Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-06-05

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jun 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
220 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 159▲ 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 11▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 8▲ 18 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 lightly tested, feeder bulls, bull calves, feeder heifers, and heifer calves 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.64/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$111.64
28 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2502118.025936thin
Medium and Large 3521109.9057322
One grade step is worth $8.12/cwt here — about $20 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 sale28 hd
111.64
—
GA average15 barns · 1,153 hd
115.93
−4.29
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19762.7775116

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%—1,22463.59/cwt61.00–68.0077814
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00457.05/cwt55.00–59.005732
BullsMedium and Large 3—67098.01/cwt97.00–99.006573
BullsMedium and Large 3—620104.35/cwt102.00–106.006473
BullsMedium and Large 3—570112.36/cwt110.00–115.006403
BullsMedium and Large 3—520117.04/cwt115.00–119.006093
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465121.52/cwt120.00–123.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—467114.48/cwt109.00–119.005357
HeifersMedium and Large 3—67595.84/cwt92.00–100.006475
HeifersMedium and Large 3—567107.63/cwt105.00–110.006105
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420119.02/cwt118.00–120.005003
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365121.01/cwt120.00–122.004422
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—1,062653.08/cwt570.00–690.006,9363
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,4851,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0015,7411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,245900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,2051
SteersMedium and Large 3—365141.01/cwt140.00–142.005152
SteersMedium and Large 3—563116.01/cwt115.00–117.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521116.27/cwt112.00–121.006064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,275900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,4751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,165722.64/cwt600.00–825.008,4192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,310760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,9561
BullsMedium and Large 3—425123.52/cwt122.00–125.005252
BullsMedium and Large 3—365128.04/cwt125.00–131.004672
BullsMedium and Large 2—479128.54/cwt125.00–130.006164
BullsMedium and Large 2—515125.02/cwt122.00–127.006443
BullsMedium and Large 2—432136.32/cwt135.00–137.005893
BullsMedium and Large 1—435139.53/cwt137.00–142.006072

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.