Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.34/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$113.34

58 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$19.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.38

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	428	127.51	545	6thin
Medium and Large 2	502	114.27	574	29
Medium and Large 3	514	108.48	557	23

One grade step is worth $19.03/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale58 hd

113.34

—

GA average17 barns · 1,486 hd

118.72

−5.38

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	1,830	92.00	1,684	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,137	55.03	626	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,055	44.00	464	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	627	117.98/cwt	117.00–119.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	106.98/cwt	106.00–108.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	123.29/cwt	120.00–129.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	116.32/cwt	116.00–117.00	613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	682	112.33/cwt	111.00–113.00	766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	133.29/cwt	131.00–137.00	686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	125.28/cwt	121.00–131.00	705	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,170	705.38/cwt	630.00–770.00	8,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	123.48/cwt	119.00–129.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	124.11/cwt	120.00–129.00	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	132.99/cwt	132.00–134.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	107.19/cwt	103.00–109.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	121.53/cwt	120.00–123.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	113.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	650	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	113.11/cwt	112.00–117.00	521	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	118.67/cwt	118.00–119.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	109.48/cwt	108.00–112.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	116.40/cwt	115.00–119.00	492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	632	101.68/cwt	100.00–104.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	110.81/cwt	110.00–112.00	465	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	526	111.71/cwt	110.00–115.00	588	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	628	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	57.54/cwt	56.00–59.00	620	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	110.34/cwt	108.00–113.00	577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	135.01/cwt	132.50–137.50	486	3
Bulls	—	—	1,830	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	112.51/cwt	111.00–114.00	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	638	105.54/cwt	102.00–109.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	116.35/cwt	115.00–119.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	123.01/cwt	121.00–125.00	522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	562	107.43/cwt	104.00–112.00	604	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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 159Last week 194Year ago 176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 27Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 18Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	117.00–119.00	117.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	130.00	130.00
2	—	725	106.00–108.00	106.98
3	—	483	120.00–129.00	123.29
3	—	527	116.00–117.00	116.32
3	—	682	111.00–113.00	112.33
4	—	626	111.00–114.00	112.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	526	110.00–115.00	111.71
2	—	638	102.00–109.00	105.54
3	—	480	115.00–119.00	116.35
4	—	424	121.00–125.00	123.01
5	—	562	104.00–112.00	107.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	131.00–137.00	133.29
3	—	563	121.00–131.00	125.28
4	—	623	119.00–129.00	123.48
1	—	430	142.50	142.50
2	—	478	132.00–134.00	132.99
3	—	680	118.00–119.00	118.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	129.00–130.00	129.67
5	—	518	120.00–129.00	124.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	117.00–118.00	117.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	103.00–109.00	107.19
3	—	632	100.00–104.00	101.68
4	—	463	109.00–110.00	109.49
5	—	420	110.00–112.00	110.81
6	—	523	108.00–113.00	110.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
2	—	430	120.00–123.00	121.53
3	—	360	132.50–137.50	135.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	573	110.00–115.00	113.51
9	—	461	112.00–117.00	113.11
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
4	—	633	108.00–112.00	109.48
7	—	423	115.00–119.00	116.40

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	630.00–770.00	705.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	50.00	50.00
2	—	1,078	56.00–59.00	57.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	44.00	44.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	92.00	92.00

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