Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Last Week Holiday Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $222.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −184.52 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$222.50

4 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.82

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	528	237.50	1,253	2thin
Medium 2	555	207.50	1,152	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $101 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

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

222.50

—

NC average7 barns · 179 hd

240.32

−17.82

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−184.52

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	—	Low	1,247	95.13	1,186	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	834	119.01	992	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,136	105.95	1,204	8thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2	450–500	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	370	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	471	273.49/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,288	4
Bulls	Medium 2	900–950	915	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	550	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	620	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,085	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	320.25/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	347.34/cwt	345.00–350.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	338	265.11/cwt	260.00–270.00	896	2
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	378	291.32/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,101	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	236.64/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	244.26/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	430	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	465	240.10/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,116	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,047	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2	300–350	330	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	550	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	495	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium 2	800–850	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	415	206.96/cwt	204.00–210.00	859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,371	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	420	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,029	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	364.67/cwt	360.00–370.00	977	2
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	340	312.61/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	405	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	628	219.53/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,379	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	1
Bulls	—	—	1,195	77.75/cwt	75.00–80.00	929	2
Bulls	—	—	1,270	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,168	1
Bulls	—	—	1,288	114.08/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,469	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	103.56/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,201	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	788	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	114.22/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,320	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	133.52/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,132	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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 31Year ago 57

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 26Year ago 36

No Sale Last Week Holiday Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Moderate Quality Average To Attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	260.00–270.00	265.11
1	400–450	420	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	455	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	540	185.00	185.00
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	620	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	915	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	345.00–350.00	347.34
2	250–300	268	360.00–370.00	364.67
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	380	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	450	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	630	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	305.00–320.00	312.61
4	350–400	378	285.00–295.00	291.32
1	400–450	405	289.00	289.00
4	450–500	471	270.00–277.00	273.49
1	500–550	505	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	550	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	628	212.00–227.00	219.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
3	350–400	368	305.00–345.00	320.25
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	430	227.00	227.00
7	450–500	465	235.00–247.00	240.10
1	550–600	550	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	275.00	275.00
1	300–350	320	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	350	299.00	299.00
4	400–450	415	240.00–250.00	244.26
1	450–500	495	277.00	277.00
3	500–550	507	230.00–240.00	236.64
1	600–650	610	212.00	212.00
1	750–800	760	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	204.00–210.00	206.96
1	450–500	495	202.00	202.00
1	800–850	825	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	265.00	265.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	75.00–80.00	77.75
1	—	1,270	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,288	110.00–120.00	114.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	100.00–105.00	103.56
1	—	985	80.00	80.00
4	—	1,156	110.00–118.00	114.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	90.00	90.00
2	—	848	128.00–139.00	133.52

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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