Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-05-22

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, May 22
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 200▲ 183 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 23▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 27▲ 30 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 5.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.64/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −77.29 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$131.64
30 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448143.166426thin
Medium and Large 2499129.0264418thin
Medium and Large 3445128.015706thin
One grade step is worth $15.15/cwt here — about $72 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 sale30 hd
131.64
—
GA average15 barns · 1,386 hd
132.50
−0.86
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−77.29
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
Bulls—Average1,76084.001,4781thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22161.5175117
CowsLean 85-90%Average99852.325222thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1—515134.45/cwt132.00–137.006922
BullsMedium and Large 1—415147.51/cwt144.00–150.006124
BullsMedium and Large 2—318151.92/cwt150.00–154.004832
BullsMedium and Large 2—363147.41/cwt145.00–150.005352
BullsMedium and Large 2—469131.44/cwt127.00–137.006164
BullsMedium and Large 2—501124.00/cwt120.00–127.006214
BullsMedium and Large 2—623116.98/cwt114.00–120.007296
BullsMedium and Large 3—415131.63/cwt128.00–135.005463
BullsMedium and Large 3—475124.38/cwt122.00–126.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463122.31/cwt120.00–125.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513118.02/cwt117.00–120.006053
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423124.72/cwt122.00–127.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375128.59/cwt125.00–132.004822
SteersMedium and Large 1—613131.47/cwt130.00–133.008062
SteersMedium and Large 2—330153.34/cwt150.00–157.005062
SteersMedium and Large 2—363149.08/cwt145.00–153.005412
SteersMedium and Large 2—413143.67/cwt140.00–147.005933
SteersMedium and Large 2—460137.34/cwt135.00–140.006323
SteersMedium and Large 3—483129.98/cwt127.00–132.006283
SteersMedium and Large 3—517123.69/cwt122.00–127.006393
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—876767.13/cwt725.00–890.006,7208
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—907954.32/cwt915.00–1,025.008,6565
Bulls——1,76084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4781
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,63870.49/cwt70.00–71.001,1552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19766.91/cwt63.00–69.008016
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14455.91/cwt53.00–58.006409
CowsLean 85-90%—99852.32/cwt51.00–54.005222

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.