Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2021-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, Feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, Feeder bulls steady, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, 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 $126.56/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$126.56

81 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$3.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.25

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	127.63	617	39
Medium and Large 2	432	126.25	545	30
Medium and Large 3	366	123.84	454	12thin

One grade step is worth $3.80/cwt here — about $164 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 sale81 hd

126.56

—

GA average13 barns · 1,472 hd

128.81

−2.25

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	1,560	92.45	1,442	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,331	69.78	929	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	61.32	642	8thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	124.32/cwt	120.00–129.00	466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	129.66/cwt	127.00–133.00	869	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	645.00/cwt	640.00–650.00	6,031	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	758.79/cwt	730.00–785.00	6,488	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	859.47/cwt	800.00–900.00	8,964	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	11,734	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	92.45/cwt	92.00–93.00	1,442	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	71.53/cwt	69.00–76.00	866	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,032	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,509	65.36/cwt	61.00–68.00	986	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	64.36/cwt	60.00–67.00	623	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	58.27/cwt	56.00–59.00	656	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	131.01/cwt	130.00–133.00	744	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	137.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	126.75/cwt	126.00–129.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	137.75/cwt	136.00–140.00	497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	131.80/cwt	130.00–134.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	128.34/cwt	127.00–129.00	590	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	878	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	762	113.32/cwt	111.00–115.00	863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	136.11/cwt	131.00–139.00	644	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	132.03/cwt	129.00–135.00	813	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	128.26/cwt	126.00–129.00	729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	136.67/cwt	136.00–137.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	113.26/cwt	112.00–114.00	752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	126.55/cwt	123.00–129.00	530	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	122.79/cwt	121.00–128.00	685	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	121.98/cwt	120.00–124.00	568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	130.14/cwt	130.00–131.00	763	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	718	104.03/cwt	102.00–106.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	132.30/cwt	128.00–135.00	697	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	111.51/cwt	111.00–112.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	128.51/cwt	122.00–131.00	538	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	131.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	131.23/cwt	130.00–134.00	497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	409	115.99/cwt	115.00–120.00	474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	135.62/cwt	135.00–139.00	689	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	132.77/cwt	129.00–135.00	552	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	132.13/cwt	131.50–133.00	473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	120.77/cwt	119.00–122.00	626	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,363	1,244.24/cwt	1,190.00–1,275.00	16,959	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	462	120.41/cwt	120.00–122.00	556	10

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 Jun 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 153Year ago 131

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 24Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 15Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	120.00–129.00	124.32
5	—	320	130.00–135.00	131.49
5	—	409	115.00–120.00	115.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	504	126.00–129.00	126.75
8	—	361	136.00–140.00	137.75
4	—	421	130.00–134.00	131.80
10	—	460	127.00–129.00	128.34
4	—	664	112.00–114.00	113.26
9	—	558	121.00–128.00	122.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	114.00	114.00
3	—	308	136.00–137.00	136.67
7	—	419	123.00–129.00	126.55
5	—	466	120.00–124.00	121.98
8	—	379	130.00–134.00	131.23
5	—	518	119.00–122.00	120.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	127.00–133.00	129.66
5	—	568	130.00–133.00	131.01
7	—	525	135.00–140.00	137.37
3	—	762	111.00–115.00	113.32
4	—	616	129.00–135.00	132.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	473	131.00–139.00	136.11
4	—	568	126.00–129.00	128.26
2	—	608	125.00–126.00	125.50
14	—	527	128.00–135.00	132.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	102.00–106.00	104.03
2	—	670	111.00–112.00	111.51
12	—	419	122.00–131.00	128.51
10	—	462	120.00–122.00	120.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	114.00	114.00
4	—	681	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	144.00	144.00
7	—	586	130.00–131.00	130.14
13	—	508	135.00–139.00	135.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	123.00–125.00	123.98
7	—	416	129.00–135.00	132.77
4	—	358	131.50–133.00	132.13

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)	2	—	935	640.00–650.00	645.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	855	730.00–785.00	758.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,043	800.00–900.00	859.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,255	935.00	935.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,363	1,190.00–1,275.00	1,244.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	92.00–93.00	92.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,211	69.00–76.00	71.53
1	—	1,340	77.00	77.00
4	—	1,509	61.00–68.00	65.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	968	60.00–67.00	64.36
4	—	1,125	56.00–59.00	58.27

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

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