Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.27/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −81.66 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$127.27

80 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$28.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.76

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	140.57	629	32
Medium and Large 2	516	123.24	636	27
Medium and Large 3	511	112.19	573	21

One grade step is worth $28.38/cwt here — about $56 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 sale80 hd

127.27

—

GA average16 barns · 1,698 hd

121.51

+5.76

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−81.66

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	—	High	1,941	75.44	1,464	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	55.11	887	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,225	53.47	655	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	43.48	485	6thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	565	124.33/cwt	121.00–127.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	145.96/cwt	142.00–152.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	128.60/cwt	127.00–130.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	113.59/cwt	111.00–117.00	702	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	155.75/cwt	152.00–162.00	500	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	366	156.31/cwt	150.00–160.00	572	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	127.28/cwt	124.00–133.00	602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	114.06/cwt	110.00–117.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	143.32/cwt	142.00–147.00	536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	136.02/cwt	132.00–140.00	577	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	729	97.99/cwt	95.00–100.00	714	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	121.57/cwt	117.00–125.00	630	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	132.96/cwt	130.00–137.00	483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	111.74/cwt	110.00–115.00	573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	118.27/cwt	114.00–120.00	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	120.17/cwt	116.00–125.00	514	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	679	91.32/cwt	89.00–95.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	122.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	110.65/cwt	108.00–112.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	124.00/cwt	121.00–127.00	454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	115.96/cwt	113.00–118.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	109.18/cwt	105.00–112.00	561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	110.23/cwt	108.00–115.00	524	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	113.58/cwt	110.00–117.00	367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	108.75/cwt	103.00–112.00	393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	102.23/cwt	99.00–105.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	103.83/cwt	100.00–108.00	443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	138.01/cwt	133.00–140.00	702	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,173	830.15/cwt	820.00–840.00	9,738	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	705.92/cwt	650.00–760.00	8,471	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,207	719.45/cwt	650.00–760.00	8,684	3
Bulls	—	—	2,170	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,823	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	72.58/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,354	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	775	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	46.73/cwt	44.00–49.00	545	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	55.24/cwt	52.00–59.00	687	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	55.11/cwt	54.00–56.00	887	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	43.48/cwt	42.00–48.00	485	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 Nov 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 373Last week 171Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 36Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 5Year 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	—	565	121.00–127.00	124.33
5	—	414	142.00–152.00	145.96
5	—	531	127.00–130.00	128.60
5	—	618	111.00–117.00	113.59
7	—	321	152.00–162.00	155.75
7	—	366	150.00–160.00	156.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	124.00–133.00	127.28
3	—	582	110.00–117.00	114.06
4	—	374	142.00–147.00	143.32
4	—	424	132.00–140.00	136.02
4	—	729	95.00–100.00	97.99
9	—	518	117.00–125.00	121.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	130.00–137.00	132.96
3	—	513	110.00–115.00	111.74
4	—	471	114.00–120.00	118.27
5	—	428	116.00–125.00	120.17
6	—	679	89.00–95.00	91.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	120.00–125.00	122.28
3	—	623	108.00–112.00	110.65
4	—	366	121.00–127.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	113.00–118.00	115.96
6	—	514	105.00–112.00	109.18
8	—	475	108.00–115.00	110.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	110.00–117.00	113.58
4	—	361	103.00–112.00	108.75
5	—	476	99.00–105.00	102.23
6	—	427	100.00–108.00	103.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	509	133.00–140.00	138.01

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,173	820.00–840.00	830.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	650.00–760.00	705.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,207	650.00–760.00	719.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,170	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,865	70.00–75.00	72.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	62.00	62.00
6	—	1,167	44.00–49.00	46.73
18	—	1,243	52.00–59.00	55.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	54.00–56.00	55.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,115	42.00–48.00	43.48

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle