Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cattle bulls and replacement cattle steady, all classes of feeder cattle steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $251.50/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −141.20 against this barn's trailing median of $392.70.

Average price

$251.50

6 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$62.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.34

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	289.50	1,448	2thin
Medium and Large 2	585	250.00	1,463	1thin
Medium and Large 3	552	226.67	1,250	3thin

One grade step is worth $62.83/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $435.81, low $340.84, median $392.70 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

251.50

—

GA average15 barns · 175 hd

276.84

−25.34

This barn, trailing median16 sales

392.70

−141.20

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	—	High	1,766	154.42	2,726	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,439	136.85	1,969	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,120	125.90	1,410	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	861	86.41	744	11

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,093	$1,654	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,008	$1,376	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	690	$1,507	5

Every lot, as filed

59 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 2	500–550	545	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	273.45/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	338.80/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,264	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	285.87/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,369	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	235.09/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,352	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	320.32/cwt	315.00–325.00	890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	282.45/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	289.50/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	232.01/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	349.57/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,328	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	323.51/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,200	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	621	1,402.11/head	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,402	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	998	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	1,376.29/head	1,225.00–1,600.00	1,376	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,093	1,653.89/head	1,575.00–1,750.00	1,654	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,941	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	142.55/cwt	138.00–144.00	2,033	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	133.11/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,910	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	124.82/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,440	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	713	73.85/cwt	72.00–75.00	527	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	881	83.79/cwt	82.00–87.00	738	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	904	93.53/cwt	90.00–97.00	846	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	117.94/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,257	6
Bulls	—	—	2,005	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	3,128	1
Bulls	—	—	1,680	152.75/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,566	2
Bulls	—	—	1,743	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,702	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	135.12/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,531	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	264.98/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	350.98/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,321	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	225.96/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,186	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	304.73/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,143	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	297.24/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,017	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	329.92/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	273.38/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	253.07/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,205	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	304.90/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	255.08/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,059	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,276	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

Tue Apr 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 166Last week 270Year ago 139

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 54Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 13Year ago 18

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cattle bulls and replacement cattle steady, all classes of feeder cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	358	280.00–285.00	282.45
4	400–450	415	250.00–260.00	255.08
4	450–500	476	250.00–257.00	253.07
1	500–550	545	252.00	252.00
3	550–600	575	230.00–238.00	235.09
2	600–650	603	229.00–235.00	232.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	277.00	277.00
5	350–400	381	270.00–275.00	273.38
1	400–450	415	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	455	237.00	237.00
2	500–550	525	225.00–227.00	225.96
1	550–600	580	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	335.00–345.00	338.80
3	400–450	413	325.00–335.00	329.92
2	550–600	563	270.00–277.00	273.45
1	700–750	700	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	350.00–352.00	350.98
1	350–400	370	357.00	357.00
2	600–650	605	262.00–268.00	264.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	300.00–310.00	304.90
1	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	355.00	355.00
2	250–300	278	315.00–325.00	320.32
1	300–350	335	332.00	332.00
4	350–400	371	320.00–327.00	323.51
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
7	450–500	479	280.00–290.00	285.87
1	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	610	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	370.00	370.00
1	250–300	260	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	345	352.00	352.00
3	350–400	380	345.00–352.00	349.57
2	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	500	287.00–292.00	289.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	375	300.00–310.00	304.73
3	400–450	427	295.00–300.00	297.24
1	450–500	450	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	575	220.00	220.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	1,925.00	1,925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	621	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,402.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,008	1,225.00–1,600.00	1,376.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,093	1,575.00–1,750.00	1,653.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	129.00	129.00
4	—	1,426	138.00–144.00	142.55
4	—	1,435	130.00–136.00	133.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,154	123.00–129.00	124.82
6	—	1,066	116.00–122.00	117.94
6	—	1,133	132.00–138.00	135.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	72.00–75.00	73.85
4	—	881	82.00–87.00	83.79
5	—	904	90.00–97.00	93.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	156.00	156.00
2	—	1,680	150.00–154.00	152.75
3	—	1,743	155.00	155.00

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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Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Wilkes County Stockyard - Washington, GA

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