Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $121.41/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$121.41

46 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$10.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	129.01	707	5thin
Medium and Large 2	569	124.15	707	15thin
Medium and Large 3	579	118.37	685	26

One grade step is worth $10.64/cwt here — about $22 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 sale46 hd

121.41

—

GA average16 barns · 1,332 hd

132.24

−10.84

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	59.58	876	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,231	57.93	713	8thin

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	—	463	134.30/cwt	132.00–137.00	622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	122.23/cwt	120.00–125.00	695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	125.10/cwt	121.00–129.00	656	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	133.98/cwt	133.00–135.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	124.02/cwt	122.00–126.00	574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	116.30/cwt	114.00–119.00	655	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	116.47/cwt	115.00–117.50	542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	112.32/cwt	112.00–113.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	632	104.70/cwt	102.00–107.00	662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	100.66/cwt	100.00–102.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	109.74/cwt	107.00–111.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	112.99/cwt	112.00–114.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	115.84/cwt	113.00–117.00	604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	84.97/cwt	84.00–86.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	121.16/cwt	120.00–125.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	559	105.20/cwt	105.00–106.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	621	101.42/cwt	99.00–104.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	95.81/cwt	94.00–98.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	116.82/cwt	114.00–118.00	539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	107.89/cwt	105.00–110.00	564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	133.51/cwt	133.00–134.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	133.25/cwt	132.50–134.00	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	788	106.98/cwt	105.00–109.00	843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	121.67/cwt	120.00–123.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	126.35/cwt	125.00–129.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	134.62/cwt	132.00–137.50	572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	118.25/cwt	117.50–119.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	671	111.49/cwt	109.00–113.00	748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	114.26/cwt	110.00–118.00	716	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	54.07/cwt	52.00–56.00	734	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	60.25/cwt	59.00–61.00	695	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	59.58/cwt	59.00–61.00	876	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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 138Year ago 283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 9Year ago 68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	132.00–137.00	134.30
4	—	569	120.00–125.00	122.23
7	—	524	121.00–129.00	125.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	133.00–135.00	133.98
3	—	463	122.00–126.00	124.02
3	—	563	114.00–119.00	116.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	115.00–117.50	116.47
3	—	522	112.00–113.00	112.32
3	—	632	102.00–107.00	104.70
3	—	665	100.00–102.00	100.66
4	—	565	107.00–111.00	109.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	112.00–114.00	112.99
2	—	665	100.00–101.00	100.51
8	—	521	113.00–117.00	115.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	84.00–86.00	84.97
4	—	435	120.00–125.00	121.16
5	—	559	105.00–106.00	105.20
5	—	621	99.00–104.00	101.42
5	—	668	94.00–98.00	95.81
6	—	461	114.00–118.00	116.82
7	—	523	105.00–110.00	107.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	133.00–134.00	133.51
3	—	563	125.00–127.00	126.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	150.00	150.00
2	—	458	132.50–134.00	133.25
2	—	678	117.00–118.00	117.50
2	—	788	105.00–109.00	106.98
3	—	563	120.00–123.00	121.67
5	—	526	125.00–129.00	126.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	140.00	140.00
2	—	425	132.00–137.50	134.62
2	—	558	117.50–119.00	118.25
3	—	470	120.00–124.00	121.99
6	—	671	109.00–113.00	111.49
11	—	627	110.00–118.00	114.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,358	52.00–56.00	54.07
5	—	1,154	59.00–61.00	60.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	59.00–61.00	59.58

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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