Wilkes County Stockyard Market Report

Washington, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 14, 2020

363 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 3 heifers $125.90/cwt ≈ $466/hd at 370 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 3 bulls $103.19/cwt -3.03 vs last sale · ≈ $584/hd at 566 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	363	286	300
Feeder cattle	301	234	254
Slaughter cattle	30	32	41
Replacement cattle	32	20	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, Feeder steers and steer calves steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	158.00	$158.00	$592	—
445	445	1	155.00	$155.00	$690	—
475	475	1	142.00	$142.00	$674	-2.80
505–545	525	3	134.00–139.00	$137.40	$721	+5.00
555–580	565	3	123.00–127.00	$124.31	$702	+1.27
605	605	1	116.00	$116.00	$702	—
655	655	1	115.00	$115.00	$753	—
705–735	720	2	111.00–112.00	$111.49	$803	-3.52

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	2	145.00	$145.00	$558	±0.00
405	405	1	131.00	$131.00	$531	-4.00
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	-3.27
555–575	563	3	110.00–115.00	$113.36	$638	+1.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–485	480	3	135.00–139.00	$136.32	$654	+1.32
525–545	535	2	126.00–128.00	$126.98	$679	—
745	745	1	108.00	$108.00	$805	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	328	4	131.00–135.00	$133.41	$438	-0.55
355–390	370	12	122.50–129.00	$125.90	$466	—
405–430	417	3	112.00–115.00	$113.16	$472	-1.28
455–495	479	7	109.00–113.00	$110.71	$530	-2.38
505–530	518	5	105.00–109.00	$107.24	$556	+2.12
685–695	693	6	80.00–85.00	$83.68	$580	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	5	131.00–136.00	$133.40	$514	—
405–445	420	7	120.00–124.00	$121.86	$512	—
455–480	469	4	115.00–119.00	$116.46	$546	—
505–540	525	4	111.00–114.00	$112.65	$591	-1.68
555–575	563	3	110.00–114.00	$112.31	$632	-0.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–485	482	3	120.00–122.00	$120.66	$582	—
505–540	525	3	116.00–119.00	$117.63	$618	+0.63
555–575	563	3	115.00–117.00	$115.99	$653	+0.33

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	322	5	140.00–148.00	$143.53	$462	—
375–380	378	2	132.00–135.00	$133.51	$505	-0.96
405–440	423	2	124.00–126.00	$124.96	$529	-0.04
455–480	468	2	112.00–115.00	$113.54	$531	-0.08
505–545	536	8	105.00–109.00	$106.12	$569	-3.51
555–580	566	10	102.00–107.00	$103.19	$584	-3.03
605–645	618	3	95.00–97.00	$96.30	$595	—
655–675	661	6	93.00–100.00	$95.19	$629	+1.24
740–745	743	2	86.00–88.00	$87.00	$646	-0.19
790–795	793	2	81.00–86.00	$83.51	$662	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	3	150.00	$150.00	$480	—
355–375	367	8	140.00–147.50	$143.08	$525	-4.42
405–430	418	5	130.00–138.00	$133.52	$558	+0.14
455–480	465	3	120.00–129.00	$125.71	$585	-3.71
505–535	520	2	115.00–119.00	$117.06	$609	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	131.00	$131.00	$596	-10.33
575	575	1	116.00	$116.00	$667	-6.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1370	1014	80-85%	9	46.00–53.00	$48.73	$494	—
860–1375	1030	80-85%	6	40.00–45.00	$43.59	$449	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1060	922	85-90%	3	40.00–43.00	$41.64	$384	—
875–1180	1075	85-90%	3	36.00–39.00	$37.45	$403	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570	1570	75-80%	2	42.00–43.00	$42.50	$667	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1610	1428	2	71.00–76.00	$73.82	$1,054	—
1655–2005	1830	2	70.00	$70.00	$1,281	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1100	1041	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	560.00–640.00	$591.27
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.