Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle 2.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher 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 $271.08/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −135.93 against this barn's trailing median of $407.02.

Average price

$271.08

9 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$677

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$128.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.82

vs NC average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	288.68	1,557	7thin
Medium 1	585	259.00	1,515	1thin
Medium 2	550	160.00	880	1thin

One grade step is worth $128.68/cwt here — about $677 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 sale9 hd

271.08

—

NC average9 barns · 181 hd

256.26

+14.82

This barn, trailing median13 sales

407.02

−135.93

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	1,870	129.00	2,412	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	835	108.92	909	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	107.01	1,544	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,146	94.00	1,078	11

Every lot, as filed

48 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	400–450	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	400–450	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	282.45/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,082	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	490	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	395	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	490	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	272.16/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,157	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	430	214.50/cwt	207.00–222.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	528	227.44/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	251.68/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,190	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	170	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	241.35/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,255	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	510	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	300–350	310	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	555	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	174.90/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	287.67/cwt	279.00–292.00	1,341	4
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	660	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium 1	350–400	373	212.07/cwt	210.00–214.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	585	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium 1	200–250	235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	485	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,019	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	197.99/cwt	197.00–199.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	292.15/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,545	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,412	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	93.62/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,095	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,033	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	723	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	105.21/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,543	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,537	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	122.38/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,040	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	103.53/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,257	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,477	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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 21Year ago 33

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 11Year ago 31

Slaughter cattle 2.00 Higher Feeder cattle 3.00 To 5.00 Higher 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
1	400–450	445	175.00	175.00
1	550–600	550	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	280.00	280.00
2	350–400	383	275.00–290.00	282.45
1	400–450	400	270.00	270.00
4	450–500	466	279.00–292.00	287.67
5	500–550	529	285.00–299.00	292.15
2	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	650	216.00	216.00
2	700–750	720	197.00–199.00	197.99
2	750–800	765	170.00–180.00	174.90
1	800–850	815	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	200.00	200.00
2	350–400	373	210.00–214.00	212.07
1	450–500	485	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	585	259.00	259.00
1	650–700	660	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	585	279.00	279.00
1	650–700	660	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	170	275.00	275.00
1	200–250	225	275.00	275.00
1	300–350	305	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	350	230.00	230.00
2	400–450	425	265.00–279.00	272.16
3	450–500	473	249.00–257.00	251.68
3	500–550	520	237.00–247.00	241.35
1	600–650	640	175.00	175.00
1	850–900	880	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	215.00	215.00
2	400–450	430	207.00–222.00	214.50
1	450–500	490	227.00	227.00
2	500–550	528	225.00–230.00	227.44
1	550–600	555	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	129.00	129.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	90.00–95.00	93.62
3	—	1,033	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,214	100.00–110.00	103.53
1	—	1,145	129.00	129.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,467	100.00–108.00	105.21
1	—	1,325	116.00	116.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	120.00–125.00	122.38
1	—	805	82.00	82.00

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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