Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.16/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −82.77 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$126.16

45 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

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

$33.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.86

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	377	150.23	567	8thin
Medium and Large 2	516	128.36	662	14thin
Medium and Large 3	518	116.44	603	23

One grade step is worth $33.79/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale45 hd

126.16

—

GA average16 barns · 1,115 hd

123.30

+2.86

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−82.77

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	1,663	87.21	1,450	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	62.69	812	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	56.04	592	7thin

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Wilkes County Stockyard - Washington, GA

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 and Large 1	—	403	144.33/cwt	144.00–145.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	153.77/cwt	150.00–157.00	557	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	108.42/cwt	105.00–112.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	133.17/cwt	131.00–136.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	130.20/cwt	125.00–133.00	674	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	137.93/cwt	135.00–142.00	499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	120.61/cwt	117.00–125.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	115.64/cwt	112.00–119.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	431	124.72/cwt	122.00–127.00	538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	564	110.94/cwt	108.00–116.00	626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	631	102.17/cwt	100.00–104.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	123.99/cwt	120.00–127.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	121.04/cwt	119.00–124.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	120.24/cwt	117.00–122.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	120.07/cwt	117.00–124.00	509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	114.23/cwt	112.00–117.00	597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	104.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	105.56/cwt	100.00–110.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	144.01/cwt	142.00–146.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	130.72/cwt	127.00–135.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	136.84/cwt	130.00–139.00	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	136.73/cwt	134.00–139.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	119.64/cwt	117.00–122.00	754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	125.01/cwt	122.00–129.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	125.67/cwt	125.00–127.00	584	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,025	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,270	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	13,780	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,090	809.40/cwt	775.00–835.00	8,822	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,110	683.27/cwt	650.00–720.00	7,584	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,858	81.19/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,509	2
Bulls	—	—	1,598	89.22/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,426	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	56.06/cwt	54.00–58.00	694	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	63.79/cwt	60.00–67.00	832	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	56.04/cwt	52.00–59.00	592	7

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilkes County Stockyard - Washington, GA

Wed Jun 19, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 219Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	144.00–145.00	144.33
5	—	362	150.00–157.00	153.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	105.00–112.00	108.42
6	—	479	131.00–136.00	133.17
6	—	518	125.00–133.00	130.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	135.00–142.00	137.93
3	—	482	117.00–125.00	120.61
3	—	540	112.00–119.00	115.64
4	—	431	122.00–127.00	124.72
4	—	564	108.00–116.00	110.94
6	—	631	100.00–104.00	102.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	120.00–127.00	123.99
3	—	527	119.00–124.00	121.04
4	—	560	117.00–122.00	120.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	117.00–124.00	120.07
5	—	523	112.00–117.00	114.23
5	—	622	100.00–110.00	104.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	100.00–110.00	105.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	142.00–146.00	144.01
3	—	610	127.00–135.00	130.72
7	—	529	130.00–139.00	136.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	134.00–139.00	136.73
3	—	630	117.00–122.00	119.64
4	—	533	122.00–129.00	125.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	125.00–127.00	125.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,270	1,085.00	1,085.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,090	775.00–835.00	809.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,110	650.00–720.00	683.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,858	78.00–85.00	81.19
6	—	1,598	87.00–93.00	89.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	54.00–58.00	56.06
12	—	1,304	60.00–67.00	63.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,056	52.00–59.00	56.04

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes County Stockyard - Washington, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle