Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2026-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Replacement Cattle lightly tested, Feeder Cattle 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $305.86/cwt on 14 head, down $17.50 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −79.05 against this barn's trailing median of $384.91.

Average price

$305.86

▼ 17.50 vs prior sale

14 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$33.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.22

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	312.50	1,813	1thin
Medium and Large 2	548	310.19	1,700	11thin
Medium and Large 3	595	278.75	1,659	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.75/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $435.81, low $279.35, median $384.91 across 18 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 sale14 hd

305.86

—

GA average14 barns · 448 hd

332.08

−26.22

This barn, trailing median18 sales

384.91

−79.05

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	141.63	1,798	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	118.15	1,171	5thin

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)	923	$1,950	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	915	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	670	$1,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 3	650–700	695	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	211.25/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	306.10/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	322.49/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	341.28/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	293.56/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	239.87/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	281.14/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	344.99/cwt	332.50–357.50	1,825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	343.80/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,451	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	379.90/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	362.38/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	381.58/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	283.74/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	318.64/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	303.91/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	111.27/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,044	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	122.73/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,260	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	135.94/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,733	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	143.90/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,823	5
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	670	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	695	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,150	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	915	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	323.06/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	424.91/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	362.99/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	388.22/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	494.87/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	302.83/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,726	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	341.97/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,600	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	278.75/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	262.54/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	312.98/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	332.42/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	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 Sep 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 86Year ago 172

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 11Year ago 13

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Replacement Cattle lightly tested, Feeder Cattle 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	395	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	425	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	595	277.50–280.00	278.75
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	695	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	740	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	380	380.00–395.00	388.22
3	400–450	427	355.00–375.00	362.99
5	450–500	468	330.00–350.00	341.97
4	500–550	510	315.00–330.00	323.06
7	550–600	570	290.00–310.00	302.83
2	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00
2	750–800	758	210.00–212.50	211.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	480.00–510.00	494.87
1	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	357	415.00–435.00	424.91
2	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	580	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	370	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	433	370.00–390.00	381.58
2	450–500	473	360.00–365.00	362.38
4	500–550	529	332.50–357.50	344.99
3	550–600	580	320.00–325.00	322.49
2	600–650	615	300.00–312.50	306.10
1	650–700	685	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	340.00–342.50	341.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	363	375.00–385.00	379.90
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	470	330.00–335.00	332.42
1	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	615	282.50–285.00	283.74
1	650–700	680	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	422	335.00–352.50	343.80
6	450–500	482	310.00–327.50	318.64
1	500–550	515	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	573	285.00–302.50	293.56
2	600–650	625	260.00–265.00	262.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	310.00–320.00	312.98
2	450–500	475	300.00–307.50	303.91
3	500–550	517	270.00–292.50	281.14
2	550–600	580	235.00–245.00	239.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	938	110.00–112.50	111.27
3	—	1,027	120.00–125.00	122.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	133.00–139.00	135.94
5	—	1,267	142.00–146.00	143.90

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	—	670	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	695	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,100.00	2,100.00

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