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
Bulls—Average1,85591.021,6882thin
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 1—463140.69/cwt140.00–142.006513
BullsMedium and Large 2—458131.01/cwt130.00–132.006002
BullsMedium and Large 2—412136.18/cwt135.00–137.505613
BullsMedium and Large 2—510124.01/cwt122.00–126.006323
BullsMedium and Large 2—560122.35/cwt120.00–126.006853
BullsMedium and Large 3—523118.93/cwt117.00–121.006222
SteersMedium and Large 2—515128.35/cwt126.00–130.006613
SteersMedium and Large 3—608114.01/cwt111.00–117.006932
SteersMedium and Large 3—658107.52/cwt103.00–112.007072
SteersMedium and Large 2—558126.51/cwt124.00–129.007062
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,365830.00/cwt830.00–830.0011,3301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,117620.00/cwt620.00–620.006,9251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468114.44/cwt109.00–116.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 3—413113.22/cwt110.00–118.004686
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519110.93/cwt107.00–115.005769
HeifersMedium and Large 2—60899.50/cwt99.00–100.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415121.51/cwt120.00–122.505043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561112.01/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 3—61093.02/cwt91.00–95.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—359111.77/cwt110.00–115.004014
BullsMedium and Large 3—615107.50/cwt107.00–108.006612
BullsMedium and Large 3—360129.69/cwt127.50–132.504673
BullsMedium and Large 3—463125.64/cwt124.00–127.505824
Bulls——1,85591.02/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.