Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-08-21

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Aug 21
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
11 vs last sale 176 187 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
5 vs last sale 29 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
6 vs last sale 5 11 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 mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and feeder heifers unevenly steady, bull calves and heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.92/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 74.01 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$134.92
50 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.31
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410143.7558927
Medium and Large 2472127.3060119thin
Medium and Large 3526111.465864thin
One grade step is worth $32.29/cwt here — about $3 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 sale50 hd
134.92
GA average15 barns · 1,333 hd
121.61
+13.31
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−74.01
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
BullsAverage1,76591.311,6126thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10758.6164912
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00253.0553211

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 1260161.01/cwt160.00–162.004193
BullsMedium and Large 1370143.60/cwt140.00–148.005313
BullsMedium and Large 1313153.76/cwt150.00–155.004814
BullsMedium and Large 1520133.78/cwt130.00–136.006964
BullsMedium and Large 1424141.50/cwt138.00–145.006006
BullsMedium and Large 1471138.34/cwt136.00–144.006527
BullsMedium and Large 2477129.02/cwt127.00–130.006153
BullsMedium and Large 2602110.66/cwt108.00–113.006663
BullsMedium and Large 2323145.24/cwt142.00–149.004694
BullsMedium and Large 2575112.42/cwt109.00–116.006464
BullsMedium and Large 2427133.80/cwt131.00–137.005715
BullsMedium and Large 3526111.46/cwt108.00–115.005864
HeifersMedium and Large 1374135.46/cwt134.00–137.005074
HeifersMedium and Large 1461127.66/cwt123.00–132.005897
HeifersMedium and Large 1427131.11/cwt127.00–135.005609
HeifersMedium and Large 2435128.66/cwt128.00–129.005603
HeifersMedium and Large 2619104.14/cwt100.00–110.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 2472120.83/cwt118.00–122.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 2576114.57/cwt112.00–117.006607
HeifersMedium and Large 3429112.32/cwt110.00–117.004824
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2101,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0013,1292
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3850760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,4602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3883805.55/cwt790.00–820.007,1134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3890620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,5181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,215750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,1131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,125730.00/cwt730.00–730.008,2131
Bulls1,76591.31/cwt87.00–94.001,6126
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25854.00/cwt53.00–55.006792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07759.53/cwt57.00–63.0064110
CowsLean 85-90%96349.44/cwt48.00–51.004763
CowsLean 85-90%1,01754.41/cwt52.00–58.005538

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.