Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, Replacement cattle steady, all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.49/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −115.86 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$253.49

4 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$17.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.89

vs GA average

−14.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	257.99	1,411	3thin
Medium and Large 3	565	240.00	1,356	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.99/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale4 hd

253.49

—

GA average14 barns · 289 hd

248.60

+4.89

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−14.13

This barn, trailing median20 sales

369.35

−115.86

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	1,695	138.00	2,339	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,495	138.32	2,068	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	133.39	1,604	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	110.09	1,127	4thin

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)	1,209	$1,677	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	898	$1,218	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	750	$1,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	455	$900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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	400–450	432	271.95/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,175	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	285.34/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,064	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	327.53/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	303.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	255.98/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	295.31/cwt	290.00–300.00	945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	255.65/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	270.63/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	455	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	1,218.14/head	1,075.00–1,400.00	1,218	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	1,677.15/head	1,375.00–1,900.00	1,677	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,040	1
Bulls	—	—	1,695	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,339	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,249	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	141.09/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,999	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	137.25/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,714	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	112.79/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,156	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	269.50/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	125.72/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,379	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	272	273.50/cwt	270.00–280.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	323.48/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,158	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,202	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	252.51/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	272.62/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	841	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	290.10/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,539	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 May 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 102Last week 136Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 31Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 36

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, Replacement cattle steady, all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	295.00	295.00
2	300–350	320	290.00–300.00	295.31
6	350–400	373	280.00–290.00	285.34
6	400–450	432	267.00–275.00	271.95
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	535	262.00	262.00
2	550–600	553	252.00–260.00	255.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	405	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	280.00	280.00
1	300–350	315	270.00	270.00
2	350–400	373	270.00–275.00	272.62
2	450–500	468	250.00–255.00	252.51
1	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	600	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	325.00–330.00	327.53
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	605	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	352.00	352.00
1	400–450	420	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	350	342.00	342.00
3	400–450	438	300.00–310.00	303.98
2	450–500	480	285.00–295.00	290.10
3	500–550	527	270.00–272.00	270.63
3	550–600	582	250.00–260.00	255.65
1	650–700	690	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	570	269.00–270.00	269.50
1	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	705	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	270.00–280.00	273.50
2	350–400	358	320.00–327.00	323.48
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	450	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	545	247.00	247.00
1	600–650	625	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	455	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	898	1,075.00–1,400.00	1,218.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,209	1,375.00–1,900.00	1,677.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	102.00	102.00
3	—	1,025	111.00–115.00	112.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	130.00	130.00
3	—	1,417	140.00–143.00	141.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,249	136.00–138.00	137.25
3	—	1,097	122.00–129.00	125.72
1	—	1,330	141.00	141.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	138.00	138.00

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

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

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