Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.48/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −87.45 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$121.48

61 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$9.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.97

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	126.64	674	11thin
Medium and Large 2	482	123.76	597	26
Medium and Large 3	459	116.66	535	24

One grade step is worth $9.99/cwt here — about $138 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 sale61 hd

121.48

—

GA average15 barns · 1,319 hd

120.51

+0.97

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−87.45

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	1,895	72.28	1,370	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,583	50.34	797	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,114	43.85	489	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	943	42.63	402	5thin

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	—	507	129.33/cwt	127.00–132.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	133.03/cwt	130.00–137.00	631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	118.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	116.04/cwt	114.00–120.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	113.18/cwt	108.00–116.00	651	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	133.26/cwt	130.00–137.00	554	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	124.62/cwt	120.00–129.00	584	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	101.52/cwt	99.00–104.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	114.24/cwt	110.00–116.00	538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	122.58/cwt	120.00–127.00	539	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	524	103.11/cwt	100.00–107.00	540	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	381	129.74/cwt	125.00–133.00	494	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	113.99/cwt	111.00–117.00	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	115.51/cwt	114.00–120.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	115.18/cwt	113.00–119.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	115.90/cwt	112.00–118.00	726	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	103.41/cwt	100.00–108.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	112.81/cwt	111.00–116.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	110.48/cwt	109.00–113.00	580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	112.69/cwt	110.00–116.00	425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	104.28/cwt	100.00–107.00	439	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	132.60/cwt	130.00–135.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	143.32/cwt	141.00–145.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	123.19/cwt	117.00–127.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	127.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	123.85/cwt	119.00–129.00	843	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	122.89/cwt	120.00–126.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	133.62/cwt	132.00–137.00	619	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	912.09/cwt	900.00–925.00	11,930	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,451	1
Bulls	—	—	1,913	69.42/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,328	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	40.66/cwt	40.00–41.00	478	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	45.44/cwt	43.00–48.00	493	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	50.34/cwt	50.00–51.00	797	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	42.63/cwt	41.00–48.00	402	5

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 Nov 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 324Last week 127Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 14Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 3Year 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	—	507	127.00–132.00	129.33
4	—	474	130.00–137.00	133.03
4	—	609	115.00–120.00	118.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	114.00–120.00	116.04
5	—	575	108.00–116.00	113.18
8	—	416	130.00–137.00	133.26
9	—	469	120.00–129.00	124.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	99.00–104.00	101.52
4	—	471	110.00–116.00	114.24
5	—	440	120.00–127.00	122.58
6	—	524	100.00–107.00	103.11
7	—	381	125.00–133.00	129.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	729	111.00–117.00	113.99
6	—	518	114.00–120.00	115.51
6	—	564	113.00–119.00	115.18
9	—	626	112.00–118.00	115.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	100.00–108.00	103.41
6	—	427	111.00–116.00	112.81
6	—	525	109.00–113.00	110.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	110.00–116.00	112.69
4	—	421	100.00–107.00	104.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	130.00–135.00	132.60
3	—	460	141.00–145.00	143.32
4	—	731	117.00–127.00	123.19
5	—	626	125.00–130.00	127.98
6	—	681	119.00–129.00	123.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	120.00–126.00	122.89
3	—	463	132.00–137.00	133.62

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,308	900.00–925.00	912.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	78.00	78.00
2	—	1,913	69.00–70.00	69.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	40.00–41.00	40.66
6	—	1,084	43.00–48.00	45.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	50.00–51.00	50.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	943	41.00–48.00	42.63

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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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