Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-03-18

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Mar 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
27 vs last sale 120 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
6 vs last sale 27 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
16 vs last sale 20 36 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 to 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 13.00 lower, Replacement cows steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.80/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$112.80
28 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517115.615985thin
Medium and Large 2419114.6048017thin
Medium and Large 3399105.354206thin
One grade step is worth $10.26/cwt here — about $177 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
112.80
GA average16 barns · 917 hd
108.94
+3.86
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
BullsAverage1,68099.001,6631thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22464.1778619

Every lot, as filed

26 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 2378144.53/cwt140.00–149.005462
BullsMedium and Large 2620104.97/cwt103.00–107.006512
BullsMedium and Large 2425132.02/cwt130.00–134.005613
BullsMedium and Large 2470127.67/cwt127.00–128.006003
BullsMedium and Large 3370129.03/cwt127.00–130.004773
BullsMedium and Large 3468116.35/cwt115.00–119.005453
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,227809.46/cwt700.00–900.009,9329
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,170748.44/cwt685.00–820.008,7575
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4221,007.32/cwt900.00–1,085.0014,3243
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,305877.90/cwt870.00–885.0011,4572
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-31,170790.34/cwt750.00–830.009,2472
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-31,145710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,1301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,505940.00/cwt940.00–940.0014,1471
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,135770.00/cwt770.00–770.008,7401
HeifersMedium and Large 1568115.01/cwt114.00–116.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 1483116.01/cwt114.00–118.005603
HeifersMedium and Large 2508109.49/cwt108.00–111.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 2383118.04/cwt115.00–120.004526
HeifersMedium and Large 2423113.45/cwt110.00–119.004809
SteersMedium and Large 3363132.53/cwt130.00–135.004813
BullsMedium and Large 3427124.80/cwt120.00–129.005335
Bulls1,68099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15158.50/cwt57.00–61.006734
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24465.68/cwt63.00–69.0081715
HeifersMedium and Large 3465100.40/cwt96.00–105.004672
HeifersMedium and Large 3366107.82/cwt102.50–110.003954

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.