Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2022-04-06

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Apr 6
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
67 vs last sale 158 80 vs year ago 171 · 46.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
19 vs last sale 42 5 vs year ago 28 · 17.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
7 vs last sale 35 23 vs year ago 5 · +460.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower, Feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.59/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$145.59
39 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.62
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2422146.7461916thin
Medium and Large 1496145.4972216thin
Medium and Large 3386143.205527thin
One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about $67 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
145.59
GA average17 barns · 1,781 hd
141.97
+3.62
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
BullsLow1,73297.931,6963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13079.458984thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48776.911,1434thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04664.136715thin

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 2460165.00/cwt165.00–165.007591
BullsMedium and Large 2565146.49/cwt145.00–148.008282
BullsMedium and Large 2425172.26/cwt172.00–172.507322
BullsMedium and Large 2523153.68/cwt152.00–155.008043
BullsMedium and Large 3473153.32/cwt152.00–155.007253
HeifersMedium and Large 1470149.45/cwt147.00–152.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 2363151.86/cwt150.00–155.005515
HeifersMedium and Large 3470124.00/cwt124.00–124.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 3290162.00/cwt162.00–162.004701
SteersMedium and Large 1540171.00/cwt171.00–171.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 2418146.10/cwt140.00–148.006118
HeifersMedium and Large 2530139.93/cwt138.00–143.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 1418153.13/cwt150.00–156.006407
SteersMedium and Large 2520167.96/cwt166.00–169.008733
SteersMedium and Large 2471170.97/cwt170.00–174.008055
SteersMedium and Large 3363183.28/cwt179.00–187.506652
HeifersMedium and Large 1525141.94/cwt140.00–144.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 1745119.00/cwt119.00–119.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 3375145.10/cwt140.00–149.005444
BullsMedium and Large 3435167.51/cwt167.00–168.007292
HeifersMedium and Large 1570138.52/cwt136.00–140.007904
HeifersMedium and Large 3440136.00/cwt136.00–136.005981
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0018,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2091,107.39/cwt1,075.00–1,135.0013,38810
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,088784.48/cwt700.00–875.008,5354
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,195750.81/cwt690.00–850.008,9724
Bred CowsSmall 2-3755560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,2281
Bulls1,73297.93/cwt95.00–102.001,6963
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52879.91/cwt78.00–82.001,2212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44573.92/cwt72.00–76.001,0682
CowsLean 85-90%1,14868.23/cwt67.00–69.007832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06880.27/cwt79.00–82.008573
CowsLean 85-90%97861.39/cwt60.00–62.006003

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.