Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-05-06

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, May 6
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
31 vs last sale 163 75 vs year ago 207 · 36.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
2 vs last sale 23 4 vs year ago 25 · 16.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
20 vs last sale 24 33 vs year ago 37 · 89.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.27/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$111.27
35 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.35
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2523112.405889thin
Medium and Large 3467110.8951826
One grade step is worth $1.51/cwt here — about $70 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 sale35 hd
111.27
GA average16 barns · 1,166 hd
112.62
−1.35
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
BullsAverage1,85591.021,6882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27360.217677thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43859.598573thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05947.685056thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1463140.69/cwt140.00–142.006513
BullsMedium and Large 2458131.01/cwt130.00–132.006002
BullsMedium and Large 2412136.18/cwt135.00–137.505613
BullsMedium and Large 2510124.01/cwt122.00–126.006323
BullsMedium and Large 2560122.35/cwt120.00–126.006853
BullsMedium and Large 3523118.93/cwt117.00–121.006222
SteersMedium and Large 2515128.35/cwt126.00–130.006613
SteersMedium and Large 3608114.01/cwt111.00–117.006932
SteersMedium and Large 3658107.52/cwt103.00–112.007072
SteersMedium and Large 2558126.51/cwt124.00–129.007062
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,365830.00/cwt830.00–830.0011,3301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,117620.00/cwt620.00–620.006,9251
HeifersMedium and Large 3468114.44/cwt109.00–116.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 3413113.22/cwt110.00–118.004686
HeifersMedium and Large 3519110.93/cwt107.00–115.005769
HeifersMedium and Large 260899.50/cwt99.00–100.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 2415121.51/cwt120.00–122.505043
HeifersMedium and Large 2561112.01/cwt110.00–113.006284
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25659.12/cwt56.00–62.007434
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43859.59/cwt59.00–61.008573
CowsLean 85-90%94044.00/cwt44.00–44.004142
CowsLean 85-90%1,11949.52/cwt48.00–51.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 361093.02/cwt91.00–95.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 3359111.77/cwt110.00–115.004014
BullsMedium and Large 3615107.50/cwt107.00–108.006612
BullsMedium and Large 3360129.69/cwt127.50–132.504673
BullsMedium and Large 3463125.64/cwt124.00–127.505824
Bulls1,85591.02/cwt90.00–92.001,6882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29055.00/cwt55.00–55.007101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30065.00/cwt65.00–65.008452

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.