Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 to 6.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.99/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$111.99

78 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$7.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.08

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	115.49	643	23
Medium and Large 2	497	111.82	555	37
Medium and Large 3	481	107.88	519	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.61/cwt here — about $124 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 sale78 hd

111.99

—

GA average18 barns · 2,444 hd

117.08

−5.08

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	—	Low	1,513	76.71	1,160	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	58.00	872	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,111	54.18	602	5thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	345	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	768	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	127.95/cwt	124.00–131.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	127.29/cwt	123.00–130.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	114.99/cwt	113.00–117.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	98.30/cwt	97.00–101.00	661	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	6,762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	121.05/cwt	120.00–122.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	116.50/cwt	116.00–117.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	106.26/cwt	104.00–109.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	116.15/cwt	112.00–117.00	656	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	118.25/cwt	116.00–120.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	147.37/cwt	143.00–152.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	127.08/cwt	122.00–132.00	600	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	109.25/cwt	105.00–110.00	701	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	115.48/cwt	112.00–119.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	116.77/cwt	116.00–117.50	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	114.07/cwt	111.00–117.00	534	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	129.52/cwt	129.00–130.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	105.67/cwt	100.00–109.50	750	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	510	1
Bulls	—	—	1,400	75.61/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,059	3
Bulls	—	—	1,850	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,480	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	58.00/cwt	57.00–59.00	872	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	55.22/cwt	54.00–57.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	114.02/cwt	113.00–115.00	414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	107.27/cwt	105.00–109.00	562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	110.25/cwt	108.00–112.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	101.98/cwt	100.00–104.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	124.35/cwt	123.00–125.00	451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	621	94.56/cwt	90.00–99.00	587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	516	108.71/cwt	106.00–112.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	366	133.70/cwt	130.00–137.50	489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	338	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	123.97/cwt	120.00–127.50	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	133.66/cwt	130.00–138.00	568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	125.79/cwt	125.00–127.50	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	111.58/cwt	110.00–112.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	114.74/cwt	113.00–115.00	504	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	95.02/cwt	90.00–98.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	107.75/cwt	107.00–109.00	608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	116.37/cwt	114.00–118.00	708	11

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 Nov 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 281Last week 180Year ago 373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 13Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	162.50	162.50
2	—	768	90.00	90.00
3	—	520	124.00–131.00	127.95
3	—	563	123.00–130.00	127.29
2	—	418	143.00–152.00	147.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	97.00–101.00	98.30
4	—	516	116.00–120.00	118.25
1	—	335	152.50	152.50
9	—	472	122.00–132.00	127.08
14	—	642	105.00–110.00	109.25
2	—	558	112.00–119.00	115.48
4	—	425	130.00–138.00	133.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	116.00–117.50	116.77
5	—	621	90.00–99.00	94.56
4	—	516	106.00–112.00	108.71
4	—	366	130.00–137.50	133.70
2	—	338	145.00	145.00
6	—	432	120.00–127.50	123.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
2	—	425	120.00–122.00	121.05
2	—	508	116.00–117.00	116.50
4	—	666	104.00–109.00	106.26
14	—	565	112.00–117.00	116.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	468	111.00–117.00	114.07
3	—	363	123.00–125.00	124.35
7	—	526	110.00–112.00	111.58
7	—	439	113.00–115.00	114.74
4	—	665	90.00–98.00	95.02
4	—	564	107.00–109.00	107.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	113.00–115.00	114.02
7	—	524	105.00–109.00	107.27
4	—	416	108.00–112.00	110.25
3	—	563	100.00–104.00	101.98
2	—	458	106.00–110.00	108.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	113.00–117.00	114.99
1	—	505	138.00	138.00
2	—	768	106.00	106.00
6	—	570	130.00–135.00	131.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	129.00–130.00	129.52
5	—	710	100.00–109.50	105.67
11	—	608	114.00–118.00	116.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	125.00–127.50	125.79

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	690.00	690.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,134	54.00–57.00	55.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	57.00–59.00	58.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	74.00–77.00	75.61
1	—	1,850	80.00	80.00

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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Washington

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