Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2022-01-19

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jan 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 238▼ 148 vs year ago 270 · −54.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 22▼ 26 vs year ago 38 · −68.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 21▼ 16 vs year ago 22 · −72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 8.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls lightly tested, bull calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 4.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.77/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$134.77
52 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.56
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578137.9879810thin
Medium and Large 3413135.4256020
Medium and Large 2504132.7166922
One grade step is worth $5.26/cwt here — about $129 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
134.77
—
GA average14 barns · 1,492 hd
142.33
−7.56
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—Average1,61990.811,4703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43976.381,0996thin

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 2—425164.14/cwt160.00–168.006982
BullsMedium and Large 2—468148.07/cwt146.00–151.006933
BullsMedium and Large 3—533135.08/cwt130.00–139.007204
BullsMedium and Large 3—467140.81/cwt135.00–145.0065810
BullsMedium and Large 3—590126.00/cwt126.00–126.007431
BullsMedium and Large 3—443152.49/cwt150.00–155.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520142.71/cwt139.00–145.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571138.99/cwt137.00–142.007944
HeifersMedium and Large 3—590112.00/cwt112.00–112.006611
SteersMedium and Large 2—640139.00/cwt139.00–139.008901
SteersMedium and Large 2—443170.99/cwt170.00–173.007573
SteersMedium and Large 3—425163.71/cwt162.50–165.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508128.34/cwt127.00–129.006523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618120.63/cwt118.00–125.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 3—359141.04/cwt140.00–145.005067
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420135.12/cwt131.00–139.0056810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473135.04/cwt130.00–140.006396
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480129.00/cwt129.00–129.006192
BullsMedium and Large 3—318166.79/cwt162.50–170.005304
BullsMedium and Large 3—368163.67/cwt160.00–165.006024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690124.00/cwt124.00–124.008561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625135.84/cwt131.00–141.008492
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575127.77/cwt126.00–130.007354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430141.91/cwt140.00–146.006106
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4051,285.00/cwt1,285.00–1,285.0018,0541
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,290940.00/cwt940.00–940.0012,1261
Bulls——1,58396.22/cwt95.00–97.001,5232
Bulls——1,69080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3521
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,52273.45/cwt69.00–76.001,1183
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35579.30/cwt79.00–80.001,0753

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.