Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2023-11-15

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Nov 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 191▼ 138 vs year ago 235 · −58.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 29▲ 7 vs year ago 30 · +23.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 71 vs year ago 81 · −87.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: This market will not be covered next week due to thanksgiving holiday. Market will resume November 29, 2023.

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cattle and bulls lightly tested, replacement cattle and all classes of feeder cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.14/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$186.14
40 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$884
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$305
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.55
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503208.501,0484thin
Medium and Large 2487185.2790228
Medium and Large 3418177.987438thin
One grade step is worth $30.52/cwt here — about $305 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
186.14
—
GA average17 barns · 2,541 hd
200.69
−14.55
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—Average1,189106.521,2674thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51387.181,3195thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10684.5093513
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01268.296916thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$9502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$9242thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$1,2751thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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—407254.62/cwt252.00–260.001,0363
BullsMedium and Large 1—380275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0451
BullsMedium and Large 1—335284.57/cwt280.00–289.009532
BullsMedium and Large 3—315210.00/cwt210.00–210.006621
BullsMedium and Large 3—625152.00/cwt152.00–152.009501
BullsMedium and Large 3—655153.47/cwt150.00–157.001,0052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1222
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370180.00/cwt180.00–180.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313211.02/cwt210.00–212.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378194.18/cwt190.00–200.007344
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415173.94/cwt170.00–177.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325190.34/cwt190.00–191.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315225.00/cwt225.00–225.007091
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561181.80/cwt180.00–185.001,0204
HeifersMedium and Large 2—619172.46/cwt170.00–177.001,0684
HeifersMedium and Large 2—411187.62/cwt185.00–192.007715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370227.00/cwt227.00–227.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528187.48/cwt187.00–188.009902
BullsMedium and Large 3—521171.27/cwt170.00–175.008927
BullsMedium and Large 3—576152.01/cwt150.00–155.008764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470183.74/cwt180.00–190.008645
HeifersMedium and Large 3—750151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1331
BullsMedium and Large 2—625165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0311
BullsMedium and Large 3—382203.41/cwt200.00–210.007773
BullsMedium and Large 3—467186.17/cwt180.00–190.008696
BullsMedium and Large 3—415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008301
HeifersMedium and Large 1—600192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1521
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0601,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—965875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,113924.02/head850.00–985.009242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bulls——1,128110.55/cwt110.00–111.001,2472
Bulls——1,250102.49/cwt102.00–103.001,2812
CowsLean 85-90%—93063.57/cwt61.00–65.005913
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09373.00/cwt70.00–74.007983
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16785.08/cwt84.00–87.009937
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09590.48/cwt90.00–91.009912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00580.48/cwt79.00–82.008094
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51387.18/cwt86.00–91.001,3195

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.