Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier; Slaughter cows are steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls are steady, feeder steers and steer calves are 5.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves are 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves are 2.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.53/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −85.40 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$123.53

56 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$25.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	135.85	680	23
Medium and Large 2	516	120.63	623	14thin
Medium and Large 3	494	110.76	547	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.08/cwt here — about $134 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 sale56 hd

123.53

—

GA average15 barns · 1,746 hd

124.14

−0.61

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−85.40

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	—	Low	1,572	72.63	1,142	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	50.00	810	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	49.53	631	15

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	458	140.02/cwt	137.00–143.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	312	165.92/cwt	160.00–169.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	160.80/cwt	157.50–167.50	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	149.34/cwt	146.00–154.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	662	115.37/cwt	110.00–120.00	764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	674	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	1,003	648.08/cwt	575.00–680.00	6,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,218	607.11/cwt	570.00–640.00	7,395	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,080	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	123.18/cwt	120.00–125.00	581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	137.70/cwt	134.00–144.00	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	120.34/cwt	120.00–121.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	165.18/cwt	162.00–167.50	608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	121.80/cwt	121.00–123.00	688	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,315	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	10,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	106.62/cwt	102.00–112.00	501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	112.52/cwt	108.00–118.00	470	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	153.25/cwt	150.00–160.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	117.69/cwt	116.00–120.00	786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	127.31/cwt	124.00–133.00	656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	117.01/cwt	115.00–119.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	107.66/cwt	106.00–110.00	447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	110.15/cwt	107.50–112.00	398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	103.27/cwt	100.00–106.00	480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	100.51/cwt	97.00–105.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	100.21/cwt	95.00–104.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	103.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	634	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	44.91/cwt	40.00–47.00	605	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	51.21/cwt	48.00–54.00	639	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	113.02/cwt	111.00–115.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	104.10/cwt	100.00–110.00	551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	136.87/cwt	132.50–140.00	568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	126.01/cwt	122.00–131.00	577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	117.52/cwt	116.00–119.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	561	101.36/cwt	100.00–108.00	569	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	118.43/cwt	115.00–121.00	734	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	112.51/cwt	111.00–114.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	713	102.53/cwt	100.00–105.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	126.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	469	116.97/cwt	110.00–120.00	549	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	516	106.25/cwt	104.00–112.00	548	5
Bulls	—	—	1,660	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,145	1
Bulls	—	—	1,528	74.45/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,138	2

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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 596Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 47Year 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	—	458	137.00–143.00	140.02
3	—	312	160.00–169.00	165.92
3	—	363	157.50–167.50	160.80
3	—	412	146.00–154.00	149.34
3	—	662	110.00–120.00	115.37
4	—	564	119.00–120.00	119.50
5	—	620	115.00–121.00	118.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	132.50–140.00	136.87
3	—	458	122.00–131.00	126.01
4	—	516	116.00–119.00	117.52
2	—	558	111.00–114.00	112.51
2	—	713	100.00–105.00	102.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	561	100.00–108.00	101.36
3	—	363	120.00–130.00	126.74
5	—	469	110.00–120.00	116.97
5	—	516	104.00–112.00	106.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	472	120.00–125.00	123.18
2	—	558	115.00–119.00	117.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	134.00–144.00	137.70
5	—	565	121.00–123.00	121.80
3	—	668	116.00–120.00	117.69
4	—	515	124.00–133.00	127.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	120.00–121.00	120.34
4	—	368	162.00–167.50	165.18
3	—	415	150.00–160.00	153.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	102.00–112.00	106.62
7	—	418	108.00–118.00	112.52
3	—	615	100.00–105.00	103.02
8	—	529	100.00–110.00	104.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	106.00–110.00	107.66
4	—	361	107.50–112.00	110.15
4	—	465	100.00–106.00	103.27
4	—	513	97.00–105.00	100.51
6	—	571	95.00–104.00	100.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	124.00	124.00
2	—	515	111.00–115.00	113.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,003	575.00–680.00	648.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	820.00	820.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,218	570.00–640.00	607.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	750.00	750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,348	40.00–47.00	44.91
11	—	1,248	48.00–54.00	51.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	50.00	50.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	69.00	69.00
2	—	1,528	73.00–76.00	74.45

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