Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.04/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −92.89 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$116.04

105 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.37

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	513	126.93	651	17thin
Medium and Large 3	555	113.93	632	88

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $19 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 sale105 hd

116.04

—

GA average15 barns · 1,935 hd

130.40

−14.37

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−92.89

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	—	High	1,513	96.44	1,460	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	73.76	944	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,042	62.89	655	4thin

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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,075	789.23/cwt	720.00–850.00	8,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	127.25/cwt	125.00–132.50	596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	128.36/cwt	125.00–132.00	678	6
Bulls	—	—	1,855	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,874	1
Bulls	—	—	1,428	95.30/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,361	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	72.70/cwt	69.00–76.00	929	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	77.30/cwt	77.00–78.00	992	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	658	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	64.19/cwt	60.00–67.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	146.90/cwt	143.00–151.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.40/cwt	150.00–155.00	572	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	670	649.70/cwt	610.00–690.00	4,353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	142.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	133.91/cwt	130.00–139.00	497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	130.99/cwt	130.00–133.00	566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	122.51/cwt	120.00–127.00	704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	120.96/cwt	120.00–123.00	571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	131.71/cwt	130.00–135.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	125.49/cwt	125.00–126.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	142.27/cwt	140.00–147.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	112.76/cwt	112.50–113.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	734	99.26/cwt	98.00–100.00	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	409	130.30/cwt	127.50–133.00	533	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	622	108.52/cwt	100.00–113.00	675	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	123.18/cwt	122.00–125.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	95.77/cwt	94.00–100.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	118.23/cwt	115.00–123.00	612	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	134.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	492	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	108.46/cwt	105.00–113.00	618	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	113.26/cwt	112.50–114.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	517	113.09/cwt	110.00–118.00	585	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	775	95.65/cwt	91.00–99.00	741	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	103.66/cwt	100.00–110.00	601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	678	104.80/cwt	100.00–109.00	711	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	123.56/cwt	118.00–128.00	584	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	136.20/cwt	135.00–137.50	433	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,214	802.83/cwt	725.00–850.00	9,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	116.29/cwt	115.00–117.50	552	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	989.53/cwt	920.00–1,050.00	13,141	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,231	845.51/cwt	800.00–880.00	10,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	123.06/cwt	120.00–127.50	463	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 Jul 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 238Year ago 90

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 23Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 16Year ago 3

No trends available.

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	—	1,075	720.00–850.00	789.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,231	800.00–880.00	845.51
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	670	610.00–690.00	649.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,328	920.00–1,050.00	989.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,214	725.00–850.00	802.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	125.00–132.50	127.25
6	—	528	125.00–132.00	128.36
7	—	432	130.00–133.00	130.99
10	—	575	120.00–127.00	122.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	371	130.00–139.00	133.91
3	—	472	120.00–123.00	120.96
3	—	425	122.00–125.00	123.18
8	—	518	115.00–123.00	118.23
2	—	570	112.50–114.00	113.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	94.00–100.00	95.77
2	—	505	109.00	109.00
4	—	580	100.00–110.00	103.66
2	—	318	135.00–137.50	136.20
2	—	475	115.00–117.50	116.29
4	—	376	120.00–127.50	123.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	143.00–151.00	146.90
3	—	567	130.00–135.00	131.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	125.00–126.00	125.49
3	—	473	140.00–147.00	142.27
8	—	611	129.50	129.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	150.00–155.00	152.40
2	—	680	110.00	110.00
5	—	420	140.00–145.00	142.30
2	—	560	116.00	116.00
2	—	618	112.50–113.00	112.76
4	—	538	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	734	98.00–100.00	99.26
10	—	409	127.50–133.00	130.30
12	—	622	100.00–113.00	108.52
4	—	365	130.00–140.00	134.80
13	—	570	105.00–113.00	108.46
16	—	517	110.00–118.00	113.09
4	—	775	91.00–99.00	95.65
11	—	678	100.00–109.00	104.80
14	—	473	118.00–128.00	123.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	101.00	101.00
4	—	1,428	93.00–97.00	95.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,278	69.00–76.00	72.70
3	—	1,283	77.00–78.00	77.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,017	60.00–67.00	64.19

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle