Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.72/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$117.72

62 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.79

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	476	120.55	574	17thin
Medium and Large 1	558	119.49	667	23
Medium and Large 3	448	113.68	510	22

One grade step is worth $6.87/cwt here — about $64 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 sale62 hd

117.72

—

GA average16 barns · 1,468 hd

113.93

+3.79

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	1,983	95.01	1,884	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	62.95	815	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	57.00	750	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	51.56	527	11

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	—	320	159.57/cwt	157.00–162.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	138.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	134.24/cwt	132.00–136.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	131.52/cwt	130.00–134.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	121.81/cwt	119.00–125.00	687	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	127.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	125.82/cwt	122.00–129.00	591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	661	108.78/cwt	105.00–111.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	115.79/cwt	113.00–118.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	614	113.87/cwt	110.00–117.00	699	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	122.74/cwt	120.00–127.00	632	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	526	112.40/cwt	110.00–115.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	114.24/cwt	112.00–116.00	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	117.68/cwt	115.00–119.00	674	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	123.21/cwt	121.00–126.00	648	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	124.52/cwt	120.00–127.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	121.37/cwt	119.00–124.00	568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	117.59/cwt	116.00–119.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	123.96/cwt	119.00–129.00	470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	514	106.79/cwt	105.00–110.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	112.47/cwt	110.00–116.00	472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	112.96/cwt	107.00–116.00	541	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	139.99/cwt	136.00–142.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	133.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	753	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	138.14/cwt	135.00–141.00	671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	137.65/cwt	134.00–140.00	712	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	125.46/cwt	122.00–130.00	782	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	133.04/cwt	130.00–135.00	555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	123.85/cwt	120.00–127.00	722	5
Bulls	—	—	1,983	95.01/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,884	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	56.16/cwt	55.00–58.00	696	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	65.66/cwt	63.00–69.00	864	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	55.25/cwt	53.00–60.00	543	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	48.48/cwt	45.00–51.00	511	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 Aug 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 296Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 28Year 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	—	320	157.00–162.00	159.57
3	—	370	135.00–140.00	138.31
4	—	425	132.00–136.00	134.24
4	—	466	130.00–134.00	131.52
6	—	564	119.00–125.00	121.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	125.00–130.00	127.63
4	—	470	122.00–129.00	125.82
4	—	661	105.00–111.00	108.78
5	—	560	113.00–118.00	115.79
7	—	614	110.00–117.00	113.87
8	—	515	120.00–127.00	122.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	110.00–115.00	112.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	112.00–116.00	114.24
9	—	573	115.00–119.00	117.68
10	—	526	121.00–126.00	123.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	120.00–127.00	124.52
6	—	468	119.00–124.00	121.37
7	—	517	116.00–119.00	117.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	119.00–129.00	123.96
4	—	514	105.00–110.00	106.79
7	—	420	110.00–116.00	112.47
7	—	479	107.00–116.00	112.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	136.00–142.00	139.99
6	—	564	130.00–139.00	133.44
7	—	486	135.00–141.00	138.14
9	—	517	134.00–140.00	137.65
15	—	623	122.00–130.00	125.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	130.00–135.00	133.04
5	—	583	120.00–127.00	123.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,983	93.00–96.00	95.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,239	55.00–58.00	56.16
10	—	1,316	63.00–69.00	65.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	983	53.00–60.00	55.25
6	—	1,054	45.00–51.00	48.48

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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