Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows are steady, bulls lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, bull calves are 5.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.16/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$111.16

51 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$14.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.94

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	123.52	517	5thin
Medium and Large 2	502	111.78	561	13thin
Medium and Large 3	472	109.05	515	33

One grade step is worth $14.48/cwt here — about $2 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 sale51 hd

111.16

—

GA average14 barns · 1,195 hd

115.10

−3.94

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,187	57.89	687	8thin

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 2	—	325	141.31/cwt	137.50–145.00	459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	133.01/cwt	130.00–135.00	483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	126.17/cwt	125.00–127.50	530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	110.01/cwt	109.00–111.00	625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	123.11/cwt	120.00–127.50	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	230	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	210	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	210	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	105.41/cwt	103.00–107.00	593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	722	93.03/cwt	90.00–96.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	136.29/cwt	132.50–140.00	352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	115.01/cwt	114.00–116.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	97.04/cwt	92.00–102.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	109.75/cwt	109.00–111.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	116.42/cwt	114.00–119.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	114.03/cwt	112.00–117.00	428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	96.54/cwt	91.00–100.00	609	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	109.75/cwt	106.00–113.00	515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	112.99/cwt	109.00–116.00	487	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	134.82/cwt	133.00–140.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	130.52/cwt	128.00–133.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	134.27/cwt	132.50–136.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	632	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	130.50/cwt	125.00–133.00	599	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,024	54.15/cwt	52.00–55.00	554	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	61.63/cwt	57.00–64.00	831	4

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 Sep 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 194Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 51Year ago 0

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows are steady, bulls lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, bull calves are 5.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	137.50–145.00	141.31
2	—	510	113.00	113.00
3	—	363	130.00–135.00	133.01
3	—	420	125.00–127.50	126.17
3	—	568	109.00–111.00	110.01
5	—	470	120.00–127.50	123.11
1	—	210	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	160.00	160.00
4	—	470	113.00–115.00	114.01
5	—	563	103.00–107.00	105.41
5	—	722	90.00–96.00	93.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	187.50	187.50
1	—	420	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	258	132.50–140.00	136.29
3	—	525	114.00–116.00	115.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	118.00–120.00	119.01
2	—	665	92.00–102.00	97.04
4	—	531	109.00–111.00	109.75
5	—	468	114.00–119.00	116.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	105.00–107.00	106.01
5	—	375	112.00–117.00	114.03
6	—	631	91.00–100.00	96.54
7	—	469	106.00–113.00	109.75
13	—	431	109.00–116.00	112.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	133.00–140.00	134.82
6	—	568	128.00–133.00	130.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	147.50	147.50
2	—	425	132.50–136.00	134.27
3	—	632	115.00–117.00	116.00
4	—	459	125.00–133.00	130.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,024	52.00–55.00	54.15
4	—	1,349	57.00–64.00	61.63

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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