Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-05-15

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, May 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
7 vs last sale 207 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
2 vs last sale 25 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
10 vs last sale 37 27 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 and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves 3.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.37/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 71.56 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$137.37
49 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485146.5471120
Medium and Large 2467137.1864112thin
Medium and Large 3489126.7062017thin
One grade step is worth $19.84/cwt here — about $92 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 sale49 hd
137.37
GA average16 barns · 1,259 hd
135.32
+2.05
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−71.56
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
BullsAverage1,70084.501,4372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18460.6771813
CowsLean 85-90%Low99047.024653thin

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 1357170.04/cwt167.00–173.006073
BullsMedium and Large 1518142.31/cwt140.00–145.007373
BullsMedium and Large 1565135.70/cwt134.00–138.007673
BullsMedium and Large 1628131.92/cwt128.00–136.008283
BullsMedium and Large 1410151.27/cwt149.00–154.006204
CowsLean 85-90%99047.02/cwt45.00–49.004653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18461.38/cwt59.00–64.0072710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17353.48/cwt52.00–55.006272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20068.00/cwt68.00–68.008161
Bulls2,18089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,9401
Bulls1,22080.00/cwt80.00–80.009761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,015765.09/cwt675.00–850.007,7662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,122743.96/cwt675.00–820.008,3473
SteersMedium and Large 2465145.98/cwt144.00–149.006793
SteersMedium and Large 1522148.39/cwt145.00–151.007753
SteersMedium and Large 1468151.30/cwt150.00–154.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 3464111.78/cwt105.00–115.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 3424114.24/cwt112.00–117.004844
HeifersMedium and Large 2416126.10/cwt120.00–129.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 2522119.32/cwt117.00–122.006233
HeifersMedium and Large 2470122.22/cwt118.00–125.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 1482131.77/cwt127.00–134.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 1425133.49/cwt130.00–137.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 1515127.97/cwt125.00–130.006593
BullsMedium and Large 3417134.33/cwt130.00–137.005606
BullsMedium and Large 3569118.23/cwt115.00–120.006734
BullsMedium and Large 3526125.00/cwt120.00–127.006584
BullsMedium and Large 3477125.02/cwt122.00–128.005963
BullsMedium and Large 2506132.28/cwt130.00–137.006694
BullsMedium and Large 2461136.21/cwt132.00–140.006284
BullsMedium and Large 2435143.05/cwt140.00–146.006224
BullsMedium and Large 1466146.46/cwt142.00–150.006834

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.