Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2021-09-29

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Sep 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
22 vs last sale 126 116 vs year ago 264 · 43.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
12 vs last sale 44 11 vs year ago 21 · +52.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
33 vs last sale 49 4 vs year ago 12 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves lightly tested, Feeder heifers lightly tested, Heifer calves 3.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.55/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 95.38 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$113.55
52 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$89
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$3.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3505113.9357547
Medium and Large 2603109.996645thin
One grade step is worth $3.94/cwt here — about −$89 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 sale52 hd
113.55
GA average16 barns · 1,585 hd
121.90
−8.34
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−95.38
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
BullsAverage1,71385.321,4623thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25758.6073616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16152.976156thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 2643103.50/cwt103.00–104.006662
BullsMedium and Large 2577114.32/cwt111.00–118.006603
BullsMedium and Large 3536110.97/cwt110.00–113.005955
BullsMedium and Large 3478120.08/cwt116.00–124.005748
BullsMedium and Large 361098.05/cwt97.00–104.0059810
BullsMedium and Large 3421123.88/cwt120.00–128.0052217
SteersMedium and Large 3483126.23/cwt125.00–127.506102
HeifersMedium and Large 3467109.85/cwt106.00–114.005138
HeifersMedium and Large 3520107.40/cwt102.00–110.0055810
HeifersMedium and Large 3575101.98/cwt100.00–106.005868
HeifersMedium and Large 3430111.44/cwt110.00–115.004798
HeifersMedium and Large 369093.32/cwt90.00–98.006443
SteersMedium and Large 1788116.51/cwt115.00–118.009182
SteersMedium and Large 3540121.50/cwt120.00–124.006564
BullsMedium and Large 3565107.55/cwt104.00–109.006087
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4701,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0019,4781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3151,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,1502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,180650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,6701
CowsBoner 80-85%98565.00/cwt65.00–65.006401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27558.17/cwt57.00–62.0074215
CowsLean 85-90%1,16152.97/cwt51.00–55.006156
Bulls1,71385.32/cwt85.00–86.001,4623

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.