Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2026-08-04

Washington

Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2026-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Tue, Aug 4

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944

← Jul 21Aug 4Aug 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 116 vs last sale 137▼ 395 vs year ago 416 · −95.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 28▲ 13 vs year ago 24 · +54.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

481 head

▲ 458 vs last sale 23▲ 468 vs year ago 13 · +3,600.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Available Trends.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $374.26/cwt on 57 head, down $42.13 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −18.20 against this barn's trailing median of $392.47.

Average price

$374.26

▼ 42.13 vs prior sale

57 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$52.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.16

vs GA average

−39.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	409.03	2,223	8thin
Medium and Large 2	550	388.91	2,140	18thin
Medium and Large 3	546	356.79	1,949	31

One grade step is worth $52.24/cwt here — about $274 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale57 hd

374.26

—

GA average13 barns · 314 hd

379.43

−5.16

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

−39.98

This barn, trailing median12 sales

392.47

−18.20

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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $450.73, low $320.47, median $392.47 across 12 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	—	Average	1,738	223.87	3,891	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	183.47	2,730	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	176.35	2,242	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	146.22	1,469	9thin

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)	1,365	$3,150	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	857	$1,917	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	990	$1,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	830	$3,100	1thin

Every lot

79 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,276	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	420.00/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,575	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,862	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	460.00/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,817	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	435.73/cwt	427.50–450.00	1,800	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	452.46/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,891	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	422	388.70/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,640	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	431.26/cwt	430.00–432.50	1,997	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	410.17/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,940	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	476	386.25/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,839	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	365.09/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,898	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	412.48/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,190	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	394.82/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,100	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	405.58/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,255	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	571	349.00/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,993	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	381.53/cwt	375.00–387.50	2,186	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	374.19/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,301	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	355.62/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,201	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	332.50/cwt	320.00–347.50	2,095	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	362.95/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,421	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	333.84/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,247	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	682	318.27/cwt	307.50–327.50	2,171	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	327.17/cwt	323.00–335.00	2,339	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	756	313.47/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,370	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,510	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	452.47/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,480	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	417.85/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,559	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	411.47/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,666	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	356.13/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,514	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	390.40/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,683	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	384.58/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,788	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	328.70/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,561	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	368.97/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,782	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	340.62/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,768	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	366.71/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,922	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	526	307.46/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,617	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	344.72/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,934	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	321.31/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,851	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	291.89/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,693	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	612	294.97/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,805	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	328.43/cwt	315.00–342.50	2,059	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	278.78/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,868	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	316.64/cwt	312.50–320.00	2,140	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,001	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,048	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	304.96/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,174	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	434.98/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,627	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	440.81/cwt	437.50–445.00	1,838	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	416.60/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,821	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	409.99/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,919	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	389.91/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,860	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	493	365.63/cwt	352.50–375.00	1,803	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	365.16/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,902	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	332.37/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,891	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	307.49/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,777	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	318.72/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,954	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	306.25/cwt	302.50–310.00	2,083	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,917	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,418	216.24/cwt	213.00–219.00	3,066	2
Bulls	—	—	2,058	231.50/cwt	229.00–234.00	4,764	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	948	132.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,257	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	155.62/cwt	152.50–159.00	1,575	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	145.99/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,501	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	166.12/cwt	162.00–173.00	2,033	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,269	178.27/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,262	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	187.98/cwt	185.00–190.00	2,519	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	183.47/cwt	183.00–184.00	2,730	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	755	1,925.99/head	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,926	2
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	990	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,060	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	830	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1

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 Aug 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21Last week 137Year ago 416

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 28Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 481Last week 23Year ago 13

No Available Trends.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	440.00–475.00	452.47
13	350–400	373	400.00–430.00	417.85
12	400–450	431	385.00–395.00	390.40
10	450–500	483	355.00–377.50	368.97
15	500–550	519	330.00–350.00	340.62
16	550–600	576	305.00–335.00	321.31
3	600–650	612	290.00–300.00	294.97
1	650–700	690	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	700	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	340.00–370.00	356.13
2	450–500	475	327.50–330.00	328.70
4	500–550	526	300.00–310.00	307.46
6	550–600	580	280.00–310.00	291.89
2	650–700	670	277.50–280.00	278.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	495.00	495.00
4	400–450	405	400.00–435.00	411.47
8	450–500	465	380.00–400.00	384.58
7	500–550	524	360.00–375.00	366.71
7	550–600	561	337.50–352.50	344.72
19	600–650	627	315.00–342.50	328.43
6	650–700	676	312.50–320.00	316.64
4	700–750	713	300.00–310.00	304.96
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	405.00	405.00
2	350–400	375	400.00–440.00	420.00
3	400–450	422	380.00–405.00	388.70
11	450–500	476	375.00–395.00	386.25
15	500–550	520	350.00–380.00	365.09
16	550–600	571	340.00–365.00	349.00
15	600–650	630	320.00–347.50	332.50
13	650–700	682	307.50–327.50	318.27
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	455.00–465.00	460.00
3	400–450	413	427.50–450.00	435.73
15	450–500	473	400.00–427.50	410.17
10	500–550	532	390.00–407.50	394.82
8	550–600	573	375.00–387.50	381.53
12	600–650	619	350.00–362.50	355.62
12	650–700	673	330.00–340.00	333.84
6	700–750	715	323.00–335.00	327.17
5	750–800	756	305.00–325.00	313.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	490.00	490.00
2	400–450	418	445.00–460.00	452.46
2	450–500	463	430.00–432.50	431.26
4	500–550	531	410.00–417.50	412.48
4	550–600	556	397.50–420.00	405.58
3	600–650	615	372.50–375.00	374.19
5	650–700	667	350.00–375.00	362.95
1	750–800	755	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	493	352.50–375.00	365.63
2	550–600	578	305.00–310.00	307.49
1	650–700	680	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	430.00–440.00	434.98
3	400–450	437	410.00–420.00	416.60
9	450–500	477	380.00–397.50	389.91
10	500–550	521	350.00–387.50	365.16
4	550–600	569	320.00–345.00	332.37
2	600–650	613	317.50–320.00	318.72
2	650–700	680	302.50–310.00	306.25
1	700–750	710	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	417	437.50–445.00	440.81
9	450–500	468	400.00–432.50	409.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	755	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	1,550.00	1,550.00

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	—	1,365	3,150.00	3,150.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,900.00	1,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	3,100.00	3,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	213.00–219.00	216.24
2	—	2,058	229.00–234.00	231.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	183.00–184.00	183.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,028	140.00–150.00	145.99
3	—	1,012	152.50–159.00	155.62
2	—	948	130.00–135.00	132.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,269	174.00–184.00	178.27
5	—	1,340	185.00–190.00	187.98
7	—	1,224	162.00–173.00	166.12

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.