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
BullsLow1,564109.261,70910
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 1370210.00/cwt210.00–210.007771
BullsMedium and Large 2575146.46/cwt145.00–148.008422
BullsMedium and Large 2510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007653
BullsMedium and Large 2490165.00/cwt165.00–165.008093
BullsMedium and Large 3627124.34/cwt122.00–126.007803
BullsMedium and Large 3377171.49/cwt170.00–172.506473
HeifersMedium and Large 3475129.91/cwt127.50–135.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 2379155.17/cwt150.00–158.005884
HeifersMedium and Large 3385145.49/cwt145.00–146.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 3423140.02/cwt137.00–143.005924
HeifersMedium and Large 2585124.99/cwt124.00–126.007312
SteersMedium and Large 1360214.00/cwt214.00–214.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 2523135.38/cwt132.00–139.007082
HeifersMedium and Large 2466141.35/cwt139.00–147.006596
BullsMedium and Large 1420191.22/cwt190.00–192.508032
HeifersMedium and Large 1527145.02/cwt143.00–148.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 1368164.17/cwt163.00–165.006045
HeifersMedium and Large 1593133.51/cwt131.00–136.007922
HeifersMedium and Large 1490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 2423147.70/cwt145.00–149.006254
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3915738.74/cwt670.00–800.006,7596
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2851,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,1712
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2905975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,8242
Bred CowsSmall 2-3785650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,1031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3301,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0017,9551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3840925.00/cwt925.00–925.007,7701
Bulls1,35898.63/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
Bulls1,293106.61/cwt103.00–108.001,3784
Bulls1,939117.22/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.