Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2021-05-05

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, May 5
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
26 vs last sale 114 44 vs year ago 132 · 33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
12 vs last sale 22 13 vs year ago 21 · +61.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
49 vs last sale 23 68 vs year ago 4 · +1,700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower, feeder classes lightly tested, Replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.96/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$115.96
28 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$545
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522119.686253thin
Medium and Large 2452118.9253814thin
Medium and Large 3479111.1753211thin
One grade step is worth $8.51/cwt here — about $93 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
115.96
GA average15 barns · 1,285 hd
118.20
−2.24
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
BullsAverage1,62687.061,4164thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39966.549314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08766.1471911
CowsLean 85-90%Average97059.535777thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12166.75/cwt63.00–70.0074810
CowsBoner 80-85%75060.00/cwt60.00–60.004501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39966.54/cwt65.00–68.009314
CowsLean 85-90%97059.53/cwt57.00–62.005777
Bulls1,63584.75/cwt82.00–89.001,3863
Bulls1,60094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5041
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3830610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,0631
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3660550.00/cwt550.00–550.003,6301
HeifersMedium and Large 2618104.98/cwt104.00–106.006492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,093804.44/cwt800.00–810.008,7932
BullsMedium and Large 1375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005811
BullsMedium and Large 1582125.66/cwt124.00–127.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 2471116.81/cwt113.00–120.005507
BullsMedium and Large 2425132.62/cwt130.00–135.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 1522119.68/cwt119.00–120.006253
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2820850.00/cwt850.00–850.006,9701
HeifersMedium and Large 2364125.57/cwt120.00–129.004574
HeifersMedium and Large 2345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2970922.35/cwt900.00–940.008,9474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3900777.69/cwt700.00–870.006,9998
BullsMedium and Large 3442125.84/cwt125.00–127.505563
HeifersMedium and Large 3430111.97/cwt110.00–115.004815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3980722.13/cwt630.00–790.007,07710
BullsMedium and Large 2468127.16/cwt126.00–128.005953
BullsMedium and Large 2518125.21/cwt124.00–127.006495
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,175981.57/cwt900.00–1,190.0011,53312
HeifersMedium and Large 3519110.50/cwt109.00–111.005736
BullsMedium and Large 3522114.28/cwt110.00–119.005975

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.