Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-08-28

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Aug 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
194 head
7 vs last sale 187 194 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
17 vs last sale 34 51 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 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 $121.74/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 87.19 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$121.74
43 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.37
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432141.706129thin
Medium and Large 2490119.2658425
Medium and Large 3527108.685739thin
One grade step is worth $33.02/cwt here — about $39 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 sale43 hd
121.74
GA average16 barns · 1,711 hd
122.12
−0.37
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−87.19
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
BullsAverage1,65986.241,4314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21457.987046thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43357.478243thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99549.994978thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,03153.32/cwt50.00–57.005504
CowsLean 85-90%95946.66/cwt45.00–49.004474
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43357.47/cwt54.00–60.008243
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21457.98/cwt57.00–61.007046
Bulls1,72890.47/cwt90.00–91.001,5632
Bulls1,59082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3042
SteersMedium and Large 3464127.23/cwt124.00–130.005904
SteersMedium and Large 3533124.39/cwt120.00–127.006633
SteersMedium and Large 2721112.61/cwt110.00–116.008125
SteersMedium and Large 2513132.33/cwt130.00–134.006793
SteersMedium and Large 2468136.56/cwt135.00–138.006392
SteersMedium and Large 1576142.23/cwt140.00–144.008194
HeifersMedium and Large 3488106.71/cwt103.00–110.005214
HeifersMedium and Large 2470114.46/cwt110.00–118.005386
HeifersMedium and Large 2563106.21/cwt104.00–108.005985
HeifersMedium and Large 2520108.99/cwt108.00–110.005673
BullsMedium and Large 3556104.76/cwt103.00–107.005824
BullsMedium and Large 3517109.35/cwt107.00–111.005653
BullsMedium and Large 3485115.51/cwt115.00–116.005602
BullsMedium and Large 2514115.16/cwt113.00–119.005926
BullsMedium and Large 2563110.00/cwt109.00–112.006194
BullsMedium and Large 2461119.96/cwt117.00–125.005534
BullsMedium and Large 2425126.70/cwt124.00–130.005384
BullsMedium and Large 2376135.50/cwt132.00–140.005094
BullsMedium and Large 2620107.34/cwt106.00–110.006663
BullsMedium and Large 1522131.07/cwt128.00–134.006843
BullsMedium and Large 1483137.56/cwt135.00–140.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1368150.43/cwt149.00–152.005542
BullsMedium and Large 1310153.05/cwt150.00–156.004742

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.