Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steer calves steady, Feeder bulls steady, bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.65/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$112.65

74 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$13.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.47

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	457	120.41	551	18thin
Medium and Large 2	474	113.08	536	29
Medium and Large 3	458	107.03	490	27

One grade step is worth $13.38/cwt here — about $61 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 sale74 hd

112.65

—

GA average17 barns · 1,428 hd

116.12

−3.47

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	1,713	80.70	1,382	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,259	56.24	708	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	55.13	814	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	45.13	445	10

Every lot, as filed

47 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	—	—	1,691	84.23/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,424	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	55.13/cwt	52.00–58.00	814	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	44.23/cwt	42.00–48.00	473	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	50.71/cwt	50.00–51.00	483	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	322	2
Bulls	—	—	1,735	77.16/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	128.96/cwt	128.00–130.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	728	94.26/cwt	90.00–98.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	102.20/cwt	101.00–104.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	116.95/cwt	115.00–119.00	489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	790	90.67/cwt	90.00–91.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	125.25/cwt	121.00–126.50	515	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	91.49/cwt	90.00–93.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	124.09/cwt	120.00–128.00	458	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	122.53/cwt	119.00–125.00	716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	611	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,022	691.13/cwt	630.00–740.00	7,063	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,515	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	14,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	96.06/cwt	94.00–98.00	696	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	654	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	50.00/cwt	49.00–51.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	115.63/cwt	115.00–117.50	412	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	57.21/cwt	53.00–59.00	737	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	612	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	132.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	608	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	512	122.06/cwt	120.00–127.00	625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	141.65/cwt	140.00–143.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	104.23/cwt	100.00–107.00	532	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,127	666.58/cwt	640.00–690.00	7,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	111.52/cwt	110.00–114.00	521	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	109.65/cwt	109.00–110.00	455	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	142.35/cwt	140.00–147.50	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	121.18/cwt	120.00–122.50	391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	137.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	105.81/cwt	105.00–108.00	486	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	111.80/cwt	110.00–115.00	742	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	558	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	131.10/cwt	130.00–132.50	612	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	561	99.49/cwt	97.00–101.00	558	4

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 Jan 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 225Last week 121Year ago 127

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 24Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 14Year ago 5

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,691	81.00–87.00	84.23
4	—	1,735	75.00–79.00	77.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,476	52.00–58.00	55.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,069	42.00–48.00	44.23
3	—	952	50.00–51.00	50.71
2	—	825	39.00	39.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	60.00	60.00
2	—	1,213	49.00–51.00	50.00
9	—	1,288	53.00–59.00	57.21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	128.00–130.00	128.96
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
4	—	584	119.00–125.00	122.53
1	—	375	163.00	163.00
5	—	664	110.00–115.00	111.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	114.00	114.00
1	—	405	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	457	130.00–135.00	132.99
3	—	432	140.00–147.50	142.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	132.00	132.00
5	—	619	101.00–104.00	102.20
4	—	418	115.00–119.00	116.95
8	—	369	120.00–128.00	124.09
2	—	743	85.00–87.00	86.00
9	—	467	110.00–114.00	111.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	115.00–116.00	115.66
13	—	411	121.00–126.50	125.25
2	—	725	94.00–98.00	96.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	90.00–93.00	91.49
4	—	356	115.00–117.50	115.63
4	—	510	100.00–107.00	104.23
6	—	415	109.00–110.00	109.65
2	—	323	120.00–122.50	121.18
5	—	459	105.00–108.00	105.81
4	—	561	97.00–101.00	99.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	135.00	135.00
3	—	790	90.00–91.00	90.67
1	—	405	155.00	155.00
3	—	462	140.00–143.00	141.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	90.00–98.00	94.26
3	—	612	107.00–109.00	107.99
6	—	512	120.00–127.00	122.06
6	—	423	135.00–140.00	137.56
2	—	558	115.00–118.00	116.49
5	—	467	130.00–132.50	131.10

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)	3	—	1,022	630.00–740.00	691.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,127	640.00–690.00	666.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,515	975.00	975.00

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle