Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2026-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady, Feeder steers unevenly steady, Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.21/cwt on 33 head, down $32.27 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 22 comparable sales and sits −83.32 against this barn's trailing median of $365.53.

Average price

$282.21

▼ 32.27 vs prior sale

33 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$28.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.96

vs GA average

−55.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	300.05	1,665	3thin
Medium and Large 2	554	286.24	1,586	18thin
Medium and Large 3	551	271.71	1,496	12thin

One grade step is worth $28.34/cwt here — about $170 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

22 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.25, low $278.50, median $365.53 across 22 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 sale33 hd

282.21

—

GA average13 barns · 316 hd

311.17

−28.96

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

−55.81

This barn, trailing median22 sales

365.53

−83.32

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	2,008	194.25	3,899	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,404	164.38	2,308	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	150.00	2,250	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,245	144.02	1,793	3thin

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)	1,350	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,053	$2,425	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$2,400	2thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 3	450–500	482	274.01/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	274.36/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	264.99/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,532	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	303.91/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,447	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	282.42/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	399.73/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	263.19/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	278.42/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	382.50/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	361.20/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	319.01/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,825	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	276.57/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	332.50/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	320.75/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	300.40/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	447.52/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	293.82/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	279.16/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,594	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	313.10/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	331.81/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,251	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	301.61/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,267	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	464.93/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	358.58/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,763	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	895	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	—	—	1,905	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,970	192.49/cwt	190.00–195.00	3,792	2
Bulls	—	—	2,185	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	4,436	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	167.60/cwt	166.00–170.00	2,455	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	159.54/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,095	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,250	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	144.02/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,793	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 Aug 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 123Last week 86Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 10Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 32Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	325.00–345.00	331.81
3	400–450	420	300.00–305.00	301.61
3	450–500	482	265.00–280.00	274.01
6	500–550	523	267.50–285.00	278.42
6	550–600	578	260.00–270.00	264.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	390.00–410.00	399.73
1	500–550	535	312.50	312.50
2	550–600	565	290.00–297.50	293.82
4	600–650	620	272.50–277.50	274.36
1	700–750	725	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	775	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	380.00–385.00	382.50
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
9	450–500	476	297.50–310.00	303.91
6	500–550	520	290.00–310.00	300.40
12	550–600	571	275.00–285.00	279.16
4	600–650	620	260.00–267.50	263.19
1	650–700	695	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	429	355.00–365.00	361.20
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	505	317.50	317.50
3	550–600	572	310.00–325.00	319.01
1	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	663	275.00–290.00	282.42
1	750–800	790	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	755	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	350.00–365.00	358.58
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	528	307.50–317.50	313.10
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	627	270.00–280.00	276.57
1	700–750	705	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	365	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	420	325.00–340.00	332.50
3	450–500	475	317.50–325.00	320.75
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	455.00–475.00	464.93
2	350–400	368	445.00–450.00	447.52
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	510	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	605	290.00	290.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	2,250.00	2,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	189.00	189.00
2	—	1,970	190.00–195.00	192.49
1	—	2,185	203.00	203.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,465	166.00–170.00	167.60
2	—	1,313	159.00–160.00	159.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	150.00	150.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	140.00–147.00	144.02

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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