Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-10-30

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Oct 30
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 203 vs last sale 330▲ 127 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 48▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 5▲ 3 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 replacement cows lightly tested, slaughter bull mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bull and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.69/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$107.69
43 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.65
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512114.4658616thin
Medium and Large 2512105.5354022
Medium and Large 353695.565125thin
One grade step is worth $18.90/cwt here — about $73 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
107.69
—
GA average16 barns · 1,375 hd
109.34
−1.65
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—Average1,47467.789994thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22344.925492thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02036.403712thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1—507128.34/cwt125.00–130.006513
BullsMedium and Large 1—426144.94/cwt142.00–149.006174
BullsMedium and Large 2—335140.57/cwt138.00–143.004712
BullsMedium and Large 2—553108.67/cwt107.00–110.006013
BullsMedium and Large 2—720104.30/cwt103.00–107.007513
BullsMedium and Large 2—428129.52/cwt125.00–135.005546
BullsMedium and Large 3—463114.38/cwt110.00–118.005303
BullsMedium and Large 3—513104.96/cwt100.00–108.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722106.26/cwt102.00–109.007673
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561109.81/cwt107.00–115.006166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379121.97/cwt120.00–125.004627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418109.06/cwt105.00–115.004563
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530103.64/cwt101.00–107.005495
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463108.51/cwt104.00–113.005026
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573103.15/cwt97.00–106.005918
HeifersMedium and Large 3—53695.56/cwt90.00–98.005125
SteersMedium and Large 1—413157.99/cwt157.00–160.006523
SteersMedium and Large 1—616122.23/cwt120.00–126.007534
SteersMedium and Large 2—585117.03/cwt114.00–120.006852
SteersMedium and Large 2—520121.31/cwt120.00–124.006313
SteersMedium and Large 2—480128.71/cwt125.00–130.006184
SteersMedium and Large 3—527116.29/cwt113.00–119.006137
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—950635.00/cwt635.00–635.006,0331
Bulls——1,58074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1691
Bulls——1,43865.71/cwt64.00–69.009453
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22344.92/cwt44.00–46.005492
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02036.40/cwt35.00–38.003712

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.