Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle 7.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $216.19/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −169.38 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$216.19

9 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,132

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$77.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.40

vs NC average

−20.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	227.96	1,181	7thin
Medium 1	505	200.00	1,010	1thin
Medium 2	580	150.00	870	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.96/cwt here — about $311 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale9 hd

216.19

—

NC average9 barns · 297 hd

205.79

+10.40

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−20.82

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−169.38

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	1,605	145.45	2,334	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	118.51	1,656	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	112.64	1,354	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	820	78.00	640	2thin

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
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	200–250	205	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	345	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	100–150	125	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	551	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	500–550	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	251.00/cwt	250.00–252.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	234.50/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	227.96/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,181	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium 1	100–150	130	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	688	164.45/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,131	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,458	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	818	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	124.52/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,725	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,638	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	109.17/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,313	6
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	500	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	985	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,186	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	457	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,528	1
Bulls	—	—	1,605	145.45/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,334	2
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	510	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,263	2
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	610	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	470	220.36/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,036	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	350–400	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,080	4
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	630	171.61/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	213.96/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,339	5

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 Sep 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 49Year ago 81

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 16Year ago 19

Slaughter cattle 5.00 Lower Feeder cattle 7.00 To 10.00 Lower Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	205.00	205.00
1	450–500	465	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	510	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	125	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	295	295.00	295.00
1	300–350	340	260.00	260.00
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	400	247.00	247.00
4	500–550	500	216.00	216.00
1	550–600	590	216.00	216.00
2	700–750	730	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	225.00	225.00
2	450–500	470	216.00–225.00	220.36
1	500–550	500	197.00	197.00
1	600–650	610	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	510	239.00	239.00
1	550–600	550	232.00	232.00
1	600–650	640	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	245.00	245.00
2	250–300	295	250.00–252.00	251.00
1	350–400	375	267.00	267.00
2	450–500	490	230.00–239.00	234.50
7	500–550	518	222.00–230.00	227.96
5	600–650	626	212.00–218.00	213.96
1	750–800	785	165.00	165.00
1	900–950	935	140.00	140.00
1	950–1000	950	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	130	200.00	200.00
1	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	505	200.00	200.00
3	600–650	630	170.00–175.00	171.61
2	650–700	688	160.00–169.00	164.45
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	120.00	120.00
6	—	1,203	105.00–115.00	109.17
1	—	1,140	104.00	104.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	101.00	101.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	124.00–125.00	124.52
1	—	1,365	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,455	105.00	105.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	55.00	55.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	140.00–151.00	145.45

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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