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North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction

Name: North Wilkesboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wed, Nov 18

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2089

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Feeder Cattle receipts

124 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 90▼ 225 vs year ago 349 · −64.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 38▼ 60 vs year ago 86 · −69.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, breaking type slaughter cows were steady to 1.00 lower, boning type were 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were 5.00 to 6.00 lower. There were too few comparable feeder cattle to establish an adequate market comparison, however a lower undertone was noted. Demand for steers was moderate, while heifers was fairly light; market activity and buyer interest were slow to moderate. Offerings of cattle were fairly light. Cattle quality was plain to average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.26/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$118.26

48 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$79.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.31

vs NC average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	446	155.42	692	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	540	124.83	674	14thin
Medium and Large 2	667	96.32	642	19thin
Small 1-2	540	82.00	443	1thin
Medium and Large 3	625	76.00	475	2thin

One grade step is worth $79.41/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale48 hd

118.26

—

NC average8 barns · 713 hd

110.95

+7.31

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	1,566	77.73	1,217	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	59.68	856	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,118	45.45	508	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	39.13	435	4thin

Every lot

65 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	354	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	577	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	599	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	742	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	135.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	698	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	701	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	713	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	791	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	305	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	275	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	108.49/cwt	108.00–109.00	391	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	480	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	108.18/cwt	102.00–114.00	447	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	537	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2Thin Fleshed	458	74.92/cwt	70.00–80.00	343	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	474	84.73/cwt	80.00–89.00	402	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	95.49/cwt	95.00–96.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	106.73/cwt	105.00–111.00	549	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	92.06/cwt	90.00–94.00	479	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	540	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	421	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	104.02/cwt	103.00–105.00	598	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	595	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	524	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	635	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	527	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	680	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	690	68.93/cwt	60.00–78.00	476	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	705	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	620	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	589	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	740	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	518	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	755	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	521	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	810	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	680	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	315	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	353	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	584	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	148.41/cwt	144.00–153.00	561	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	541	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	415	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	419	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	477	106.61/cwt	100.00–110.00	509	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	508	139.49/cwt	137.00–142.00	709	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	124.01/cwt	121.00–126.00	645	3
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	540	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	443	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	582	105.23/cwt	100.00–112.00	612	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	121.19/cwt	118.00–124.00	707	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	590	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	413	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	690	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	647	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	660	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	541	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	683	108.51/cwt	106.00–111.00	741	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	667	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	890	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	534	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	895	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	716	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	1,030	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	515	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	1,360	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,006	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,085	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	580	1
Bulls	—	—	1,531	77.22/cwt	74.50–82.00	1,182	4
Bulls	—	—	1,875	90.85/cwt	88.50–93.00	1,703	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,108	28.88/cwt	26.00–31.00	320	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,111	39.13/cwt	35.50–41.00	435	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,121	50.18/cwt	45.50–55.50	563	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	59.68/cwt	57.50–61.00	856	3

This sale against other markets

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 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 90Year ago 349

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 38Year ago 86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	137.00–142.00	139.49
1	—	365	160.00	160.00
1	—	445	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	114.00	114.00
1	—	410	132.00	132.00
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
3	—	520	121.00–126.00	124.01
4	—	583	118.00–124.00	121.19
2	—	378	144.00–153.00	148.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	112.00	112.00
5	—	582	100.00–112.00	105.23
1	—	415	101.00	101.00
2	—	725	92.00	92.00
1	—	610	106.00	106.00
3	—	477	100.00–110.00	106.61
2	—	683	106.00–111.00	108.51
1	—	895	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	70.00	70.00
1	—	660	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,030	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	160.00	160.00
6	—	354	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	130.00–139.00	135.44
1	—	405	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	114.00	114.00
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
7	—	713	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	80.00–89.00	84.73
2	—	690	60.00–78.00	68.93
1	—	595	88.00	88.00
1	—	635	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
1	—	440	122.00	122.00
1	—	375	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	70.00–80.00	74.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	84.00	84.00
1	—	705	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	95.00–96.00	95.49
1	—	305	90.00	90.00
2	—	520	90.00–94.00	92.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	75.00	75.00
1	—	540	78.00	78.00
1	—	755	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	86.00	86.00
2	—	413	102.00–114.00	108.18
2	—	360	108.00–109.00	108.49
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
1	—	710	83.00	83.00
4	—	514	105.00–111.00	106.73
2	—	575	103.00–105.00	104.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,435	57.50–61.00	59.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,111	35.50–41.00	39.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	26.00–31.00	28.88
7	—	1,121	45.50–55.50	50.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,531	74.50–82.00	77.22
2	—	1,875	88.50–93.00	90.85
1	—	1,085	53.50	53.50

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.