Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.35/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −95.58 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$113.35

39 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$32.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.15

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	139.30	622	4thin
Medium and Large 2	504	120.61	608	9thin
Medium and Large 3	531	106.84	568	26

One grade step is worth $32.46/cwt here — about $54 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 sale39 hd

113.35

—

GA average16 barns · 1,067 hd

112.20

+1.15

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−95.58

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	1,645	76.00	1,250	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	50.55	633	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	41.65	458	7thin

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	—	423	142.57/cwt	140.00–145.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.03/cwt	135.00–137.00	639	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	758.63/cwt	710.00–820.00	9,255	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	988	594.94/cwt	590.00–600.00	5,878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	143.27/cwt	142.50–144.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	112.04/cwt	110.00–114.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	102.97/cwt	100.00–105.00	580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	133.69/cwt	130.00–137.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	135.44/cwt	131.00–139.00	577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	124.64/cwt	120.00–129.00	399	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	12,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	114.42/cwt	111.00–117.00	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	104.08/cwt	102.00–106.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	135.61/cwt	135.00–137.50	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	106.99/cwt	106.00–109.00	516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	123.62/cwt	120.00–126.00	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	98.03/cwt	96.00–100.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	133.07/cwt	130.00–138.00	554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	101.70/cwt	100.00–103.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	93.57/cwt	90.00–97.00	482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	95.29/cwt	90.00–99.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	110.15/cwt	110.00–111.00	504	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	123.36/cwt	120.00–125.00	471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	141.77/cwt	141.00–142.50	454	2
Bulls	—	—	1,645	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,250	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	42.59/cwt	40.00–46.00	477	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	106.36/cwt	104.00–109.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	123.93/cwt	120.00–127.50	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	113.69/cwt	112.00–117.00	645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	116.32/cwt	115.00–117.00	619	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	50.55/cwt	49.00–52.00	633	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	88.58/cwt	85.00–92.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	92.95/cwt	90.00–99.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	106.04/cwt	105.00–107.00	445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	104.00/cwt	100.00–108.00	588	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 Oct 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 198Last week 301Year ago 330

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 30Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 32Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	140.00–145.00	142.57
2	—	470	135.00–137.00	136.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	110.00–114.00	112.04
2	—	665	96.00–100.00	98.03
5	—	416	130.00–138.00	133.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	130.00–137.00	133.69
2	—	725	88.00	88.00
5	—	625	90.00–99.00	95.29
7	—	458	110.00–111.00	110.15
3	—	535	104.00–109.00	106.36
2	—	425	120.00–127.50	123.93
5	—	565	100.00–108.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	142.50–144.00	143.27
1	—	360	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	131.00–139.00	135.44
4	—	363	135.00–137.50	135.61
3	—	463	120.00–126.00	123.62
2	—	320	141.00–142.50	141.77
3	—	567	112.00–117.00	113.69
3	—	532	115.00–117.00	116.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	100.00–105.00	102.97
2	—	320	120.00–129.00	124.64
3	—	428	111.00–117.00	114.42
2	—	525	102.00–106.00	104.08
3	—	482	106.00–109.00	106.99
3	—	382	120.00–125.00	123.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	100.00–103.00	101.70
2	—	515	90.00–97.00	93.57
2	—	620	85.00–92.00	88.58
3	—	570	90.00–99.00	92.95
2	—	420	105.00–107.00	106.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,220	710.00–820.00	758.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	890.00	890.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	988	590.00–600.00	594.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	76.00	76.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,119	40.00–46.00	42.59
1	—	990	36.00	36.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	49.00–52.00	50.55

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle