Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, Slaughter cows are steady, Slaughter bulls are lightly tested, feeder steer and steer calves are lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves are steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.09/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$116.09

44 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$7.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.18

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	122.34	646	5thin
Medium and Large 2	533	116.11	619	18thin
Medium and Large 3	485	114.59	556	21

One grade step is worth $7.75/cwt here — about $90 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 sale44 hd

116.09

—

GA average16 barns · 1,749 hd

124.27

−8.18

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	1,845	89.00	1,642	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,624	60.58	984	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,189	59.30	705	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	867	46.04	399	8thin

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	—	618	121.68/cwt	120.00–123.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	166.51/cwt	166.00–168.00	608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	156.01/cwt	155.00–157.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	146.56/cwt	142.00–150.00	616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	145.42/cwt	140.00–148.00	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	140.01/cwt	138.00–141.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	129.35/cwt	126.00–132.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	165.04/cwt	162.50–167.50	520	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	625	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	3,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	114.34/cwt	114.00–115.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	110.61/cwt	109.00–112.00	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	101.44/cwt	98.00–103.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	148.01/cwt	147.00–149.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	127.01/cwt	124.00–130.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	115.36/cwt	112.00–118.00	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	103.04/cwt	100.00–108.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	124.05/cwt	120.00–126.00	465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	127.62/cwt	125.00–132.50	402	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,624	60.58/cwt	58.00–63.00	984	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	42.54/cwt	42.00–43.00	367	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	47.21/cwt	44.00–51.00	410	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	122.34/cwt	120.00–126.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	126.52/cwt	123.00–130.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	124.26/cwt	121.00–126.00	700	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	134.04/cwt	130.00–137.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	132.30/cwt	131.00–136.00	695	4
Bulls	—	—	1,845	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,642	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	54.03/cwt	51.00–58.00	590	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	63.69/cwt	59.00–66.00	808	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 Jan 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 177Last week 173Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 24Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 18Year 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	—	618	120.00–123.00	121.68
4	—	365	166.00–168.00	166.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	165.00	165.00
2	—	358	155.00–157.00	156.01
3	—	420	142.00–150.00	146.56
4	—	465	140.00–148.00	145.42
8	—	563	121.00–126.00	124.26
4	—	525	131.00–136.00	132.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	130.00–137.00	134.04
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	138.00–141.00	140.01
3	—	560	126.00–132.00	129.35
2	—	363	145.00–147.00	146.01
2	—	613	124.00–130.00	127.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	162.50–167.50	165.04
2	—	415	147.00–149.00	148.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	114.00–115.00	114.34
5	—	566	109.00–112.00	110.61
5	—	627	98.00–103.00	101.44
5	—	375	120.00–126.00	124.05
3	—	315	125.00–132.50	127.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	112.00–118.00	115.36
3	—	670	100.00–108.00	103.04
6	—	469	120.00–124.00	121.95
2	—	620	110.00–113.00	111.52
2	—	413	123.00–130.00	126.52
2	—	508	112.00–115.00	113.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	120.00–126.00	122.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	625	510.00	510.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,624	58.00–63.00	60.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	42.00–43.00	42.54
6	—	868	44.00–51.00	47.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	51.00–58.00	54.03
6	—	1,269	59.00–66.00	63.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	89.00	89.00

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

Heifers · 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