Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-03-11

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Mar 11
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
12 vs last sale 108 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
9 vs last sale 18 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
6 vs last sale 14 20 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 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, Replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.36/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$118.36
28 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.52
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560127.007111thin
Medium and Large 2471121.015708thin
Medium and Large 3449116.8052419thin
One grade step is worth $10.20/cwt here — about $187 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
118.36
GA average16 barns · 1,398 hd
118.89
−0.52
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
BullsLow1,73686.661,5058thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26260.8476812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48560.008911thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05849.065193thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 2275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004132
BullsMedium and Large 2481134.26/cwt133.00–135.006464
BullsMedium and Large 3475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005942
BullsMedium and Large 3380134.38/cwt130.00–140.005113
BullsMedium and Large 3420130.09/cwt127.50–135.005464
BullsMedium and Large 3525125.15/cwt120.00–129.006577
SteersMedium and Large 3513128.50/cwt128.00–129.006592
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3985750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,3881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,060675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,1551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,320900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,8801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,086732.12/cwt690.00–800.007,9515
HeifersMedium and Large 2423124.37/cwt123.00–126.005263
HeifersMedium and Large 2517117.66/cwt117.00–118.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 3568107.53/cwt105.00–110.006112
HeifersMedium and Large 3415120.33/cwt120.00–121.004993
SteersMedium and Large 2410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
SteersMedium and Large 2527133.72/cwt131.00–136.007053
CowsLean 85-90%1,09051.09/cwt49.00–53.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 3464115.01/cwt114.00–116.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 3518111.78/cwt110.00–115.005794
HeifersMedium and Large 3369122.65/cwt120.00–126.004536
HeifersMedium and Large 1560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 2475121.00/cwt121.00–121.005752
Bulls1,65882.38/cwt79.00–85.001,3664
Bulls1,81490.95/cwt89.00–93.001,6504
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19555.65/cwt55.00–56.006653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28462.57/cwt59.00–66.008039
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48560.00/cwt60.00–60.008911
CowsLean 85-90%99545.00/cwt45.00–45.004481

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.