Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder Cattle Mostly Steady 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 $126.85/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −258.72 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$126.85

3 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$665

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$118.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−73.99

vs NC average

−131.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	206.00	1,154	1thin
Medium 2	560	87.28	489	2thin

One grade step is worth $118.72/cwt here — about $665 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 sale3 hd

126.85

—

NC average9 barns · 319 hd

200.84

−73.99

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−131.54

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−258.72

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,352	108.29	1,464	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	955	90.00	860	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	Medium 1	500–550	520	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	690	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	178.07/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	650–700	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	790	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	187.42/cwt	185.00–190.00	890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	269.34/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,145	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	400	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	560	87.28/cwt	75.00–100.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	650–700	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	268.52/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,257	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	955	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	860	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,352	108.29/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,464	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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 89Year ago 101

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 23Year ago 39

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	175.00	175.00
1	650–700	690	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	175.00	175.00
3	400–450	425	268.00–270.00	269.34
2	450–500	468	267.00–270.00	268.52
1	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	725	135.00	135.00
1	750–800	760	125.00	125.00
1	800–850	825	145.00	145.00
1	850–900	885	139.00	139.00
1	900–950	910	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	420	227.00	227.00
2	450–500	475	185.00–190.00	187.42
1	550–600	560	206.00	206.00
2	600–650	615	174.00–182.00	178.07
1	650–700	670	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	745	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	780	165.00	165.00
1	800–850	825	175.00	175.00
1	850–900	870	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	150.00	150.00
1	400–450	400	212.00	212.00
1	650–700	660	135.00	135.00
1	750–800	790	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	75.00–100.00	87.28
1	600–650	630	90.00	90.00
1	650–700	695	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	269.00	269.00
1	800–850	835	188.00	188.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	90.00	90.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	105.00–110.00	108.29

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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