Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-11-13

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Nov 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 324▲ 171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 36▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 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 mostly steady, feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and replacement cows lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.10/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −78.83 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$130.10
60 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1377149.5156414thin
Medium and Large 2455126.7357726
Medium and Large 3435120.9152620
One grade step is worth $28.61/cwt here — about $38 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 sale60 hd
130.10
—
GA average16 barns · 1,710 hd
122.06
+8.05
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−78.83
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—Average1,59574.961,1964thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43551.007321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27846.0758911
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05339.944214thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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—328156.01/cwt155.00–157.005122
BullsMedium and Large 1—420143.03/cwt140.00–145.006013
BullsMedium and Large 1—374150.23/cwt147.00–156.005629
BullsMedium and Large 2—370141.33/cwt137.00–145.005233
BullsMedium and Large 2—321144.78/cwt142.00–147.004654
BullsMedium and Large 2—464125.95/cwt124.00–128.005844
BullsMedium and Large 2—424135.01/cwt130.00–139.005725
BullsMedium and Large 2—514111.38/cwt108.00–117.005725
BullsMedium and Large 2—579111.21/cwt107.00–114.006445
BullsMedium and Large 3—317131.71/cwt130.00–135.004183
BullsMedium and Large 3—432124.68/cwt123.00–127.005393
BullsMedium and Large 3—381128.74/cwt125.00–130.004904
BullsMedium and Large 3—524103.02/cwt100.00–107.005404
BullsMedium and Large 3—473120.32/cwt116.00–123.005696
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567103.75/cwt100.00–106.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421110.80/cwt109.00–117.004666
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465110.33/cwt106.00–115.0051310
SteersMedium and Large 1—458147.97/cwt145.00–152.006783
SteersMedium and Large 1—563125.74/cwt124.00–127.007084
SteersMedium and Large 2—425132.93/cwt130.00–136.005652
SteersMedium and Large 2—520123.26/cwt122.00–125.006414
SteersMedium and Large 2—580117.51/cwt115.00–120.006824
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,330740.00/cwt740.00–740.009,8421
Bulls——1,59574.96/cwt71.00–79.001,1964
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18054.00/cwt54.00–54.006371
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17242.80/cwt38.00–44.005025
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40447.76/cwt45.00–49.006715
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43551.00/cwt51.00–51.007321
CowsLean 85-90%—98834.07/cwt33.00–35.003372
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11845.81/cwt44.00–48.005122

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.