Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers lightly tested, Steer calves unevenly steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, Feeder heifers lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 to 6.00 higher, Replacement cows 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.73/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −68.20 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$140.73

63 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$5.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.34

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	143.37	739	23
Medium and Large 3	380	141.21	536	18thin
Medium and Large 2	473	137.58	650	22

One grade step is worth $5.79/cwt here — about $89 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 sale63 hd

140.73

—

GA average16 barns · 1,453 hd

134.39

+6.34

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−68.20

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	1,680	85.23	1,432	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,549	63.60	985	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	63.52	748	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	869	50.59	439	4thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	133.06/cwt	131.00–135.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	131.28/cwt	130.00–132.50	477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	156.30/cwt	155.00–157.50	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	157.27/cwt	152.50–162.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	128.67/cwt	127.00–130.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	139.98/cwt	136.00–145.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	153.00/cwt	152.00–155.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	147.01/cwt	146.00–148.00	857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	127.52/cwt	126.00–129.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	124.43/cwt	120.00–129.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	155.49/cwt	155.00–156.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	154.80/cwt	150.00–157.50	567	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	146.09/cwt	142.50–149.00	615	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	63.52/cwt	60.00–66.00	748	6
Bulls	—	—	1,680	85.23/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,432	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	437	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	51.45/cwt	50.00–53.00	440	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	62.64/cwt	58.00–65.00	938	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,703	66.48/cwt	66.00–67.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	130.14/cwt	124.00–134.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	125.09/cwt	120.00–129.00	524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	121.14/cwt	120.00–122.50	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	374	145.44/cwt	142.50–147.50	544	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	129.88/cwt	125.00–135.00	673	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	123.00/cwt	120.00–127.00	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	537	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	319	147.95/cwt	145.00–150.00	472	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	124.63/cwt	120.00–129.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	116.50/cwt	116.00–117.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	113.54/cwt	112.00–117.00	598	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	152.76/cwt	151.00–154.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	147.56/cwt	143.00–152.00	691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	118.69/cwt	117.50–120.00	443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	145.31/cwt	140.00–150.00	472	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,635	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	21,255	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	883.99/cwt	815.00–975.00	10,767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	145.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	637	1

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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 81Year ago 61

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 22Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 1Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	113.00	113.00
1	—	405	140.00	140.00
2	—	513	120.00–129.00	124.43
5	—	466	124.00–134.00	130.14
1	—	570	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	110.00–112.00	111.01
2	—	363	130.00–132.50	131.28
6	—	419	120.00–129.00	125.09
4	—	460	120.00–122.50	121.14
5	—	527	112.00–117.00	113.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	132.00	132.00
2	—	493	108.00–110.00	109.01
2	—	373	117.50–120.00	118.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	131.00–135.00	133.06
2	—	318	155.00–157.50	156.30
4	—	366	150.00–157.50	154.80
4	—	421	142.50–149.00	146.09
4	—	518	125.00–135.00	129.88
4	—	561	120.00–127.00	123.00
2	—	675	116.00–117.00	116.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	127.00–130.00	128.67
3	—	563	136.00–145.00	139.98
2	—	663	126.00–129.00	127.52
1	—	375	159.00	159.00
4	—	421	151.00–154.00	152.76
5	—	468	143.00–152.00	147.56
5	—	521	140.00–150.00	145.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	374	142.50–147.50	145.44
7	—	319	145.00–150.00	147.95
3	—	470	120.00–129.00	124.63
3	—	440	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	152.50–162.00	157.27
3	—	512	152.00–155.00	153.00
2	—	583	146.00–148.00	147.01
2	—	418	155.00–156.00	155.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	140.00–150.00	145.31
1	—	475	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,178	60.00–66.00	63.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	48.00	48.00
3	—	855	50.00–53.00	51.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	58.00–65.00	62.64
2	—	1,703	66.00–67.00	66.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	83.00–87.00	85.23

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,635	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,218	815.00–975.00	883.99

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle