Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cows 6.00 to 8.00 lower with the exception of one individual at 137, Replacement cattle lightly tested feeder steers and heifers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.35/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −141.00 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$228.35

14 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$20.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.96

vs GA average

−41.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	235.20	1,331	4thin
Medium and Large 2	540	226.78	1,224	9thin
Medium and Large 3	540	215.00	1,161	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.20/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.25, low $314.48, median $369.35 across 20 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 sale14 hd

228.35

—

GA average15 barns · 486 hd

247.31

−18.96

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−41.84

This barn, trailing median20 sales

369.35

−141.00

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,200	113.65	1,364	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	101.68	1,048	5thin

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)	1,143	$1,565	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	890	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	970	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	258.50/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	314.18/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,021	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	232.41/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	236.00/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,234	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,564.72/head	1,475.00–1,675.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	232.79/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,204	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	231.94/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	219.27/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,245	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	299.91/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,269	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	270.89/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	236.03/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,341	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	336.04/cwt	335.00–337.00	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,157	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	227.56/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	117.51/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,324	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	107.87/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,253	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,059	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	103.35/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,043	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	113.20/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,432	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	220.74/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,053	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	269.53/cwt	267.00–272.00	1,226	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	247.19/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	230.98/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,441	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	242.58/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	248.42/cwt	245.00–255.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	297.37/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,115	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	302.50/cwt	300.00–305.00	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	240.42/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	239.95/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	312.32/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	256.23/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,245	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	300.47/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	252.89/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,052	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	281.10/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	245.99/cwt	245.00–247.00	930	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

Tue Apr 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 149Year ago 125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 43Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 25Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	317.00	317.00
3	400–450	423	310.00–315.00	312.32
1	450–500	465	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	535	257.00–260.00	258.50
2	550–600	575	230.00–235.00	232.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	337.00	337.00
1	350–400	360	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
5	550–600	564	242.00–250.00	247.19
4	600–650	624	228.00–234.00	230.98
2	650–700	678	225.00–230.00	227.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	295.00	295.00
4	400–450	423	295.00–305.00	300.47
2	500–550	528	240.00–245.00	242.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	270.00	270.00
2	350–400	378	245.00–247.00	245.99
4	400–450	416	247.00–257.00	252.89
3	450–500	473	235.00–245.00	239.95
5	500–550	517	230.00–238.00	232.79
4	550–600	568	215.00–222.00	219.27
1	650–700	650	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	280.00–285.00	282.50
3	350–400	367	277.00	277.00
3	400–450	410	265.00–275.00	270.89
3	450–500	450	257.00	257.00
1	500–550	545	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	573	230.00–235.00	231.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	245.00–255.00	248.42
1	350–400	390	230.00	230.00
5	400–450	422	240.00–242.00	240.42
3	450–500	477	217.00–225.00	220.74
1	500–550	540	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	625	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	310.00–320.00	314.18
1	350–400	360	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	420	277.00–285.00	281.10
4	450–500	486	250.00–260.00	256.23
2	500–550	523	235.00–237.00	236.00
2	550–600	568	235.00–237.00	236.03
1	600–650	620	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	335.00–337.00	336.04
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	423	295.00–305.00	299.91
2	450–500	455	267.00–272.00	269.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	300.00–305.00	302.50
2	350–400	375	295.00–300.00	297.37
1	450–500	465	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	595	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	600	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,143	1,475.00–1,675.00	1,564.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,127	116.00–120.00	117.51
5	—	1,162	106.00–109.00	107.87
13	—	1,265	110.00–115.00	113.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	95.00	95.00
4	—	1,009	101.00–107.00	103.35

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 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle