Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2022-03-16

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Mar 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 120▲ 8 vs year ago 81 · +9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 19▲ 3 vs year ago 22 · +13.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 24▲ 14 vs year ago 1 · +1,400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls significantly higher, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.20/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$144.20
39 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463152.0870511thin
Medium and Large 2457143.3565518thin
Medium and Large 3436137.0759810thin
One grade step is worth $15.01/cwt here — about $107 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 sale39 hd
144.20
—
GA average15 barns · 1,890 hd
142.86
+1.34
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—Low1,564109.261,70910
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10484.829366thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01771.627287thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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—370210.00/cwt210.00–210.007771
BullsMedium and Large 2—575146.46/cwt145.00–148.008422
BullsMedium and Large 2—510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007653
BullsMedium and Large 2—490165.00/cwt165.00–165.008093
BullsMedium and Large 3—627124.34/cwt122.00–126.007803
BullsMedium and Large 3—377171.49/cwt170.00–172.506473
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475129.91/cwt127.50–135.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379155.17/cwt150.00–158.005884
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385145.49/cwt145.00–146.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423140.02/cwt137.00–143.005924
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585124.99/cwt124.00–126.007312
SteersMedium and Large 1—360214.00/cwt214.00–214.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523135.38/cwt132.00–139.007082
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466141.35/cwt139.00–147.006596
BullsMedium and Large 1—420191.22/cwt190.00–192.508032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527145.02/cwt143.00–148.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368164.17/cwt163.00–165.006045
HeifersMedium and Large 1—593133.51/cwt131.00–136.007922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423147.70/cwt145.00–149.006254
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—915738.74/cwt670.00–800.006,7596
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2851,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,1712
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—905975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,8242
Bred CowsSmall 2-3—785650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,1031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3301,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0017,9551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—840925.00/cwt925.00–925.007,7701
Bulls——1,35898.63/cwt98.00–99.001,3392
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22391.94/cwt89.00–95.001,1242
CowsBoner 80-85%—96079.00/cwt79.00–79.007581
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00065.35/cwt62.00–68.006533
Bulls——1,293106.61/cwt103.00–108.001,3784
Bulls——1,939117.22/cwt116.00–119.002,2734
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07282.01/cwt81.00–83.008793
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02976.32/cwt74.00–78.007854

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.