Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available from previous week due to markets being closed for holiday

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.45/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −85.48 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$123.45

75 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$11.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.09

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	131.09	692	20
Medium and Large 2	549	121.34	666	35
Medium and Large 3	473	119.52	565	20

One grade step is worth $11.57/cwt here — about $127 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 sale75 hd

123.45

—

GA average14 barns · 1,467 hd

123.55

−0.09

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−85.48

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	1,518	82.71	1,255	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	62.96	1,058	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,318	61.16	806	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,069	51.14	547	11

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	443	141.51/cwt	140.00–143.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	129.14/cwt	126.00–134.00	727	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	130.33/cwt	128.00–135.00	683	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	587	118.71/cwt	114.00–121.00	697	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	114.98/cwt	113.00–117.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	128.52/cwt	126.00–130.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	111.43/cwt	106.00–114.00	747	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	726	106.95/cwt	104.00–112.00	776	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	123.00/cwt	121.00–127.00	635	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	132.24/cwt	130.00–135.00	553	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	119.38/cwt	115.00–123.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	112.71/cwt	109.00–119.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	105.45/cwt	101.00–111.00	657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	376	129.59/cwt	129.00–131.00	487	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	421	124.88/cwt	120.00–129.00	526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	118.67/cwt	117.00–120.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	121.25/cwt	120.00–123.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	124.69/cwt	122.00–129.00	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	101.98/cwt	100.00–106.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	113.46/cwt	110.00–118.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	109.99/cwt	105.00–115.00	464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	106.21/cwt	102.00–110.00	497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	128.63/cwt	123.00–131.00	814	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,128	724.99/cwt	720.00–730.00	8,178	2
Bulls	—	—	1,278	76.73/cwt	75.00–79.00	981	2
Bulls	—	—	1,678	86.69/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,455	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	55.81/cwt	54.00–57.00	592	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	62.05/cwt	59.00–65.00	845	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	62.96/cwt	62.00–64.00	1,058	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	46.28/cwt	45.00–49.00	454	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	55.19/cwt	53.00–57.00	631	6

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 Jul 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available from previous week due to markets being closed for holiday

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	140.00–143.00	141.51
6	—	563	126.00–134.00	129.14
12	—	524	128.00–135.00	130.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	114.00–121.00	118.71
3	—	632	113.00–117.00	114.98
4	—	466	126.00–130.00	128.52
4	—	670	106.00–114.00	111.43
5	—	726	104.00–112.00	106.95
7	—	516	121.00–127.00	123.00
9	—	418	130.00–135.00	132.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	115.00–123.00	119.38
3	—	518	109.00–119.00	112.71
4	—	623	101.00–111.00	105.45
5	—	376	129.00–131.00	129.59
5	—	421	120.00–129.00	124.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	117.00–120.00	118.67
4	—	509	120.00–123.00	121.25
9	—	478	122.00–129.00	124.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	100.00–106.00	101.98
4	—	531	110.00–118.00	113.46
6	—	433	120.00–124.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	105.00–115.00	109.99
6	—	468	102.00–110.00	106.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	633	123.00–131.00	128.63

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,128	720.00–730.00	724.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	75.00–79.00	76.73
3	—	1,678	86.00–88.00	86.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	54.00–57.00	55.81
18	—	1,361	59.00–65.00	62.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,680	62.00–64.00	62.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	980	45.00–49.00	46.28
6	—	1,144	53.00–57.00	55.19

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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Reporter comment USDA

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