Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2022-05-04

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, May 4
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
65 vs last sale 189 36 vs year ago 88 · +40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
20 vs last sale 26 28 vs year ago 34 · 82.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
7 vs last sale 19 60 vs year ago 72 · 83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls steady, bull calves 6.00 lower, Feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 higher, Replacement mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.82/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$140.82
40 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.91
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504145.3673316thin
Medium and Large 2466140.8865612thin
Medium and Large 3472134.7163512thin
One grade step is worth $10.65/cwt here — about $98 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 sale40 hd
140.82
GA average15 barns · 1,560 hd
141.73
−0.91
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30770.739243thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1695135.00/cwt135.00–135.009381
BullsMedium and Large 2330176.00/cwt176.00–176.005811
BullsMedium and Large 3522133.59/cwt130.00–137.506976
BullsMedium and Large 3638120.66/cwt120.00–122.007703
BullsMedium and Large 3438147.99/cwt146.00–150.006482
BullsMedium and Large 3693118.50/cwt118.00–119.008212
SteersMedium and Large 2380182.50/cwt182.50–182.506941
SteersMedium and Large 2645145.00/cwt145.00–145.009351
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added585164.00/cwt164.00–164.009591
HeifersMedium and Large 3425142.52/cwt142.00–143.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 3370148.23/cwt147.50–149.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 2370150.70/cwt150.00–152.005583
HeifersMedium and Large 1526142.95/cwt141.00–145.007525
HeifersMedium and Large 3330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004952
HeifersMedium and Large 2426147.48/cwt145.00–149.006284
SteersMedium and Large 1440187.50/cwt187.50–187.508251
SteersMedium and Large 1545161.00/cwt161.00–161.008771
HeifersMedium and Large 3540129.00/cwt129.00–129.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 3470130.49/cwt130.00–131.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 2485142.50/cwt142.50–142.506911
BullsMedium and Large 3466140.99/cwt140.00–144.006576
HeifersMedium and Large 1573140.51/cwt136.00–144.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 2685111.00/cwt111.00–111.007601
BullsMedium and Large 3575124.51/cwt124.00–125.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1418152.27/cwt150.00–154.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 1473148.04/cwt146.00–152.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 3695108.00/cwt108.00–108.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 2508137.49/cwt136.00–139.006982
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1951,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,7432
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,4551,173.71/cwt1,050.00–1,275.0017,0774
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,075772.79/cwt750.00–800.008,3072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3860600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,1601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,015680.00/cwt680.00–680.006,9021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30770.73/cwt69.00–75.009243

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.