Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-05-29

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, May 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
159 head
24 vs last sale 183 159 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
33 vs last sale 44 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
22 vs last sale 30 8 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 lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 4.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.29/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 78.64 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$130.29
46 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.48
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431140.836077thin
Medium and Large 3401128.825177thin
Medium and Large 2498128.3163932
One grade step is worth $12.52/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale46 hd
130.29
GA average16 barns · 1,168 hd
130.77
−0.48
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−78.64
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
BullsHigh1,89092.001,7391thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11156.986334thin

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12854.97/cwt54.00–57.006203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06063.00/cwt63.00–63.006681
Bulls1,89092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,7391
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,025770.00/cwt770.00–770.007,8931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,150853.26/cwt800.00–900.009,8122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,070880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,4162
SteersMedium and Large 2525126.03/cwt124.00–129.006623
SteersMedium and Large 2608117.51/cwt115.00–120.007142
SteersMedium and Large 1513133.80/cwt130.00–140.006863
SteersMedium and Large 1615130.57/cwt126.00–135.008032
HeifersMedium and Large 3467110.25/cwt107.00–114.005153
HeifersMedium and Large 3418114.04/cwt110.00–117.004773
HeifersMedium and Large 3375123.34/cwt120.00–126.004633
HeifersMedium and Large 2521115.12/cwt112.00–120.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 2427125.59/cwt122.00–128.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 2376131.17/cwt129.00–135.004934
HeifersMedium and Large 2460124.38/cwt120.00–127.005723
BullsMedium and Large 3425124.96/cwt120.00–127.005314
BullsMedium and Large 3370133.96/cwt130.00–137.004963
BullsMedium and Large 2561123.85/cwt118.00–128.006957
BullsMedium and Large 2523126.70/cwt120.00–130.006637
BullsMedium and Large 2470128.16/cwt122.00–133.006027
BullsMedium and Large 2619118.71/cwt115.00–122.007354
BullsMedium and Large 2404132.76/cwt130.00–136.005364
BullsMedium and Large 2320149.65/cwt147.00–152.004793
BullsMedium and Large 1411141.19/cwt137.00–145.005804
BullsMedium and Large 1458140.34/cwt138.00–142.006433

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.