Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2021-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steers calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls steady, bull calves 7.00 higher, Feeder heifers lightly tested, Heifer calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.66/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −72.27 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$136.66

42 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	146.31	715	18thin
Medium and Large 2	518	133.03	689	7thin
Medium and Large 3	484	127.92	620	17thin

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $95 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 sale42 hd

136.66

—

GA average15 barns · 1,247 hd

131.76

+4.89

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−72.27

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	1,864	93.14	1,736	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	69.25	803	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	57.82	587	11

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Medium and Large 1	—	417	152.11/cwt	150.00–156.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	164.49/cwt	164.00–165.00	633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	293	168.76/cwt	167.50–170.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	140.97/cwt	140.00–142.00	737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	138.03/cwt	136.00–141.00	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	151.47/cwt	150.00–153.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	135.73/cwt	132.00–139.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	122.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	143.99/cwt	140.00–146.00	621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	123.07/cwt	120.00–127.50	775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	144.94/cwt	141.00–149.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	130.95/cwt	125.00–134.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	384	136.57/cwt	135.00–138.00	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	144.08/cwt	140.00–147.50	475	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	123.46/cwt	122.00–125.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	135.10/cwt	132.00–138.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	124.47/cwt	122.00–129.00	707	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	131.49/cwt	130.00–133.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	643	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.59/cwt	130.00–135.00	769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	130.80/cwt	130.00–132.50	628	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,110	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,991	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	895	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,012	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	14,318	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	953	763.70/cwt	730.00–790.00	7,278	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	705	479.75/cwt	400.00–530.00	3,382	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	52.29/cwt	52.00–53.00	528	3
Bulls	—	—	1,951	94.17/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,837	4
Bulls	—	—	1,515	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,348	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	605	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	71.65/cwt	69.00–74.00	828	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	63.66/cwt	63.00–64.00	745	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	59.17/cwt	55.00–62.00	609	7

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 Sep 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 228Year ago 138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 22Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 16Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	150.00–156.00	152.11
2	—	385	164.00–165.00	164.49
2	—	293	167.50–170.00	168.76
2	—	523	140.00–142.00	140.97
2	—	480	150.00–153.00	151.47
2	—	643	130.00–133.00	131.49
5	—	580	130.00–135.00	132.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	136.00–141.00	138.03
2	—	575	122.00–125.00	123.46
2	—	523	132.00–138.00	135.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	140.00–147.50	144.08
7	—	523	120.00–126.00	123.00
3	—	605	115.00	115.00
3	—	480	130.00–132.50	130.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	132.00–139.00	135.73
2	—	735	120.00–121.00	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	120.00–126.00	122.01
3	—	395	150.00	150.00
4	—	431	140.00–146.00	143.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	120.00–127.50	123.07
2	—	468	141.00–149.00	144.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	120.00–122.00	120.99
5	—	470	125.00–134.00	130.95
2	—	418	134.00–135.00	134.49
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	115.00	115.00
5	—	384	135.00–138.00	136.57
3	—	430	125.00–127.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	133.00	133.00
6	—	568	122.00–129.00	124.47

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	953	730.00–790.00	763.70
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	705	400.00–530.00	479.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,010	52.00–53.00	52.29
1	—	930	65.00	65.00
7	—	1,030	55.00–62.00	59.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,156	69.00–74.00	71.65
3	—	1,170	63.00–64.00	63.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,951	91.00–98.00	94.17
1	—	1,515	89.00	89.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle