Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 5.00 To 6.00 Lower Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( Rain } Quality Average 1 Hog

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $199.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −186.57 against this barn's trailing median of $385.57.

Average price

$199.00

2 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$78.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.89

vs NC average

−81.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	238.00	1,190	1thin
Medium 1	540	160.00	864	1thin

One grade step is worth $78.00/cwt here — about $326 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 sale2 hd

199.00

—

NC average8 barns · 218 hd

231.89

−32.89

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−81.30

This barn, trailing median23 sales

385.57

−186.57

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	1,830	130.00	2,379	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	109.50	1,585	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	104.92	1,277	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	845	81.67	690	3thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	350–400	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,709	1
Bulls	Medium 1	300–350	300	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	510	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	415	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	206.83/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,263	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	283.15/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,011	1
Bulls	—	—	1,830	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,379	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	933	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	69.50/cwt	69.00–70.00	575	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,339	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,250	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	107.80/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,267	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,544	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,625	1

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 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21Last week 66Year ago 38

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 16Year ago 32

Slaughter cattle 5.00 To 6.00 Lower Feeder cattle Mostly Steady Demand Good Activity Active Offerings Light ( Rain } Quality Average 1 Hog

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	200.00	200.00
1	350–400	380	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	475	276.00–290.00	283.15
1	500–550	510	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	510	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	235.00	235.00
1	400–450	430	235.00	235.00
2	450–500	475	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	500	238.00	238.00
1	600–650	625	202.00	202.00
2	650–700	673	202.00–212.00	206.83
1	700–750	745	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	160.00	160.00
1	650–700	655	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	755	200.00	200.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	130.00	130.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	106.00	106.00
2	—	828	69.00–70.00	69.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	113.00	113.00
2	—	1,275	98.00	98.00
2	—	1,175	104.00–112.00	107.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,425	114.00	114.00

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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