Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-07-31

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jul 31
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
37 vs last sale 333 296 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
14 vs last sale 42 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
3 vs last sale 10 7 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 steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 2.00 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 $118.37/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 90.56 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$118.37
70 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.62
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481130.5062810thin
Medium and Large 2538117.1663032
Medium and Large 3500115.4357728
One grade step is worth $15.07/cwt here — about $50 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 sale70 hd
118.37
GA average16 barns · 1,657 hd
122.99
−4.62
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−90.56
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
BullsAverage1,66281.671,3573thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25764.2880811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06754.195785thin

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 1565125.97/cwt125.00–127.007122
BullsMedium and Large 1425136.98/cwt135.00–139.005823
BullsMedium and Large 1481128.42/cwt127.00–132.006185
BullsMedium and Large 2518119.66/cwt117.00–122.006203
BullsMedium and Large 2568115.34/cwt114.00–117.006553
BullsMedium and Large 2480123.00/cwt122.00–125.005904
BullsMedium and Large 2661107.45/cwt103.00–110.007104
BullsMedium and Large 2418125.81/cwt125.00–129.005269
BullsMedium and Large 2624109.99/cwt107.00–112.006869
BullsMedium and Large 3364132.71/cwt130.00–137.004834
BullsMedium and Large 3509112.86/cwt110.00–117.005746
BullsMedium and Large 3475114.44/cwt112.00–120.005449
BullsMedium and Large 3580110.45/cwt105.00–120.006419
HeifersMedium and Large 1528122.46/cwt119.00–127.006474
HeifersMedium and Large 1470125.73/cwt120.00–129.005916
HeifersMedium and Large 2581103.05/cwt100.00–110.005995
HeifersMedium and Large 2431119.84/cwt117.00–122.005177
HeifersMedium and Large 3430113.43/cwt110.00–115.004885
HeifersMedium and Large 3378119.99/cwt118.00–122.004546
SteersMedium and Large 1663123.68/cwt121.00–125.008203
SteersMedium and Large 1762115.03/cwt111.00–119.008773
SteersMedium and Large 1567128.62/cwt125.00–130.007295
SteersMedium and Large 1636124.36/cwt124.00–126.007918
SteersMedium and Large 2632119.18/cwt115.00–121.007535
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,143755.69/cwt710.00–790.008,6382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,155714.94/cwt675.00–750.008,2582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,310740.00/cwt740.00–740.009,6941
Bulls1,67587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,4571
Bulls1,65579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,3072
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25764.28/cwt63.00–66.0080811
CowsLean 85-90%1,02860.18/cwt59.00–61.006192
CowsLean 85-90%1,09350.19/cwt48.00–51.005493

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.