Wilkes County Stockyard Market Report

Washington, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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light 5-weight M&L 3 bulls $181.14/cwt +15.58 vs last sale · ≈ $969/hd at 535 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	165	245	173
Feeder cattle	115	187	107
Slaughter cattle	31	34	37
Replacement cattle	19	24	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 lower, Feeder steers and steer calves 10.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 10.00 higher, Feeder bulls and bull calves 10.00 higher, Replacement cows 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
260	260	1	250.00	$250.00	$650	—
375–390	380	3	237.50–240.00	$238.36	$906	—
475	475	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	230.00–237.50	$233.63	$748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	215.00	$215.00	$838	+15.00
645	645	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,113	+9.98

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	200.00	$200.00	$580	+5.00
330–340	335	2	192.50–197.50	$195.04	$653	+12.56
360–390	375	2	182.50–185.00	$183.80	$689	+9.64
470–490	480	2	160.00–167.50	$163.83	$786	+8.83
545	545	1	150.00	$150.00	$818	-2.80
590–595	593	2	142.50–145.00	$143.76	$852	—
645	645	1	141.00	$141.00	$909	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	200.00	$200.00	$680	—
360	360	1	191.00	$191.00	$688	+9.72
405–445	424	6	180.00–189.00	$184.48	$782	+7.25
560	560	1	157.50	$157.50	$882	—
645	645	1	150.00	$150.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	200.00	$200.00	$780	—
740	740	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	420	2	200.00–202.50	$201.22	$845	+15.70
455–480	464	6	191.00–199.00	$194.75	$904	+20.12
505–545	535	11	180.00–185.00	$181.14	$969	+15.58
560–590	573	6	171.00–178.00	$174.79	$1,002	+19.79
690–695	692	3	150.00–152.00	$150.67	$1,043	+10.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,041	—
690	690	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,159	+9.00
735–740	738	2	152.00–158.00	$154.99	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	240.00	$240.00	$792	—
370	370	1	235.00	$235.00	$870	—
690	690	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,225	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1090	955	85-90%	3	64.00–72.00	$67.04	$640	—
845–1265	1021	85-90%	8	75.00–82.00	$77.06	$787	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1330	1117	80-85%	7	85.00–89.00	$86.63	$968	—
1355	1355	80-85%	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,138	-15.50
1450	1450	80-85%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,450	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375	1375	75-80%	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,320	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,275	—
1265–1335	1300	2	109.00–116.00	$112.59	$1,464	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1030	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–890.00	$816.80
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	885.00	$885.00
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	820.00	$820.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1340	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,030.00–1,140.00	$1,088.96

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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.