Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-01-22

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jan 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
46 vs last sale 127 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
12 vs last sale 12 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
13 vs last sale 5 18 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 bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.44/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 66.49 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$142.44
47 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.77
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463157.0972813thin
Medium and Large 2472141.9967018thin
Medium and Large 3478131.0762616thin
One grade step is worth $26.02/cwt here — about $102 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 sale47 hd
142.44
GA average16 barns · 1,628 hd
144.21
−1.77
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−66.49
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
BullsAverage1,62582.031,3332thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27156.5871911
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04051.265333thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1358168.05/cwt165.00–172.006023
BullsMedium and Large 1460160.54/cwt155.00–165.007383
BullsMedium and Large 1618132.34/cwt130.00–134.008183
BullsMedium and Large 1429164.83/cwt160.00–169.007074
BullsMedium and Large 2427147.88/cwt142.00–152.006313
BullsMedium and Large 2520133.71/cwt130.00–137.006953
SteersMedium and Large 1617134.32/cwt132.00–136.008293
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,095769.36/cwt760.00–780.008,4242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,203817.98/cwt790.00–830.009,8403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,155748.82/cwt710.00–810.008,6494
HeifersMedium and Large 1504125.25/cwt123.00–127.006314
HeifersMedium and Large 2423127.57/cwt125.00–130.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 2528119.58/cwt117.00–122.006315
HeifersMedium and Large 1418138.01/cwt136.00–140.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 2474124.55/cwt120.00–128.005906
HeifersMedium and Large 2621113.83/cwt110.00–122.007076
BullsMedium and Large 2369156.80/cwt152.00–160.005794
BullsMedium and Large 2463146.75/cwt140.00–150.006794
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41049.10/cwt48.00–50.006923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21959.38/cwt56.00–63.007248
CowsLean 85-90%1,04051.26/cwt49.00–54.005333
HeifersMedium and Large 1458134.63/cwt130.00–137.006173
BullsMedium and Large 3529123.27/cwt120.00–127.006527
Bulls1,62582.03/cwt79.00–84.001,3332
BullsMedium and Large 2580124.19/cwt122.00–128.007204
BullsMedium and Large 3388142.55/cwt140.00–145.005532
BullsMedium and Large 3423138.30/cwt137.00–140.005853
BullsMedium and Large 3474133.54/cwt130.00–137.006334

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.