Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2021-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, Feeder bulls 4.00 higher, Bull calves 2.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 higher, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.33/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −78.60 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$130.33

50 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$29.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	149.40	682	6thin
Medium and Large 2	507	131.12	664	31
Medium and Large 3	507	119.65	606	13thin

One grade step is worth $29.75/cwt here — about $75 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 sale50 hd

130.33

—

GA average14 barns · 1,419 hd

137.47

−7.14

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−78.60

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	1,373	89.50	1,228	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,251	70.37	880	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	56.97	580	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	19,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	124.40/cwt	121.00–127.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	122.28/cwt	120.00–123.00	772	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	1,082.55/cwt	1,000.00–1,225.00	12,785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	580	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,246	1,315.17/cwt	1,225.00–1,400.00	16,387	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	913.40/cwt	900.00–925.00	9,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	116.33/cwt	116.00–117.00	776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	815	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	5,216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	171.46/cwt	170.00–172.50	552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	745	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	957	841.99/cwt	810.00–860.00	8,058	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	54.51/cwt	53.00–56.00	531	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	59.42/cwt	59.00–60.00	632	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	66.67/cwt	65.00–68.00	849	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	71.29/cwt	69.00–75.00	888	12
Bulls	—	—	1,320	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,280	1
Bulls	—	—	1,425	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	132.27/cwt	130.00–135.00	701	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,277	1,161.33/cwt	1,025.00–1,250.00	14,830	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,270	1,125.39/cwt	1,100.00–1,150.00	14,292	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,600	1,439.84/cwt	1,375.00–1,500.00	23,037	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,665	1,425.84/cwt	1,300.00–1,575.00	23,740	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,048	900.33/cwt	800.00–975.00	9,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	190.07/cwt	187.50–192.50	703	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,270	1,102.56/cwt	1,050.00–1,150.00	14,003	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.92/cwt	135.00–141.00	510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	123.51/cwt	122.00–125.00	650	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	154.16/cwt	152.50–155.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	569	114.45/cwt	112.00–119.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	121.96/cwt	120.00–125.00	584	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	116.72/cwt	114.00–119.00	730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	145.87/cwt	145.00–147.50	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	126.31/cwt	124.00–130.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	122.06/cwt	120.00–127.00	696	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	149.71/cwt	147.00–152.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	134.53/cwt	133.00–136.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	593	2

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 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 111Last week 288Year ago 194

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 27Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 26Year ago 17

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)	Open	1	—	1,460	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,600	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,439.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,665	1,300.00–1,575.00	1,425.84
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,277	1,025.00–1,250.00	1,161.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,270	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,125.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,181	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,082.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,246	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,315.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,008	900.00–925.00	913.40
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	957	810.00–860.00	841.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,048	800.00–975.00	900.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,270	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,102.56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	121.00–127.00	124.40
2	—	370	135.00–141.00	137.92
2	—	460	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	120.00–123.00	122.28
3	—	560	129.00	129.00
3	—	667	116.00–117.00	116.33
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
2	—	460	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	130.00–132.00	130.98
2	—	330	160.00	160.00
6	—	526	122.00–125.00	123.51
4	—	378	152.50–155.00	154.16
4	—	625	114.00–119.00	116.72
3	—	413	145.00–147.50	145.87
10	—	570	120.00–127.00	122.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	170.00–172.50	171.46
2	—	618	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	535	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	112.00–119.00	114.45
9	—	479	120.00–125.00	121.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	190.00	190.00
1	—	785	118.00	118.00
2	—	370	187.50–192.50	190.07
4	—	569	147.00–152.00	149.71
2	—	465	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	130.00–135.00	132.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	124.00–130.00	126.31
1	—	545	140.00	140.00
2	—	570	133.00–136.00	134.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	53.00–56.00	54.51
2	—	1,063	59.00–60.00	59.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	65.00–68.00	66.67
12	—	1,245	69.00–75.00	71.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,425	82.00	82.00

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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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