Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle unevenly steady. Replacement cattle lightly tested. Feeder steers and calves lightly tested. Heifer calves sharply higher. Feeder heifers lightly tested. Feeder bulls and calves steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 20 comparable sales and sits −54.35 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$315.00

4 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.29

vs GA average

−32.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	340.00	1,887	1thin
Medium and Large 2	560	315.00	1,764	2thin
Medium and Large 3	595	290.00	1,726	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

315.00

—

GA average13 barns · 479 hd

321.29

−6.29

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−32.50

This barn, trailing median20 sales

369.35

−54.35

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	1,748	190.84	3,336	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,738	159.98	2,780	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,577	155.24	2,448	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,170	137.50	1,609	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,310	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,191	$1,968	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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	435	346.26/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	326.21/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	284.50/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,923	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	424.93/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	390.18/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,241	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	385.15/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	346.26/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	503.07/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,107	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,287	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	845	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	271.12/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,987	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	336.95/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	356.21/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,083	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,686	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,529	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,958	153.59/cwt	151.00–156.00	3,007	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	166.37/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,524	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	143.67/cwt	138.00–146.00	2,115	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,612	159.10/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,565	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,110	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,198.75/head	2,047.50–2,350.00	2,199	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	—	—	2,053	207.35/cwt	200.00–213.00	4,257	2
Bulls	—	—	1,888	194.41/cwt	189.00–198.00	3,670	3
Bulls	—	—	1,405	176.27/cwt	167.50–179.00	2,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	452.59/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	266.22/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,917	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,190	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	300.91/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	317.52/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	403.50/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,073	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	326.74/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	343.69/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	336.37/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	359.97/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,555	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	328.67/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,893	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	328.14/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,569	3

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 187Year ago 137

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 21Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 10Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	395.00–410.00	403.50
1	300–350	330	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	435	345.00–350.00	346.26
3	450–500	478	325.00–335.00	328.14
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	580	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	415.00–440.00	424.93
3	300–350	318	385.00–400.00	390.18
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	445	360.00–370.00	365.00
4	450–500	469	350.00–360.00	356.21
1	550–600	555	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	720	265.00–267.50	266.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	325	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	378	342.50–345.00	343.69
3	400–450	435	320.00–330.00	326.74
3	450–500	467	315.00–320.00	317.52
1	550–600	595	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	700	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	576	320.00–332.50	328.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	490.00–515.00	503.07
2	300–350	333	450.00–455.00	452.59
2	550–600	568	345.00–347.50	346.26
1	700–750	700	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	478	330.00–347.50	336.37
1	500–550	525	327.50	327.50
2	550–600	578	290.00–312.50	300.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	380.00–390.00	385.15
2	350–400	385	365.00–375.00	370.00
5	400–450	432	355.00–370.00	359.97
3	450–500	468	350.00	350.00
5	550–600	568	325.00–327.50	326.21
1	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	676	280.00–290.00	284.50
1	700–750	725	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	565	329.00–345.00	336.95
3	700–750	733	267.50–275.00	271.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	710	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,365	2,047.50–2,350.00	2,198.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	2,200.00	2,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,185	129.00	129.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,958	151.00–156.00	153.59
3	—	1,517	165.00–167.00	166.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,472	138.00–146.00	143.67
15	—	1,612	153.00–164.00	159.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,053	200.00–213.00	207.35
3	—	1,888	189.00–198.00	194.41
3	—	1,405	167.50–179.00	176.27

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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Replacement Cattle

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