Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-10-16

Washington

Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Oct 16

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944

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Feeder Cattle receipts

254 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 326▲ 254 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 47▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 22▲ 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 steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $111.15/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −97.79 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.

Average price

$111.15

68 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$17.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.89

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	464	125.70	583	9thin
Medium and Large 2	527	109.02	575	46
Medium and Large 3	454	108.58	493	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.12/cwt here — about $91 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 sale68 hd

111.15

—

GA average16 barns · 1,406 hd

114.04

−2.89

This barn, trailing median1 sales

208.93

−97.79

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	—	Average	1,637	73.38	1,201	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	44.13	562	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	42.79	679	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,140	38.30	436	10

Every lot

42 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	139.46/cwt	137.00–142.00	639	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	130.73/cwt	127.00–135.00	668	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	118.99/cwt	115.00–124.00	627	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	129.97/cwt	125.00–133.00	725	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	117.35/cwt	113.00–121.00	684	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	118.96/cwt	115.00–124.00	742	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	116.75/cwt	112.00–120.00	787	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	113.01/cwt	109.00–119.00	423	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	118.19/cwt	116.00–121.00	483	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	108.29/cwt	105.00–113.00	449	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	431	101.23/cwt	100.00–104.00	436	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	112.50/cwt	110.00–114.00	536	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	99.37/cwt	97.00–101.00	474	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	106.77/cwt	104.00–110.00	515	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	112.63/cwt	111.00–114.00	591	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	103.78/cwt	100.00–107.00	553	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	92.04/cwt	90.00–96.00	492	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	96.31/cwt	95.00–99.00	561	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	106.13/cwt	101.00–109.00	712	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	326	126.72/cwt	125.00–130.00	413	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	372	118.02/cwt	115.00–120.00	439	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	139.21/cwt	135.00–143.00	522	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	125.87/cwt	122.00–129.00	472	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	418	112.48/cwt	110.00–117.00	470	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	421	122.47/cwt	119.00–125.00	516	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	462	132.33/cwt	129.00–135.00	611	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	467	119.15/cwt	116.00–123.00	556	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	477	105.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	501	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	113.97/cwt	112.00–117.00	581	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	107.32/cwt	105.00–110.00	561	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	524	101.23/cwt	98.00–104.00	530	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	571	101.17/cwt	99.00–104.00	578	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	97.41/cwt	92.00–102.00	602	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	662	93.13/cwt	90.00–97.00	617	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	730	92.22/cwt	89.00–96.00	673	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,637	73.38/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,201	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	34.52/cwt	31.00–36.00	365	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,222	42.07/cwt	40.00–45.00	514	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,274	44.13/cwt	41.00–48.00	562	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,587	42.79/cwt	42.00–44.00	679	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	980	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,860	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,155	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	9,009	1

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 Oct 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 326Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 47Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 22Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	95.00–99.00	96.31
5	—	374	109.00–119.00	113.01
5	—	415	105.00–113.00	108.29
5	—	533	100.00–107.00	103.78
8	—	482	104.00–110.00	106.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	101.00–109.00	106.13
5	—	525	111.00–114.00	112.63
5	—	409	116.00–121.00	118.19
4	—	476	110.00–114.00	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	97.00–101.00	99.37
3	—	535	90.00–96.00	92.04
4	—	431	100.00–104.00	101.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	98.00–104.00	101.23
3	—	477	100.00–110.00	105.05
3	—	418	110.00–117.00	112.48
3	—	372	115.00–120.00	118.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	119.00–125.00	122.47
7	—	662	90.00–97.00	93.13
6	—	523	105.00–110.00	107.32
5	—	730	89.00–96.00	92.22
5	—	571	99.00–104.00	101.17
5	—	467	116.00–123.00	119.15
4	—	326	125.00–130.00	126.72
3	—	618	92.00–102.00	97.41
3	—	375	122.00–129.00	125.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	112.00–117.00	113.97
3	—	462	129.00–135.00	132.33
2	—	375	135.00–143.00	139.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	137.00–142.00	139.46
3	—	558	125.00–133.00	129.97
4	—	511	127.00–135.00	130.73
4	—	674	112.00–120.00	116.75
5	—	624	115.00–124.00	118.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	115.00–124.00	118.99
3	—	583	113.00–121.00	117.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	780.00	780.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,637	71.00–75.00	73.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,274	41.00–48.00	44.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,587	42.00–44.00	42.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,057	31.00–36.00	34.52
5	—	1,222	40.00–45.00	42.07

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.