Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-07-17

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Jul 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 164▲ 312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 68▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 9▲ 7 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 steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.34/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$125.34
120 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$227
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.35
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2403135.545467thin
Medium and Large 1620124.71773113
One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about −$227 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 sale120 hd
125.34
—
GA average12 barns · 716 hd
130.70
−5.35
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—Average1,76086.001,5141thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,37358.9380910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67557.319602thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96348.224643thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370138.54/cwt135.00–142.005133
Steers—Medium and Large 2428133.29/cwt130.00–136.005704
Steers—Medium and Large 1483139.49/cwt139.00–140.006742
Steers—Medium and Large 1505132.30/cwt130.00–135.0066820
Steers—Medium and Large 1572129.04/cwt127.00–131.0073832
Steers—Medium and Large 1627120.47/cwt115.00–128.0075524
Steers—Medium and Large 1671120.65/cwt117.00–123.008109
Steers—Medium and Large 1738117.15/cwt116.00–122.008655
Steers—Medium and Large 1758117.86/cwt115.00–118.0089321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413122.55/cwt117.00–125.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417128.00/cwt127.00–130.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424111.77/cwt107.00–115.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475125.93/cwt121.00–128.0059811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477109.19/cwt105.00–112.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479115.77/cwt114.00–120.005558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510123.35/cwt119.00–125.006295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520113.39/cwt110.00–118.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528103.41/cwt100.00–107.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562111.19/cwt108.00–114.006255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572119.98/cwt118.00–121.0068615
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2366135.00/cwt133.00–137.004944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428133.13/cwt129.00–135.005706
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477126.84/cwt122.00–132.006059
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480118.63/cwt115.00–121.005695
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513112.30/cwt110.00–116.005766
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518123.23/cwt120.00–126.006385
Bulls—Medium and Large 1557123.49/cwt123.00–127.0068812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570116.86/cwt113.00–120.006666
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613117.98/cwt116.00–120.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623107.23/cwt104.00–110.006688
Bulls—Medium and Large 1708109.50/cwt107.00–112.007754
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,5141
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96348.22/cwt45.00–50.004643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32960.47/cwt58.00–63.008047
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47555.34/cwt55.00–56.008163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67557.31/cwt56.00–59.009602
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,343870.95/cwt840.00–900.0011,6972

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.