Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle Mostly Steady Feeder cattle Mostly Steady 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 $224.23/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −182.79 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$224.23

4 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$48.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.32

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	248.45	1,287	2thin
Medium 2	540	200.00	1,080	1thin
Medium 1	565	200.00	1,130	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.45/cwt here — about $157 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

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

224.23

—

NC average9 barns · 235 hd

219.91

+4.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−182.79

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	1,915	135.00	2,585	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,129	95.73	1,081	25

Every lot, as filed

29 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	200–250	225	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	248.45/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,287	2
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	405	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	506	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	243.63/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,048	1
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Steers	Medium 1	200–250	205	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	288.55/cwt	287.00–290.00	923	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	400–450	410	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	226.26/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,585	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	112.58/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,260	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	91.89/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,105	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	71.11/cwt	50.00–84.00	770	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	103.40/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,187	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 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 138Year ago 82

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 39Year ago 27

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	200–250	225	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	292.00	292.00
1	250–300	250	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	385	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	433	247.00	247.00
2	450–500	478	240.00–247.00	243.63
2	500–550	518	247.00–250.00	248.45
1	750–800	770	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	125.00	125.00
1	500–550	540	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	170.00	170.00
1	450–500	475	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	287.00–290.00	288.55
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	443	237.00	237.00
2	500–550	523	220.00–232.00	226.26
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	645	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	135.00	135.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,119	110.00–120.00	112.58
5	—	1,202	90.00–99.00	91.89
7	—	1,083	50.00–84.00	71.11
3	—	1,148	100.00–105.00	103.40

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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