Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light Quality Average

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $211.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −231.35 against this barn's trailing median of $442.35.

Average price

$211.00

2 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.55

vs NC average

−88.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	222.00	1,288	1thin
Medium 1	565	200.00	1,130	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $158 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

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.26, low $398.10, median $442.35 across 15 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 sale2 hd

211.00

—

NC average8 barns · 221 hd

239.55

−28.55

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−88.33

This barn, trailing median15 sales

442.35

−231.35

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	1,928	152.95	2,949	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,673	118.00	1,974	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	99.75	1,133	13

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	400–450	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	248.54/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,143	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	565	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	199.43/cwt	192.00–207.00	1,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	468	216.10/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium 1	200–250	228	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	535	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	867	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	335	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	363	248.45/cwt	247.00–250.00	902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	236.00/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,288	1
Bulls	—	—	2,045	146.43/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,994	2
Bulls	—	—	1,695	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,814	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,794	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,785	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,160	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	103.36/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,148	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	721	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	120.78/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,701	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	86.89/cwt	84.00–90.00	860	4

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 Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 35Year ago 109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 8Year ago 43

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady 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	360	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	410	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	460	245.00–252.00	248.54
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	185.00	185.00
2	350–400	363	247.00–250.00	248.45
1	550–600	565	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	440	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	540	192.00–207.00	199.43
1	550–600	560	201.00	201.00
1	600–650	620	214.00	214.00
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	205.00	205.00
2	450–500	468	210.00–222.00	216.10
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	262.00	262.00
1	550–600	580	222.00	222.00
2	600–650	615	232.00–240.00	236.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,045	145.00–148.00	146.43
1	—	1,695	166.00	166.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,785	121.00	121.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,111	100.00–110.00	103.36
1	—	1,030	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,408	120.00–123.00	120.78
4	—	990	84.00–90.00	86.89

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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