Wilkes County Stockyard Market Report

Washington, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 4, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	216	135	156
Feeder cattle	170	102	108
Slaughter cattle	32	18	30
Replacement cattle	14	15	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cattle 5.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls and replacements lightly tested, Feeder steers and bulls Steady, Feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	325.00	$325.00	$991	—
365–380	373	2	337.00–342.00	$339.45	$1,266	-12.55
500–530	515	6	270.00–280.00	$275.21	$1,417	—
560–565	562	3	270.00–275.00	$271.66	$1,527	—
610–632	625	8	244.00–255.00	$246.09	$1,538	—
660–670	665	2	235.00–242.00	$238.47	$1,586	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	378	2	327.00	$327.00	$1,236	-0.53
440–445	443	2	290.00–300.00	$294.97	$1,307	-30.03
510	510	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,326	-45.00
580	580	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,450	—
600–630	615	2	227.00–237.00	$231.88	$1,426	-33.12

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	285.00	$285.00	$926	—
355	355	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,100	+15.00
450	450	1	267.00	$267.00	$1,202	-13.00
505	505	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,162	—
590	590	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,298	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	3	300.00–303.00	$301.02	$867	—
315–335	325	2	280.00–295.00	$287.27	$934	-27.73
425–438	436	7	265.00–270.00	$267.85	$1,168	-37.15
455–490	469	8	265.00–275.00	$269.64	$1,265	—
505–525	518	3	256.00–261.00	$259.38	$1,344	—
620	620	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,401	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	270.00	$270.00	$702	-25.00
315–345	333	4	275.00–282.00	$279.67	$931	-15.64
365–390	376	4	267.00–277.00	$269.59	$1,014	-15.75
425–440	433	2	250.00–255.00	$252.46	$1,093	-19.49
450–495	472	8	253.00–260.00	$257.06	$1,213	-7.94
500–545	523	2	252.00–254.00	$252.96	$1,323	-9.04
560–595	578	2	233.00–238.00	$235.42	$1,361	-20.56
630	630	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,367	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–390	387	3	250.00–260.00	$255.00	$987	-17.62
455–465	460	2	247.00–250.00	$248.48	$1,143	-4.03
540	540	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,307	—
570	570	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,254	-20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,071	-5.00
370–395	380	7	302.00–312.00	$306.25	$1,164	-35.75
405–415	410	2	280.00–287.00	$283.46	$1,162	-20.52
455–485	473	4	280.00–287.00	$285.26	$1,349	-4.84
500–535	514	4	267.00–276.00	$270.83	$1,392	+0.20
555–580	568	2	265.00–268.00	$266.53	$1,514	+10.88
605–620	612	3	226.00–230.00	$227.98	$1,395	—
750	750	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,425	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,066	—
350–390	369	6	285.00–295.00	$291.68	$1,076	-31.80
435	435	2	267.00–275.00	$271.00	$1,179	-24.00
460–495	480	4	267.00–275.00	$271.39	$1,303	+4.39
520–545	528	3	242.00–245.00	$242.98	$1,283	-4.02
550–570	559	5	232.00–240.00	$237.38	$1,327	—
640–645	643	2	210.00–218.00	$214.02	$1,376	+14.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,125	—
380	380	1	332.00	$332.00	$1,262	-28.00
420–425	422	3	290.00–300.00	$296.68	$1,252	—
620–630	625	2	240.00–242.00	$240.99	$1,506	+0.99
655–680	667	3	225.00–231.00	$228.04	$1,521	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1385	1030	80-85%	5	126.00–132.00	$129.47	$1,334	—
1100–1345	1202	80-85%	6	147.00–153.00	$149.00	$1,791	—
1065–1580	1281	80-85%	9	138.00–144.00	$140.70	$1,802	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	75-80%	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,849	—
1495–1940	1680	75-80%	3	138.00–144.00	$140.16	$2,355	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	1	167.00	$167.00	$2,505	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
935–1095	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,275.00–1,525.00	$1,410.90

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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.