Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-08-14

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Aug 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
176 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 314▲ 176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 41▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 5 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves 6.00 to 7.00 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.11/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$114.11
46 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.79
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534114.1560920
Medium and Large 2451114.0851526
One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about $95 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
114.11
—
GA average16 barns · 912 hd
108.32
+5.79
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—Low1,78189.181,5884thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17660.067067thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04354.5756910

Every lot, as filed

31 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—375136.89/cwt133.00–140.005133
BullsMedium and Large 1—416136.00/cwt132.00–138.005664
BullsMedium and Large 2—323132.62/cwt130.00–135.004283
BullsMedium and Large 2—415127.36/cwt125.00–130.005293
BullsMedium and Large 2—624105.76/cwt102.00–110.006604
BullsMedium and Large 2—572113.94/cwt111.00–119.006525
BullsMedium and Large 2—468120.65/cwt113.00–126.005657
BullsMedium and Large 3—478114.53/cwt112.00–118.005474
BullsMedium and Large 3—561103.24/cwt100.00–106.005794
BullsMedium and Large 3—519106.99/cwt104.00–110.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415121.73/cwt120.00–124.005054
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620108.49/cwt106.00–110.006734
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515115.43/cwt114.00–119.005945
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566112.14/cwt111.00–113.006357
HeifersMedium and Large 2—505108.67/cwt106.00–112.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483114.24/cwt110.00–117.005524
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579107.04/cwt102.00–109.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 2—359118.97/cwt116.00–125.004276
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424115.68/cwt112.00–119.004909
SteersMedium and Large 1—418132.06/cwt130.00–134.005522
SteersMedium and Large 1—529122.68/cwt120.00–126.006497
SteersMedium and Large 2—662113.69/cwt110.00–116.007533
SteersMedium and Large 2—571118.72/cwt117.00–121.006784
SteersMedium and Large 2—469124.24/cwt120.00–128.005836
SteersMedium and Large 2—620117.11/cwt115.00–119.007269
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—970975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,4582
Bulls——1,68584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4151
Bulls——1,81390.91/cwt89.00–94.001,6483
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17660.06/cwt57.00–63.007067
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01549.73/cwt47.00–52.005054
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06257.79/cwt55.00–59.006146

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.