Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-02-05

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Feb 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
0 vs last sale 177 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
12 vs last sale 26 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
3 vs last sale 17 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows lightly tested, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steer and steer calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.96/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 76.97 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$131.96
39 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.39
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525139.117306thin
Medium and Large 3444132.8858923
Medium and Large 2545125.5468410thin
One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $46 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 sale39 hd
131.96
GA average16 barns · 1,271 hd
134.35
−2.39
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−76.97
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
BullsLow1,56073.501,1472thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,01748.944984thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
BullsMedium and Large 1315173.81/cwt170.00–177.505482
BullsMedium and Large 1720109.01/cwt108.00–110.007853
BullsMedium and Large 2560126.00/cwt126.00–126.007061
BullsMedium and Large 2675105.51/cwt104.00–107.007122
BullsMedium and Large 2620112.71/cwt110.00–118.006993
SteersMedium and Large 3513130.52/cwt129.00–132.006702
SteersMedium and Large 3565128.53/cwt125.00–132.007262
Bred CowsSmall 2-3790500.00/cwt500.00–500.003,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 3358126.26/cwt125.00–127.504522
HeifersMedium and Large 3316126.94/cwt125.00–130.004014
SteersMedium and Large 1515141.51/cwt140.00–143.007292
SteersMedium and Large 2515130.01/cwt129.00–131.006702
SteersMedium and Large 2463143.04/cwt140.00–146.006623
SteersMedium and Large 3458137.01/cwt135.00–139.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 2412122.36/cwt121.00–125.005043
HeifersMedium and Large 2668105.69/cwt104.00–107.007063
HeifersMedium and Large 3420118.63/cwt115.00–122.004985
HeifersMedium and Large 1521125.88/cwt123.00–132.006566
HeifersMedium and Large 2308132.52/cwt130.00–135.004082
HeifersMedium and Large 2468122.78/cwt120.00–124.005754
BullsMedium and Large 2420145.06/cwt140.00–150.006094
BullsMedium and Large 3615107.50/cwt107.00–108.006612
BullsMedium and Large 3320150.10/cwt145.00–155.004803
CowsBoner 80-85%91543.41/cwt42.00–45.003972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11854.48/cwt51.00–57.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 2608108.00/cwt107.00–109.006572
BullsMedium and Large 3469131.23/cwt125.00–135.006156
Bulls1,46067.00/cwt67.00–67.009781
Bulls1,66080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3281
BullsMedium and Large 3367143.36/cwt140.00–145.005263
BullsMedium and Large 3520126.37/cwt123.00–129.006573
BullsMedium and Large 3423132.41/cwt130.00–139.005606

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.