Wilkes County Stockyard Market Report

Washington, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	142	234	194
Feeder cattle	124	189	88
Slaughter cattle	6	26	34
Replacement cattle	12	19	72

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls steady, bull calves 6.00 lower, Feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 higher, Replacement mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	187.50	$187.50	$825	—
545	545	1	161.00	$161.00	$877	-4.00
585 value added	585	1	164.00	$164.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	182.50	$182.50	$694	±0.00
645	645	1	145.00	$145.00	$935	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	418	3	150.00–154.00	$152.27	$636	—
460–490	473	4	146.00–152.00	$148.04	$700	+3.04
510–540	526	5	141.00–145.00	$142.95	$752	+1.27
555–595	573	4	136.00–144.00	$140.51	$805	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	370	3	150.00–152.00	$150.70	$558	-2.30
405–445	426	4	145.00–149.00	$147.48	$628	—
485	485	1	142.50	$142.50	$691	+1.95
505–510	508	2	136.00–139.00	$137.49	$698	—
590	590	1	120.00	$120.00	$708	-3.39
685	685	1	111.00	$111.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	150.00	$150.00	$495	—
360–380	370	2	147.50–149.00	$148.23	$548	+8.23
410–440	425	2	142.00–143.00	$142.52	$606	+8.53
460–480	470	2	130.00–131.00	$130.49	$613	+2.02
540	540	2	129.00	$129.00	$697	+3.69
695	695	2	108.00	$108.00	$751	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	2	146.00–150.00	$147.99	$648	-8.54
455–480	466	6	140.00–144.00	$140.99	$657	-1.01
505–545	522	6	130.00–137.50	$133.59	$697	-0.37
560–590	575	2	124.00–125.00	$124.51	$716	—
635–640	638	3	120.00–122.00	$120.66	$770	—
690–695	693	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$821	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	135.00	$135.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	176.00	$176.00	$581	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1530	1307	80-85%	3	69.00–75.00	$70.73	$924	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
980–1170	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–800.00	$772.79

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1310–1600	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,173.71	—

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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.