Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-08-14

Washington

Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Aug 14

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944

← Aug 7Aug 14Aug 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

176 head

▼ 138 vs last sale 314▲ 176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 41▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 5 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 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves 6.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.11/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$114.11

46 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$0.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.79

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	114.15	609	20
Medium and Large 2	451	114.08	515	26

One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about $95 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 sale46 hd

114.11

—

GA average16 barns · 912 hd

108.32

+5.79

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,781	89.18	1,588	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	60.06	706	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	54.57	569	10

Every lot

31 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	132.06/cwt	130.00–134.00	552	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	124.24/cwt	120.00–128.00	583	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	122.68/cwt	120.00–126.00	649	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	118.72/cwt	117.00–121.00	678	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	117.11/cwt	115.00–119.00	726	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	662	113.69/cwt	110.00–116.00	753	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	359	118.97/cwt	116.00–125.00	427	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	121.73/cwt	120.00–124.00	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	115.68/cwt	112.00–119.00	490	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	114.24/cwt	110.00–117.00	552	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	108.67/cwt	106.00–112.00	549	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	115.43/cwt	114.00–119.00	594	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	112.14/cwt	111.00–113.00	635	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	107.04/cwt	102.00–109.00	620	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	108.49/cwt	106.00–110.00	673	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	132.62/cwt	130.00–135.00	428	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	136.89/cwt	133.00–140.00	513	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	415	127.36/cwt	125.00–130.00	529	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	416	136.00/cwt	132.00–138.00	566	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	468	120.65/cwt	113.00–126.00	565	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	478	114.53/cwt	112.00–118.00	547	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	519	106.99/cwt	104.00–110.00	555	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	561	103.24/cwt	100.00–106.00	579	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	572	113.94/cwt	111.00–119.00	652	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	624	105.76/cwt	102.00–110.00	660	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,415	1
Bulls	—	—	1,813	90.91/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,648	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	49.73/cwt	47.00–52.00	505	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	57.79/cwt	55.00–59.00	614	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	60.06/cwt	57.00–63.00	706	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	970	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,458	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilkes County Stockyard - Washington, GA

Wed Aug 14, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 314Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	133.00–140.00	136.89
4	—	416	132.00–138.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	130.00–135.00	132.62
3	—	415	125.00–130.00	127.36
4	—	624	102.00–110.00	105.76
5	—	572	111.00–119.00	113.94
7	—	468	113.00–126.00	120.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	112.00–118.00	114.53
4	—	561	100.00–106.00	103.24
6	—	519	104.00–110.00	106.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	120.00–124.00	121.73
4	—	620	106.00–110.00	108.49
5	—	515	114.00–119.00	115.43
7	—	566	111.00–113.00	112.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	106.00–112.00	108.67
4	—	483	110.00–117.00	114.24
4	—	579	102.00–109.00	107.04
6	—	359	116.00–125.00	118.97
9	—	424	112.00–119.00	115.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	130.00–134.00	132.06
7	—	529	120.00–126.00	122.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	110.00–116.00	113.69
4	—	571	117.00–121.00	118.72
6	—	469	120.00–128.00	124.24
9	—	620	115.00–119.00	117.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,813	89.00–94.00	90.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,176	57.00–63.00	60.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,015	47.00–52.00	49.73
6	—	1,062	55.00–59.00	57.79

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.