Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.34/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$125.34

120 head · 607 lb average

Value per head Derived

$761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$227

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$10.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	403	135.54	546	7thin
Medium and Large 1	620	124.71	773	113

One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about −$227 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 sale120 hd

125.34

—

GA average12 barns · 716 hd

130.70

−5.35

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	1,760	86.00	1,514	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,373	58.93	809	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,675	57.31	960	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	963	48.22	464	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	613	117.98/cwt	116.00–120.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	109.50/cwt	107.00–112.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	123.49/cwt	123.00–127.00	688	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	135.00/cwt	133.00–137.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	123.23/cwt	120.00–126.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	133.13/cwt	129.00–135.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	116.86/cwt	113.00–120.00	666	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	107.23/cwt	104.00–110.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	126.84/cwt	122.00–132.00	605	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	118.63/cwt	115.00–121.00	569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	112.30/cwt	110.00–116.00	576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	128.00/cwt	127.00–130.00	534	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	123.35/cwt	119.00–125.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	125.93/cwt	121.00–128.00	598	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	119.98/cwt	118.00–121.00	686	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	113.39/cwt	110.00–118.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	122.55/cwt	117.00–125.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	111.19/cwt	108.00–114.00	625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	115.77/cwt	114.00–120.00	555	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	103.41/cwt	100.00–107.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	111.77/cwt	107.00–115.00	474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	109.19/cwt	105.00–112.00	521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	139.49/cwt	139.00–140.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	117.15/cwt	116.00–122.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	120.65/cwt	117.00–123.00	810	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	132.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	668	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	117.86/cwt	115.00–118.00	893	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	120.47/cwt	115.00–128.00	755	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	129.04/cwt	127.00–131.00	738	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.54/cwt	135.00–142.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	133.29/cwt	130.00–136.00	570	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,343	870.95/cwt	840.00–900.00	11,697	2
Bulls	—	—	1,760	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,514	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	55.34/cwt	55.00–56.00	816	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	60.47/cwt	58.00–63.00	804	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	57.31/cwt	56.00–59.00	960	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	48.22/cwt	45.00–50.00	464	3

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 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 312Last week 164Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 68Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	116.00–120.00	117.98
4	—	708	107.00–112.00	109.50
12	—	557	123.00–127.00	123.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	366	133.00–137.00	135.00
5	—	518	120.00–126.00	123.23
6	—	428	129.00–135.00	133.13
6	—	570	113.00–120.00	116.86
8	—	623	104.00–110.00	107.23
9	—	477	122.00–132.00	126.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	115.00–121.00	118.63
6	—	513	110.00–116.00	112.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	127.00–130.00	128.00
5	—	510	119.00–125.00	123.35
11	—	475	121.00–128.00	125.93
15	—	572	118.00–121.00	119.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	110.00–118.00	113.39
4	—	413	117.00–125.00	122.55
5	—	562	108.00–114.00	111.19
8	—	479	114.00–120.00	115.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	100.00–107.00	103.41
4	—	424	107.00–115.00	111.77
5	—	477	105.00–112.00	109.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	139.00–140.00	139.49
5	—	738	116.00–122.00	117.15
9	—	671	117.00–123.00	120.65
20	—	505	130.00–135.00	132.30
21	—	758	115.00–118.00	117.86
24	—	627	115.00–128.00	120.47
32	—	572	127.00–131.00	129.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	135.00–142.00	138.54
4	—	428	130.00–136.00	133.29

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,343	840.00–900.00	870.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	86.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	55.00–56.00	55.34
7	—	1,329	58.00–63.00	60.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	56.00–59.00	57.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	963	45.00–50.00	48.22

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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Steers · 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