Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-06-24

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jun 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 256▼ 15 vs year ago 146 · −10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 18▼ 12 vs year ago 34 · −35.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 11▼ 12 vs year ago 30 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.58/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$113.58
30 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.80
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575119.486872thin
Medium and Large 3471113.8653614thin
Medium and Large 2549112.4461714thin
One grade step is worth $7.04/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 sale30 hd
113.58
—
GA average17 barns · 1,245 hd
118.38
−4.80
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—Low1,684101.881,7165thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17667.817979thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53266.001,0113thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93456.075233thin

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—575125.45/cwt124.00–127.007212
BullsMedium and Large 2—625112.94/cwt111.00–115.007062
BullsMedium and Large 2—482136.31/cwt136.00–137.006573
BullsMedium and Large 2—582117.23/cwt115.00–122.006823
BullsMedium and Large 2—673109.20/cwt105.00–112.007354
BullsMedium and Large 3—425134.43/cwt133.00–136.005712
SteersMedium and Large 2—482135.31/cwt135.00–136.006523
SteersMedium and Large 2—425136.91/cwt135.00–139.005822
SteersMedium and Large 2—525129.48/cwt129.00–130.006802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1001,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.0011,3302
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—980840.00/cwt840.00–840.008,2322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,255965.42/cwt930.00–1,000.0012,1162
HeifersMedium and Large 2—632106.28/cwt105.00–109.006723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575119.48/cwt119.00–120.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425121.95/cwt121.00–123.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67598.40/cwt95.00–102.006642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568111.26/cwt108.00–113.006323
SteersMedium and Large 2—625114.84/cwt110.00–120.007182
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00562.00/cwt62.00–62.006231
CowsLean 85-90%—89853.10/cwt52.00–54.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470120.22/cwt119.00–121.005654
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475113.44/cwt112.00–115.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—521111.10/cwt106.00–115.005795
HeifersMedium and Large 3—434115.96/cwt115.00–118.005037
BullsMedium and Large 3—615107.42/cwt100.00–110.006618
Bulls——1,63595.65/cwt94.00–97.001,5642
Bulls——1,717106.03/cwt105.00–108.001,8213
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10562.97/cwt62.00–64.006963
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21170.23/cwt65.00–72.008506
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53266.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0113

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.