1,198	170.00–180.00	175.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	152.00–160.00	157.33
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
1	—	915	30.00	30.00
7	—	1,059	130.00–142.00	137.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	120.00–125.00	122.27
1	—	710	147.00	147.00
2	—	748	100.00	100.00

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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