Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-04-24

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Apr 24
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
← earliestApr 24May 1
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
242 vs last sale 0 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
31 vs last sale 0 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $148.77/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 60.16 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$148.77
60 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.20
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463157.3872818thin
Medium and Large 3355147.1852313thin
Medium and Large 2452144.1565229
One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale60 hd
148.77
GA average14 barns · 1,352 hd
146.58
+2.20
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−60.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,24184.481,0484thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14360.906966thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97348.134683thin

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Wilkes County Stockyard - Washington, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1422165.53/cwt162.00–172.006993
BullsMedium and Large 1513146.33/cwt142.00–150.007513
BullsMedium and Large 1565138.04/cwt135.00–142.007803
BullsMedium and Large 1365169.24/cwt165.00–175.006184
BullsMedium and Large 1474161.22/cwt159.00–164.007645
BullsMedium and Large 2320162.30/cwt160.00–167.005193
BullsMedium and Large 2457144.02/cwt140.00–147.006583
BullsMedium and Large 2622121.56/cwt116.00–125.007563
BullsMedium and Large 2373153.04/cwt150.00–160.005715
BullsMedium and Large 2415153.79/cwt147.00–157.006387
BullsMedium and Large 2519131.87/cwt127.00–137.006848
BullsMedium and Large 3223165.72/cwt160.00–170.003703
BullsMedium and Large 3437136.65/cwt132.00–141.005973
BullsMedium and Large 3520122.35/cwt120.00–125.006363
BullsMedium and Large 3269159.80/cwt155.00–165.004304
HeifersMedium and Large 1463144.37/cwt140.00–148.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 1517135.71/cwt134.00–139.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 1563133.36/cwt130.00–135.007513
HeifersMedium and Large 1423146.59/cwt142.00–152.006207
HeifersMedium and Large 2356136.45/cwt132.00–142.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 2324140.76/cwt137.00–147.004565
HeifersMedium and Large 2417134.83/cwt129.00–139.005625
HeifersMedium and Large 2457130.01/cwt125.00–135.005945
SteersMedium and Large 1520156.25/cwt152.00–162.008133
SteersMedium and Large 1630139.04/cwt135.00–142.008763
SteersMedium and Large 2519139.77/cwt135.00–145.007254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3933982.80/cwt900.00–1,075.009,17010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3936871.88/cwt850.00–920.008,1614
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,128838.29/cwt800.00–875.009,4563
Bulls1,24184.48/cwt82.00–86.001,0484
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14360.90/cwt57.00–64.006966
CowsLean 85-90%97348.13/cwt47.00–50.004683

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.