Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-06-19

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jun 19
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 219▲ 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 32▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 36▲ 15 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 unevenly steady, feeder steers and steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.16/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −82.77 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$126.16
45 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1377150.235678thin
Medium and Large 2516128.3666214thin
Medium and Large 3518116.4460323
One grade step is worth $33.79/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale45 hd
126.16
—
GA average16 barns · 1,115 hd
123.30
+2.86
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−82.77
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—Low1,66387.211,4508thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29562.6981214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05656.045927thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1453144.01/cwt142.00–146.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 3465125.67/cwt125.00–127.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 2482136.73/cwt134.00–139.006593
Steers—Medium and Large 1529136.84/cwt130.00–139.007247
Steers—Medium and Large 2533125.01/cwt122.00–129.006664
Steers—Medium and Large 1610130.72/cwt127.00–135.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 2630119.64/cwt117.00–122.007543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424120.07/cwt117.00–124.005095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455123.99/cwt120.00–127.005643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523114.23/cwt112.00–117.005975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527121.04/cwt119.00–124.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560120.24/cwt117.00–122.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568105.56/cwt100.00–110.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622104.87/cwt100.00–110.006525
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1362153.77/cwt150.00–157.005575
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362137.93/cwt135.00–142.004993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1403144.33/cwt144.00–145.005823
Bulls—Medium and Large 3431124.72/cwt122.00–127.005384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479133.17/cwt131.00–136.006386
Bulls—Medium and Large 3482120.61/cwt117.00–125.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518130.20/cwt125.00–133.006746
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540115.64/cwt112.00–119.006243
Bulls—Medium and Large 3564110.94/cwt108.00–116.006264
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620108.42/cwt105.00–112.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 3631102.17/cwt100.00–104.006456
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59889.22/cwt87.00–93.001,4266
Bulls——1,85881.19/cwt78.00–85.001,5092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05656.04/cwt52.00–59.005927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23856.06/cwt54.00–58.006942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30463.79/cwt60.00–67.0083212
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3950950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,0252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2701,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0013,7802
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3800700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,090809.40/cwt775.00–835.008,8222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,110683.27/cwt650.00–720.007,5842

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.