Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2023-03-15

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Mar 15
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
75 vs last sale 173 9 vs year ago 89 · +10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
8 vs last sale 22 11 vs year ago 25 · 44.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
11 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.29/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$173.29
34 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$884
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$218
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$14.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.08
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3451178.8680715thin
Medium and Large 2539170.2091715thin
Medium and Large 1625164.001,0254thin
One grade step is worth $14.86/cwt here — about −$218 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 sale34 hd
173.29
GA average15 barns · 2,327 hd
184.38
−11.08
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
BullsHigh1,655122.002,0191thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,148103.691,1919thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14588.001,0081thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$9916

Every lot, as filed

23 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 3675175.06/cwt172.50–177.501,1822
BullsMedium and Large 3574188.81/cwt185.00–191.001,0846
BullsMedium and Large 3645180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1611
HeifersMedium and Large 1640160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 1710154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0931
HeifersMedium and Large 2521174.27/cwt171.00–177.009084
HeifersMedium and Large 2568164.74/cwt164.00–165.009364
HeifersMedium and Large 3380190.00/cwt190.00–190.007221
SteersMedium and Large 2580204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1831
SteersMedium and Large 2490217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 3413184.50/cwt182.00–186.007626
HeifersMedium and Large 2466181.60/cwt180.00–183.008465
HeifersMedium and Large 2605159.00/cwt159.00–159.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 1575171.00/cwt171.00–171.009832
HeifersMedium and Large 3466176.92/cwt172.50–179.008247
HeifersMedium and Large 2790130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0271
HeifersMedium and Large 3645147.50/cwt147.50–147.509511
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3900875.00/head875.00–875.008752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1631,048.71/head985.00–1,110.001,0494
Bulls1,655122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,0191
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05597.28/cwt95.00–100.001,0264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223108.82/cwt106.00–111.001,3315
CowsLean 85-90%1,14588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0081

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.