Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows steady to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Bull calves and steers calves steady, feeder steers and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Replacement cattle unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.81/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −149.54 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$219.81

14 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,202

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.53

vs GA average

−38.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	220.73	1,216	12thin
Medium and Large 2	523	214.28	1,121	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.45/cwt here — about $96 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

219.81

—

GA average15 barns · 642 hd

229.34

−9.53

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−38.00

This barn, trailing median20 sales

369.35

−149.54

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	1,713	146.36	2,508	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	124.04	1,444	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	91.03	872	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,454	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	770	$1,075	3thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	428	228.70/cwt	220.00–235.00	979	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	258.32/cwt	257.50–260.00	948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	202.01/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,265	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	226.21/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	288.72/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	247.51/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,121	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	243.77/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	261.69/cwt	260.00–265.00	994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	232.49/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	273.70/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,054	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	226.56/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,178	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	233.74/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,289	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	703	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,334	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	89.22/cwt	87.50–92.50	791	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	117.20/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,245	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,759	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	125.21/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,493	7
Bulls	—	—	1,370	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,069	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	144.04/cwt	141.00–147.00	2,715	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,493.93/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,494	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	1,074.57/head	925.00–1,175.00	1,075	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	253.71/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,066	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,142	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	216.28/cwt	215.00–217.50	1,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	324.96/cwt	320.00–330.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	223.78/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	223.48/cwt	220.00–227.50	959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	214.28/cwt	212.50–216.00	1,121	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	261.27/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,014	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	235.00/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	216.82/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,227	7

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 Oct 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 119Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 32Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 13Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	220.00–235.00	228.70
1	450–500	450	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	523	212.50–216.00	214.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	257.50–260.00	258.32
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
5	500–550	530	220.00–229.00	226.21
7	550–600	566	212.00–220.00	216.82
5	600–650	626	200.00–205.00	202.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	230.00	230.00
5	400–450	429	220.00–227.50	223.48
1	450–500	475	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	605	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	380	287.50–290.00	288.72
1	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	380	260.00–265.00	261.69
1	400–450	440	257.50	257.50
2	450–500	453	245.00–250.00	247.51
1	550–600	570	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	277.50	277.50
1	400–450	445	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	510	242.50–245.00	243.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	320.00–330.00	324.96
2	350–400	385	270.00–277.50	273.70
1	400–450	435	262.50	262.50
1	450–500	485	252.50	252.50
2	550–600	570	231.00–234.00	232.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	488	232.50–235.00	233.74
2	500–550	520	225.00–228.00	226.56
2	550–600	578	215.00–217.50	216.28
1	600–650	645	206.00	206.00
1	650–700	675	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	260.00–262.50	261.27
2	400–450	420	250.00–257.50	253.71
1	450–500	465	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	545	231.00–239.00	235.00
2	550–600	578	222.50–225.00	223.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	72.50	72.50
1	—	1,160	115.00	115.00
3	—	887	87.50–92.50	89.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,062	115.00–119.00	117.20
3	—	1,303	134.00–136.00	135.00
7	—	1,192	122.00–130.00	125.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	151.00	151.00
2	—	1,885	141.00–147.00	144.04

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)	2	—	1,070	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,493.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	770	925.00–1,175.00	1,074.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,375.00	1,375.00

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

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Slaughter Cattle

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