Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-03-04

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Mar 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
56 vs last sale 52 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
2 vs last sale 20 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
29 vs last sale 43 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 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls unevenly steady; Feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower; Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.98/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$117.98
28 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.82
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510130.006631thin
Medium and Large 2529119.6263310thin
Medium and Large 3495116.3157617thin
One grade step is worth $13.69/cwt here — about $87 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 sale28 hd
117.98
GA average14 barns · 1,700 hd
131.80
−13.82
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
BullsHigh1,50587.531,3184thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37863.618773thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09660.646659thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 3328149.24/cwt145.00–152.504903
BullsMedium and Large 3522127.36/cwt125.00–130.006653
BullsMedium and Large 3566126.54/cwt122.00–129.007164
BullsMedium and Large 3382148.24/cwt143.00–153.005665
BullsMedium and Large 3416143.19/cwt140.00–145.005967
Bulls2,20593.00/cwt93.00–93.002,0511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,025670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,8681
SteersMedium and Large 2615125.51/cwt124.00–127.007722
SteersMedium and Large 2685120.52/cwt119.00–122.008262
SteersMedium and Large 2563128.35/cwt127.00–130.007233
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,175944.94/cwt940.00–950.0011,1032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,013658.81/cwt640.00–675.006,6743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,490920.17/cwt910.00–930.0013,7112
HeifersMedium and Large 2480121.68/cwt120.00–124.005843
SteersMedium and Large 3378153.25/cwt152.50–154.005792
SteersMedium and Large 3515128.50/cwt128.00–129.006622
SteersMedium and Large 3575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006902
SteersMedium and Large 2465147.50/cwt147.50–147.506861
SteersMedium and Large 2415150.53/cwt148.00–153.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 3522117.02/cwt115.00–118.006115
HeifersMedium and Large 2524121.03/cwt117.00–123.006345
HeifersMedium and Large 3572108.02/cwt105.00–110.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 3418119.75/cwt119.00–120.005014
HeifersMedium and Large 3483117.81/cwt117.00–119.005695
HeifersMedium and Large 2615113.02/cwt112.00–114.006952
Bulls1,27285.71/cwt83.00–88.001,0903
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28069.00/cwt69.00–69.008831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00354.92/cwt54.00–56.005512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09661.16/cwt59.00–63.006706
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37863.61/cwt62.00–65.008773
HeifersMedium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631

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.