Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-01-15

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jan 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
122 vs last sale 249 127 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
27 vs last sale 39 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
40 vs last sale 45 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 mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, all feeder classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.17/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$127.17
36 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.10
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453132.4660018thin
Medium and Large 2420126.8453313thin
Medium and Large 3525109.025725thin
One grade step is worth $23.44/cwt here — about $28 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 sale36 hd
127.17
GA average15 barns · 1,479 hd
127.27
−0.10
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
BullsAverage1,89087.001,6441thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40855.447812thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93546.024303thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1313194.10/cwt190.00–198.006082
BullsMedium and Large 1377187.57/cwt184.00–190.007073
BullsMedium and Large 1430186.00/cwt181.00–189.008003
BullsMedium and Large 1457161.64/cwt160.00–165.007393
BullsMedium and Large 1509148.76/cwt147.00–150.007574
BullsMedium and Large 1568130.45/cwt128.00–135.007414
HeifersMedium and Large 1479129.55/cwt127.00–135.006215
HeifersMedium and Large 2421127.71/cwt125.00–130.005384
SteersMedium and Large 2368173.62/cwt170.00–177.006392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3960750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 1413137.54/cwt133.00–142.005684
HeifersMedium and Large 1563119.21/cwt116.00–123.006714
HeifersMedium and Large 1372141.89/cwt138.00–145.005285
HeifersMedium and Large 2473123.31/cwt120.00–126.005834
HeifersMedium and Large 2378128.98/cwt125.00–132.004885
HeifersMedium and Large 3525109.02/cwt105.00–112.005725
BullsMedium and Large 2720115.31/cwt113.00–118.008303
BullsMedium and Large 2413169.94/cwt167.00–172.007023
BullsMedium and Large 2472154.27/cwt150.00–157.007283
Bulls1,89087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,6441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40855.44/cwt54.00–57.007812
CowsLean 85-90%93546.02/cwt44.00–48.004303

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.