Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 21.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $417.24/cwt on 11 head, down $2.31 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 16 comparable sales and sits +24.53 against this barn's trailing median of $392.70.

Average price

$417.24

▼ 2.31 vs prior sale

11 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,236

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$463

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

$73.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.82

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	440.87	2,381	6thin
Medium and Large 2	545	421.25	2,296	2thin
Medium and Large 3	522	367.30	1,917	3thin

One grade step is worth $73.57/cwt here — about $463 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale11 hd

417.24

—

GA average13 barns · 353 hd

420.06

−2.82

This barn, trailing median16 sales

392.70

+24.53

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	1,237	181.20	2,242	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	164.73	2,050	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	140.22	1,539	11

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)	1,105	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,173	$1,942	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	977	$1,594	3thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1	600–650	600	355.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	548.28/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	368.48/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	425.09/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	521.48/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	409.54/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	446.22/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,267	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	511.83/cwt	507.50–515.00	2,088	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	392.40/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,413	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,293	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,349	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	153.35/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,346	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	187.30/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,873	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	164.91/cwt	161.00–172.00	2,192	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	135.29/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,596	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	156.84/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,815	6
Bulls	—	—	1,340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,742	1
Bulls	—	—	1,070	207.65/cwt	194.00–222.50	2,222	2
Bulls	—	—	1,353	180.34/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,440	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,173	1,942.29/head	1,825.00–2,125.00	1,942	3
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	810	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	1,691.51/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	517.49/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,946	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	416.59/cwt	407.50–425.00	1,937	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	367.30/cwt	357.00–380.00	1,917	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	431.73/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,409	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	440.00/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,125	6

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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 94Last week 106Year ago 160

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 28Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 22Year ago 31

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 21.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	580.00	580.00
1	300–350	325	505.00	505.00
1	350–400	360	475.00	475.00
2	600–650	600	350.00–360.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	460.00	460.00
1	250–300	280	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	340	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	410	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	508	365.00–372.00	368.48
2	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	635	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	505.00	505.00
2	300–350	320	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	385	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	418	420.00–430.00	425.09
3	450–500	473	390.00–420.00	409.54
1	500–550	500	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	540.00–560.00	548.28
3	350–400	367	515.00–530.00	521.48
1	550–600	595	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	625.00	625.00
1	250–300	295	615.00	615.00
4	450–500	455	470.00	470.00
2	500–550	508	440.00–452.50	446.22
1	600–650	620	417.50	417.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	630.00	630.00
1	250–300	290	625.00	625.00
4	400–450	408	507.50–515.00	511.83
1	450–500	460	482.50	482.50
3	500–550	522	450.00	450.00
3	550–600	558	420.00–440.00	431.73
1	650–700	675	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	575.00	575.00
4	350–400	376	515.00–525.00	517.49
6	450–500	483	430.00–450.00	440.00
1	500–550	520	447.50	447.50
1	550–600	570	395.00	395.00
3	600–650	615	387.50–395.00	392.40
1	700–750	700	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	525.00	525.00
1	350–400	385	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	425	445.00	445.00
4	450–500	465	407.50–425.00	416.59
3	500–550	522	357.00–380.00	367.30
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	878	150.00–155.00	153.35
8	—	1,180	130.00–140.00	135.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	180.00–200.00	187.30
12	—	1,329	161.00–172.00	164.91
6	—	1,157	153.00–160.00	156.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	130.00	130.00
2	—	1,070	194.00–222.50	207.65
2	—	1,353	175.00–185.00	180.34

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,173	1,825.00–2,125.00	1,942.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,060	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,691.51
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	1,400.00	1,400.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle