Wilkes County Stockyard Market Report

Washington, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	257	256	209
Feeder cattle	202	217	154
Slaughter cattle	29	18	34
Replacement cattle	26	21	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers and bulls unevenly steady. Replacement cattle steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,397	-27.50
505–515	510	2	335.00–345.00	$339.95	$1,734	—
570	570	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,568	-74.41

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,269	-80.00
700	700	1	262.00	$262.00	$1,834	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,200	—
285	285	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,211	+5.00
305–320	313	2	400.00–405.00	$402.56	$1,260	-9.83
355–395	380	3	335.00–355.00	$346.51	$1,317	-47.22
400	400	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,320	-38.21
450–490	469	7	300.00–315.00	$305.87	$1,435	-47.57
500–545	518	6	272.00–292.50	$283.22	$1,467	-55.40
550–590	576	6	270.00–287.50	$279.16	$1,608	-45.56
600–625	610	3	270.00–280.00	$275.76	$1,682	—
650–690	673	3	265.00–280.00	$269.83	$1,816	-12.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	535.00	$535.00	$1,230	—
275	275	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,210	—
300–315	306	4	410.00–415.00	$413.76	$1,266	-31.44
360–380	367	5	375.00–385.00	$378.08	$1,388	—
400–415	410	6	340.00–365.00	$348.27	$1,428	—
455–480	468	2	322.50–345.00	$333.45	$1,561	-49.05
500–545	513	6	300.00–315.00	$303.70	$1,558	—
555	555	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,734	-41.33
615	615	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,860	-21.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	410.00	$410.00	$882	—
280–285	283	2	360.00–375.00	$367.57	$1,040	-27.43
330–345	338	2	320.00–380.00	$349.33	$1,181	-33.11
425–435	430	2	265.00–290.00	$277.65	$1,194	-70.89
450–495	476	9	265.00–290.00	$275.12	$1,310	-67.69
635	635	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,651	-10.00
665–690	678	3	250.00–260.00	$256.66	$1,740	—
720	720	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,764	—
790	790	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,738	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	670.00	$670.00	$1,574	—
260–295	278	2	455.00–465.00	$459.68	$1,278	—
305–325	318	6	415.00–425.00	$423.32	$1,346	-14.92
360–385	373	2	400.00–405.00	$402.42	$1,501	-10.19
420–445	432	5	332.50–360.00	$349.33	$1,509	-36.91
450–490	467	5	300.00–330.00	$315.02	$1,471	-53.29
505–540	525	6	295.00–327.50	$306.35	$1,608	-41.83
550–590	573	5	295.00–310.00	$304.55	$1,745	-20.30
605–645	625	2	295.00–300.00	$297.42	$1,859	-8.59
650–695	673	2	288.00–302.50	$295.01	$1,985	-2.08
735	735	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,782	-37.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	710.00	$710.00	$1,526	+215.00
260–280	268	3	500.00–580.00	$546.71	$1,465	—
305–330	318	3	435.00–475.00	$453.19	$1,441	-16.81
370–390	377	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,546	-29.86
400–435	418	4	375.00–400.00	$384.48	$1,607	-25.58
460–480	470	2	347.50–367.50	$357.29	$1,679	-28.77
505–520	514	4	330.00–350.00	$339.31	$1,744	-26.40
550–578	563	4	332.00–342.50	$337.41	$1,900	-10.09

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	355.00–415.00	$384.74	$1,127	—
300–330	319	4	360.00–395.00	$385.51	$1,230	—
355–360	358	2	340.00–395.00	$367.69	$1,316	-22.15
435	435	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,327	-52.61
455–485	468	5	275.00–297.00	$284.40	$1,331	-56.34
515–545	528	4	277.50–290.00	$284.35	$1,501	-45.90
570–595	583	2	285.00–287.50	$286.28	$1,669	-22.94
655	655	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,310	-52.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1365	1144	80-85%	4	130.00–137.50	$134.14	$1,535	—
1060–1355	1207	80-85%	8	145.00–158.00	$153.22	$1,849	—
890–1630	1298	80-85%	8	160.00–169.00	$163.94	$2,128	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470–1515	1493	2	190.00–191.00	$190.49	$2,844	—
1490–1675	1583	2	170.00–176.00	$173.18	$2,741	-10.29
1405–1810	1620	3	181.00–188.00	$185.63	$3,007	—

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Bred Cows

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
440–680	562	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,534.42
655–860	758	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,386.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1305–1415	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,100.00–2,550.00	$2,334.10

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085–1090	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,600.00	$1,574.94

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–925	893	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,627.73

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

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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.