Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.61/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$113.61

32 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$2.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.85

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	115.01	653	2thin
Medium and Large 2	497	114.82	571	12thin
Medium and Large 3	451	112.64	507	18thin

One grade step is worth $2.37/cwt here — about $146 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 sale32 hd

113.61

—

GA average13 barns · 788 hd

121.46

−7.85

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	1,485	67.00	995	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	47.26	597	4thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	415	151.27/cwt	150.00–152.50	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	148.76/cwt	147.50–150.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	116.34/cwt	116.00–117.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	142.84/cwt	140.00–145.00	616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	135.03/cwt	132.50–137.50	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	148.03/cwt	145.00–150.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	144.18/cwt	142.50–145.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	102.06/cwt	97.00–107.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	111.87/cwt	110.00–119.00	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	118.52/cwt	117.00–121.00	443	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	123.77/cwt	121.00–126.00	694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	116.52/cwt	115.00–118.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	128.26/cwt	127.50–129.00	487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	109.51/cwt	108.00–110.00	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	104.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	115.01/cwt	114.00–116.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	112.45/cwt	107.00–117.00	534	5
Bulls	—	—	1,485	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	132.39/cwt	128.00–136.00	622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	137.59/cwt	132.50–142.50	502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	119.05/cwt	115.00–123.00	619	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	519	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	49.34/cwt	49.00–50.00	623	3

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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 61Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 38Year 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	—	415	150.00–152.50	151.27
2	—	458	147.50–150.00	148.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	155.00	155.00
3	—	568	116.00–117.00	116.34
5	—	431	140.00–145.00	142.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	132.50–137.50	135.03
3	—	470	128.00–136.00	132.39
4	—	365	132.50–142.50	137.59
5	—	520	115.00–123.00	119.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	145.00–150.00	148.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	140.00	140.00
3	—	417	142.50–145.00	144.18
4	—	561	121.00–126.00	123.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	147.50	147.50
1	—	460	130.00	130.00
2	—	583	115.00–118.00	116.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	97.00–107.00	102.06
6	—	517	110.00–119.00	111.87
2	—	380	127.50–129.00	128.26
2	—	438	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	137.00	137.00
4	—	374	117.00–121.00	118.52
4	—	418	108.00–110.00	109.51
4	—	573	100.00–106.00	104.03
5	—	475	107.00–117.00	112.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	114.00–116.00	115.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	41.00	41.00
3	—	1,262	49.00–50.00	49.34

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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