Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and bulls 5.00 - 7.00 higher. Slaughter and replacement cattle unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $337.55/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −55.15 against this barn's trailing median of $392.70.

Average price

$337.55

19 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$36.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	358.43	1,918	5thin
Medium and Large 2	534	340.40	1,819	6thin
Medium and Large 3	533	322.36	1,717	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.06/cwt here — about $201 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

16 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $435.81, low $340.84, median $392.70 across 16 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 sale19 hd

337.55

—

GA average14 barns · 422 hd

337.21

+0.34

This barn, trailing median16 sales

392.70

−55.15

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	—	Low	1,587	186.68	2,963	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,527	157.15	2,400	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,243	131.79	1,638	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)	1,224	$2,229	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,031	$2,198	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,057	$1,892	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	386.24/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	393.73/cwt	392.50–395.00	1,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	412.39/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,361	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	368.31/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,786	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	306.01/cwt	303.00–309.00	1,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	349.41/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	377.46/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	438.24/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	353.44/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	338.62/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	432.50/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	368.21/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	282.35/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	340.74/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,176	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,048	1,897.61/head	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	412.61/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	382.44/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	342.81/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,642	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	324.85/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	324.72/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,861	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	357.61/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	309.22/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	294.45/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,670	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,003	1,686.53/head	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	330.25/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,694	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	389.84/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,454	5
Bulls	—	—	1,305	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,205	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	201.93/cwt	195.00–208.00	3,534	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,463	155.92/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,281	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	131.79/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,638	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,513	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,270	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,638	166.15/cwt	164.00–168.00	2,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	293.43/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	315.41/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Bulls	—	—	1,576	183.47/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,891	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	371.02/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,918	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	303.40/cwt	297.50–313.00	2,336	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	439.86/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	348.54/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	360.98/cwt	359.00–363.00	2,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	365.71/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	316.50/cwt	316.00–317.00	2,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	304.41/cwt	299.00–309.00	2,033	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	347.50/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,911	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	410.06/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,549	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,363	2,518.35/head	2,370.00–2,700.00	2,518	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,096.85/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	324.01/cwt	321.00–327.00	2,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	445.20/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	297.09/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,970	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	386.06/cwt	377.50–395.00	1,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	348.18/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,793	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	2,498.27/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	399.98/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,102	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	353.83/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	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 Oct 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 420Year ago 121

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 26Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 31Year ago 8

Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and bulls 5.00 - 7.00 higher. Slaughter and replacement cattle unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	430.00–450.00	438.24
6	350–400	373	405.00–420.00	412.61
4	400–450	419	380.00–390.00	386.24
6	450–500	485	360.00–375.00	368.31
4	500–550	515	342.50–355.00	348.18
2	550–600	573	320.00–330.00	324.85
2	600–650	608	303.00–309.00	306.01
4	650–700	663	292.50–300.00	297.09
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	375.00–400.00	389.84
4	400–450	434	350.00–365.00	357.61
9	450–500	469	330.00–355.00	340.74
5	500–550	513	320.00–337.50	330.25
3	550–600	565	300.00–315.00	309.22
7	600–650	625	280.00–300.00	293.43
1	650–700	680	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	305	470.00	470.00
2	350–400	360	430.00–450.00	439.86
3	400–450	415	405.00–415.00	410.06
2	450–500	460	377.50–395.00	386.06
3	500–550	525	360.00–370.00	365.71
2	550–600	550	345.00–350.00	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	420.00	420.00
2	300–350	330	410.00–415.00	412.39
2	350–400	380	392.50–395.00	393.73
3	400–450	420	362.50–372.50	368.21
8	450–500	471	350.00–357.50	353.44
5	500–550	523	332.50–345.00	338.62
8	550–600	573	315.00–330.00	324.72
2	650–700	670	277.50–287.50	282.35
1	700–750	740	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	395.00	395.00
2	300–350	338	375.00–390.00	382.44
4	400–450	429	340.00–360.00	348.54
9	450–500	479	335.00–345.00	342.81
6	500–550	528	307.50–325.00	315.41
5	550–600	567	282.00–300.00	294.45
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	440.00–450.00	445.20
1	450–500	485	382.50	382.50
2	550–600	563	350.00–357.50	353.83
2	600–650	623	321.00–327.00	324.01
3	650–700	668	299.00–309.00	304.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	430.00–435.00	432.50
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	423	390.00–405.00	399.98
3	450–500	487	375.00–380.00	377.46
4	550–600	563	340.00–355.00	349.41
1	600–650	635	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	595	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	310	490.00	490.00
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	517	365.00–375.00	371.02
2	550–600	555	359.00–363.00	360.98
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
2	700–750	715	316.00–317.00	316.50
3	750–800	770	297.50–313.00	303.40

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)	2	—	1,048	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,897.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,003	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,686.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,363	2,370.00–2,700.00	2,518.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,110	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,096.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,013	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,498.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	3,400.00	3,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,750	195.00–208.00	201.93
4	—	1,576	180.00–187.00	183.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	152.00–162.00	155.92
2	—	1,513	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,638	164.00–168.00	166.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	125.00–136.00	131.79

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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Bulls · 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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