Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-06-12

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jun 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 220▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 27▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 18▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested , steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, replacement cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.70/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$129.70
29 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.24
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446131.4958714thin
Medium and Large 2367128.8747213thin
Medium and Large 3378122.454632thin
One grade step is worth $9.04/cwt here — about $124 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 sale29 hd
129.70
—
GA average15 barns · 1,145 hd
119.46
+10.24
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—Average1,72595.001,6392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29362.8381310
CowsLean 85-90%Average92356.165183thin

Every lot

29 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2415139.83/cwt135.00–143.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 1530141.57/cwt139.00–146.007503
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326130.62/cwt129.00–133.004265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2354129.26/cwt127.00–132.004584
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378122.45/cwt120.00–125.004632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383136.26/cwt134.00–139.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425133.33/cwt131.00–135.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430126.30/cwt122.00–129.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466130.47/cwt127.00–134.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525124.67/cwt122.00–126.006553
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333148.30/cwt145.00–150.004947
Bulls—Medium and Large 3379135.33/cwt132.00–139.005135
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415133.76/cwt129.00–138.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423137.94/cwt130.00–144.005833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460131.47/cwt129.00–136.006054
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517124.65/cwt120.00–128.006443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625129.02/cwt125.00–131.008063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5021
Bulls——1,83597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,7801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92356.16/cwt54.00–58.005183
Cows—Boner 80-85%93056.80/cwt54.00–59.005283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30572.00/cwt72.00–72.009401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47364.32/cwt62.00–66.009476
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,116963.36/cwt825.00–1,050.0010,7518
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3601,227.76/cwt1,150.00–1,300.0016,6984
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3957857.25/cwt750.00–925.008,2046
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29601,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,230850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,4551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,267989.27/cwt925.00–1,050.0012,5346

This sale against other markets

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.