Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-02-12

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Feb 12
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 177▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 14▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 14▲ 15 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 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.33/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −70.60 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$138.33
24 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.15
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2399148.255916thin
Medium and Large 1478146.026982thin
Medium and Large 3475133.6563516thin
One grade step is worth $14.60/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale24 hd
138.33
—
GA average16 barns · 1,082 hd
141.48
−3.15
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−70.60
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—Average1,53885.431,3142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15462.247197thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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—478146.02/cwt143.00–149.006982
BullsMedium and Large 2—578123.50/cwt123.00–124.007142
BullsMedium and Large 2—309160.62/cwt160.00–162.504964
BullsMedium and Large 3—615106.50/cwt106.00–107.006552
BullsMedium and Large 3—384148.29/cwt145.00–150.005697
BullsMedium and Large 3—527126.76/cwt123.00–130.006687
SteersMedium and Large 2—478146.01/cwt145.00–147.006982
SteersMedium and Large 2—615125.52/cwt123.00–128.007722
SteersMedium and Large 3—525125.34/cwt125.00–126.006583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—825515.09/cwt510.00–520.004,2492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—740480.00/cwt480.00–480.003,5521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—705520.00/cwt520.00–520.003,6661
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410125.00/cwt125.00–125.005132
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71398.99/cwt98.00–100.007062
HeifersMedium and Large 2—336134.54/cwt133.00–135.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275137.50/cwt137.50–137.503781
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62098.43/cwt94.00–103.006102
SteersMedium and Large 1—367162.52/cwt160.00–165.005963
Bulls——1,53885.43/cwt85.00–86.001,3142
CowsBoner 80-85%—93555.00/cwt55.00–55.005141
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01558.63/cwt56.00–61.005953
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36768.27/cwt67.00–70.009333
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382127.69/cwt125.00–129.004883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478128.01/cwt127.00–129.006122

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.