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Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Tue, Jul 30

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944

← Jul 23Jul 30Aug 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

137 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 179▲ 13 vs year ago 124 · +10.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 30▼ 1 vs year ago 19 · −5.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 13▲ 6 vs year ago 4 · +150.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle lightly tested, feeder cattle steady, Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.43/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −110.36 against this barn's trailing median of $348.79.

Average price

$238.43

12 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$17.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.73

vs GA average

−20.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	240.06	1,331	10thin
Medium and Large 2	520	238.00	1,238	1thin
Medium and Large 3	510	222.50	1,135	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.56/cwt here — about $196 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

238.43

—

GA average15 barns · 495 hd

243.16

−4.73

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−20.03

This barn, trailing median22 sales

348.79

−110.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.25, low $278.50, median $348.79 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,587	137.25	2,178	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,423	132.57	1,887	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,096	125.23	1,372	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	118.00	1,109	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,010	101.50	1,025	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	835	$1,388	4thin

Every lot

48 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	880	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	328.72/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,177	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	300.86/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,300	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	314.99/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,395	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	301.25/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,401	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,428	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,438	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,637	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	265	272.45/cwt	270.00–275.00	722	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	784	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	281.20/cwt	280.00–282.50	894	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	328	266.30/cwt	265.00–267.50	873	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	962	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	251.23/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,050	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	422	243.39/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,027	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,069	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,135	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,238	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	244.43/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,300	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	235.69/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,360	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	224.99/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,424	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,454	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,598	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	341.73/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,138	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,322	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	296.23/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,297	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,294	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,335	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	263.82/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,385	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	132.88/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,940	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,686	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,109	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,051	125.46/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,319	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	118.38/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,326	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,691	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,780	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	134.35/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,941	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	805	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	684	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,434	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	720	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	950	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2

This sale against other markets

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 179Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 30Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 13Year ago 4

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle lightly tested, feeder cattle steady, Replacement cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	390	315.00	315.00
3	400–450	432	300.00–302.50	300.86
1	450–500	480	297.50	297.50
1	500–550	500	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	358	327.50–330.00	328.72
3	400–450	443	312.50–317.50	314.99
2	450–500	465	300.00–302.50	301.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	660	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	370	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	418	250.00–252.50	251.23
1	500–550	520	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	740	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	295.00	295.00
2	300–350	318	280.00–282.50	281.20
5	500–550	532	240.00–247.00	244.43
5	550–600	577	230.00–239.00	235.69
2	600–650	633	224.00–226.00	224.99
1	650–700	670	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	270.00–275.00	272.45
2	300–350	328	265.00–267.50	266.30
3	400–450	422	240.00–247.50	243.39
1	450–500	450	237.50	237.50
1	500–550	510	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	295.00–297.50	296.23
1	450–500	450	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	340.00–345.00	341.73
1	350–400	385	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	430	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	270.00–275.00	272.47
2	500–550	525	260.00–267.50	263.82

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,400.00	1,400.00

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	—	720	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	129.00	129.00
2	—	1,445	132.00–137.00	134.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	118.00–119.00	118.38
1	—	1,225	138.00	138.00
4	—	1,051	121.00–129.00	125.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,215	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	146.00	146.00
2	—	1,460	130.00–136.00	132.88

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.