Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2022-03-09

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Mar 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
13 vs last sale 107 92 vs year ago 212 · 43.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
18 vs last sale 37 14 vs year ago 33 · 42.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
5 vs last sale 29 1 vs year ago 23 · +4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls lightly tested, Bull calves 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.65/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 75.28 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$133.65
27 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.23
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543138.857543thin
Medium and Large 3524133.0069724
One grade step is worth $5.84/cwt here — about $57 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 sale27 hd
133.65
GA average14 barns · 1,281 hd
148.89
−15.23
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−75.28
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
BullsLow1,19586.001,0281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24980.131,00110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,67079.501,3282thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94759.285614thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 2590134.00/cwt134.00–134.007911
BullsMedium and Large 2520141.27/cwt140.00–142.507352
BullsMedium and Large 3531130.94/cwt128.00–137.006957
BullsMedium and Large 3425151.55/cwt150.00–153.006442
BullsMedium and Large 3484141.03/cwt140.00–145.006837
BullsMedium and Large 3578123.15/cwt120.00–125.007128
SteersMedium and Large 3330187.42/cwt185.00–190.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 3692105.50/cwt104.00–109.007306
HeifersMedium and Large 2423141.20/cwt140.00–142.505972
HeifersMedium and Large 3542117.33/cwt117.00–118.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 3481124.48/cwt120.00–128.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 1508139.50/cwt139.00–140.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 2543126.49/cwt124.00–129.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 2490132.00/cwt132.00–132.006471
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29351,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,2852
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,120900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,0802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29751,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0011,7002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3850550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,6752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3905640.00/cwt640.00–640.005,7922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2975925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,0192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3938663.72/cwt600.00–710.006,2268
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2848888.05/cwt850.00–925.007,5314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33085.14/cwt81.00–88.001,1324
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19576.79/cwt73.00–80.009186
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,5951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0841
CowsLean 85-90%98865.04/cwt64.00–66.006432
Bulls1,19586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0281
CowsLean 85-90%90553.51/cwt53.00–54.004842

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.