Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to limited receipts, no trends are available.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −49.11 against this barn's trailing median of $409.11.

Average price

$360.00

1 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.34

vs GA average

−24.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	360.00	2,016	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $450.73, low $345.87, median $409.11 across 10 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 sale1 hd

360.00

—

GA average14 barns · 383 hd

361.34

−1.34

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−24.60

This barn, trailing median10 sales

409.11

−49.11

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	1,645	184.00	3,027	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,636	152.11	2,489	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,560	152.00	2,371	1thin

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)	985	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,060	$2,375	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,255	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,165	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	136.37/cwt	130.00–143.00	2,271	3
Bulls	—	—	1,645	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,027	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,560	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,371	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,673	155.47/cwt	148.00–159.00	2,601	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,126	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	355.75/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	348.57/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	334.93/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	377.53/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	390.10/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,056	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	277.94/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	354.91/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	324.64/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,980	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,984	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 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 61Last week 259Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 33Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 30Year ago 12

Due to limited receipts, no trends are available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	172.50	172.50
3	—	1,665	130.00–143.00	136.37
8	—	1,673	148.00–159.00	155.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	152.00	152.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	184.00	184.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	470	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	520	362.50	362.50
1	550–600	580	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	485	340.00–357.50	348.57
2	500–550	538	330.00–340.00	334.93
1	600–650	625	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	428	350.00–360.00	354.91
1	450–500	490	355.00	355.00
3	500–550	520	347.50–360.00	355.75
1	750–800	760	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	330	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	445	327.50	327.50
1	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	425	265.00–290.00	277.94
1	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	385.00–395.00	390.10
2	400–450	405	375.00–380.00	377.53
7	650–700	697	295.00	295.00
2	700–750	732	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
7	600–650	610	322.50–325.00	324.64
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	2,375.00	2,375.00

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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Steers · 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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