Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cows, bulls and Replacements lightly tested, all classes of feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.67/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −121.68 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$247.67

7 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$41.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.13

vs GA average

−20.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	268.92	1,398	2thin
Medium and Large 2	554	242.20	1,342	4thin
Medium and Large 3	540	227.00	1,226	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.92/cwt here — about $173 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

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 sale7 hd

247.67

—

GA average14 barns · 377 hd

246.53

+1.13

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−20.71

This barn, trailing median20 sales

369.35

−121.68

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	1,534	143.31	2,198	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,570	113.50	1,782	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	110.67	1,363	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	897	90.73	814	7thin

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)	1,035	$1,593	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,325	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	874	$1,625	5

Every lot, as filed

64 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	—	1,115	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	333.02/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	317.50/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,256	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	713	1,533.24/head	1,375.00–1,675.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	296.41/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,239	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	252.47/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	313.40/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,194	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	273.90/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,405	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	261.72/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,225	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	232.91/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	290.99/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,570	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,593.08/head	1,475.00–1,650.00	1,593	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	314.89/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	707	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	748	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	763	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	88.77/cwt	87.00–93.00	855	4
Bulls	—	—	1,685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,696	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,847	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	236.66/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	305.09/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Bulls	—	—	1,483	137.75/cwt	136.00–139.00	2,043	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,097	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	268.92/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	238.49/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	284.84/cwt	280.00–290.00	897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	250.03/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,100	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	273.54/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,286	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	240.99/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	286.11/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,362	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	265.12/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	251.50/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,316	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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 131Last week 143Year ago 115

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 26Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 7Year ago 26

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cows, bulls and Replacements lightly tested, all classes of feeder cattle mostly steady.

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	—	1,115	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	2,050.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	713	1,375.00–1,675.00	1,533.24
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,035	1,475.00–1,650.00	1,593.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,325.00	1,325.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	330.00–336.00	333.02
3	350–400	368	300.00–310.00	305.09
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	450	282.00	282.00
2	500–550	520	265.00–273.00	268.92
3	600–650	612	236.00–238.00	236.66
2	650–700	650	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	333	310.00–320.00	314.89
4	350–400	374	290.00–292.00	290.99
2	400–450	410	260.00–270.00	265.12
4	450–500	468	257.00–265.00	261.72
2	500–550	535	247.00–256.00	251.50
2	550–600	573	229.00–237.00	232.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	280.00	280.00
2	300–350	315	280.00–290.00	284.84
4	400–450	440	247.00–257.00	250.03
2	450–500	473	237.00–240.00	238.49
1	500–550	540	227.00	227.00
1	650–700	680	212.00	212.00
1	700–750	715	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	362.00	362.00
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	370	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	400	315.00–320.00	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
1	300–350	310	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	381	310.00–320.00	313.40
8	400–450	418	290.00–305.00	296.41
7	450–500	476	280.00–290.00	286.11
3	500–550	513	270.00–280.00	273.90
2	550–600	558	250.00–255.00	252.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	255.00	255.00
1	300–350	305	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	470	270.00–277.00	273.54
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	565	240.00–242.00	240.99
1	600–650	630	227.00	227.00
1	650–700	680	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	475	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	530	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	730	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	307.00	307.00
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	560	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	76.00	76.00
2	—	748	102.00	102.00
4	—	963	87.00–93.00	88.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,575	109.00	109.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,075	102.00	102.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	160.00	160.00
3	—	1,483	136.00–139.00	137.75

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

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