Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle lightly tested, feeder cattle steady, Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.43/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −130.92 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$238.43

12 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$17.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.73

vs GA average

−20.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	240.06	1,331	10thin
Medium and Large 2	520	238.00	1,238	1thin
Medium and Large 3	510	222.50	1,135	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.56/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale12 hd

238.43

—

GA average15 barns · 495 hd

243.16

−4.73

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−20.03

This barn, trailing median20 sales

369.35

−130.92

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	1,587	137.25	2,178	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,423	132.57	1,887	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,096	125.23	1,372	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	118.00	1,109	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,010	101.50	1,025	2thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	835	$1,388	4thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	450–500	480	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	300.86/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	251.23/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	296.23/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,297	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,294	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	314.99/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	301.25/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	224.99/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	281.20/cwt	280.00–282.50	894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	244.43/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,300	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,109	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,780	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	134.35/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,941	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	118.38/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,326	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	805	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	684	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,686	1
Bulls	—	—	1,460	132.88/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,940	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,691	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,051	125.46/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	266.30/cwt	265.00–267.50	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	272.45/cwt	270.00–275.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	328.72/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	235.69/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,360	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	341.73/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	243.39/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	263.82/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,335	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,438	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 Jul 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 179Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 30Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 13Year ago 4

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle lightly tested, feeder cattle steady, Replacement cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	390	315.00	315.00
3	400–450	432	300.00–302.50	300.86
1	450–500	480	297.50	297.50
1	500–550	500	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	358	327.50–330.00	328.72
3	400–450	443	312.50–317.50	314.99
2	450–500	465	300.00–302.50	301.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	660	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	370	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	418	250.00–252.50	251.23
1	500–550	520	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	740	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	295.00	295.00
2	300–350	318	280.00–282.50	281.20
5	500–550	532	240.00–247.00	244.43
5	550–600	577	230.00–239.00	235.69
2	600–650	633	224.00–226.00	224.99
1	650–700	670	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	270.00–275.00	272.45
2	300–350	328	265.00–267.50	266.30
3	400–450	422	240.00–247.50	243.39
1	450–500	450	237.50	237.50
1	500–550	510	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	295.00–297.50	296.23
1	450–500	450	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	340.00–345.00	341.73
1	350–400	385	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	430	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	270.00–275.00	272.47
2	500–550	525	260.00–267.50	263.82

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	720	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	118.00	118.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	129.00	129.00
2	—	1,445	132.00–137.00	134.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	118.00–119.00	118.38
1	—	1,225	138.00	138.00
4	—	1,051	121.00–129.00	125.46
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,215	118.00	118.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	146.00	146.00
2	—	1,460	130.00–136.00	132.88

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