Wilkes County Stockyard Market Report

Washington, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 3, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	292	251	241
Feeder cattle	214	180	207
Slaughter cattle	53	38	29
Replacement cattle	25	33	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available due to market being closed for thanksgiving the week before.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,069	—
340	340	2	365.00–375.00	$370.00	$1,258	—
395	395	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,363	+42.50
800	800	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,496	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	397.00	$397.00	$1,310	—
775	775	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,628	-0.51
825	825	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,708	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	300.00	$300.00	$855	—
425–430	428	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,284	+25.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	325	5	310.00–320.00	$313.77	$1,020	—
360–380	369	5	270.00–280.00	$276.35	$1,020	—
410–445	422	5	225.00–237.00	$230.41	$972	—
480	480	3	220.00–235.00	$230.00	$1,104	—
565–595	580	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,247	+14.00
615–640	625	3	190.00–202.00	$197.40	$1,234	+4.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	312	3	325.00–335.00	$328.21	$1,024	+68.21
350–365	358	4	290.00–300.00	$292.52	$1,047	+44.11
405–445	429	8	240.00–250.00	$244.29	$1,048	+13.25
450	450	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,125	+14.22
615–625	620	2	210.00–215.00	$212.48	$1,317	+8.76
710–720	715	2	180.00–190.00	$185.03	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	305.00–310.00	$307.60	$800	—
305	305	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,068	+73.00
400–431	414	3	260.00–270.00	$263.22	$1,090	+19.67
510–540	526	4	227.00–235.00	$230.46	$1,212	+0.12
560–565	564	4	227.00–232.00	$229.75	$1,296	+10.02
600	600	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,326	—
885	885	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,504	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	335.00	$335.00	$955	—
305	305	1	325.00	$325.00	$991	+30.07
360–375	366	7	345.00–355.00	$350.02	$1,281	+67.60
400–445	431	8	280.00–295.00	$286.03	$1,233	+23.97
470–490	476	4	255.00–265.00	$258.73	$1,232	+15.12
500–545	521	7	245.00–255.00	$249.93	$1,302	—
575–585	580	2	220.00–225.00	$222.48	$1,290	—
630–645	638	3	210.00–220.00	$216.00	$1,378	+26.00
660	660	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,379	+19.00
700–745	715	3	180.00–195.00	$185.24	$1,324	-4.76
780	780	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	355.00–360.00	$357.46	$1,180	+37.46
350–355	353	2	375.00–380.00	$377.48	$1,333	+69.49
400–410	405	2	305.00–315.00	$310.06	$1,256	+26.11
455–495	478	5	270.00–287.00	$277.56	$1,327	+22.32
500–525	511	4	262.00–267.00	$265.28	$1,356	+39.63
585–595	590	2	235.00–245.00	$239.96	$1,416	+26.68
620	620	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,383	+16.64

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	405.00	$405.00	$932	—
300	300	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,200	—
350	350	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,365	+71.62
410	410	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,332	+10.00
450–475	463	2	290.00–300.00	$295.14	$1,366	+23.14
500	500	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,425	+45.00
560–595	573	3	252.00–265.00	$259.52	$1,487	+29.52
605	605	2	237.00–238.00	$237.50	$1,437	+22.50
655–660	658	2	222.00–225.00	$223.51	$1,471	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1345	1135	80-85%	4	119.00–126.00	$120.37	$1,366	—
935–1785	1293	80-85%	30	110.00–118.00	$113.68	$1,470	—
1300–1685	1436	80-85%	4	107.00–109.00	$108.21	$1,554	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	85-90%	1	105.00	$105.00	$719	—
935	935	85-90%	1	87.00	$87.00	$813	—
1075–1240	1154	85-90%	4	92.00–96.00	$94.25	$1,088	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1815	1815	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,904	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1240	1121	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,075.00–1,300.00	$1,213.67
1115–1470	1326	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,592.36

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630–835	733	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,000.00	$971.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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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.