Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2019-11-06

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Nov 6
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
324 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 127▲ 324 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 14▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▲ 9 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 steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.48/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −87.45 against this barn's trailing median of $208.93.
Average price
$121.48
61 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.97
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532126.6467411thin
Medium and Large 2482123.7659726
Medium and Large 3459116.6653524
One grade step is worth $9.99/cwt here — about $138 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 sale61 hd
121.48
—
GA average15 barns · 1,319 hd
120.51
+0.97
This barn, trailing median1 sales
208.93
−87.45
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—Average1,89572.281,3703thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58350.347973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11443.854899thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94342.634025thin

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 1460143.32/cwt141.00–145.006593
Steers—Medium and Large 2463133.62/cwt132.00–137.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1525132.60/cwt130.00–135.006962
Steers—Medium and Large 2525122.89/cwt120.00–126.006452
Steers—Medium and Large 1626127.98/cwt125.00–130.008015
Steers—Medium and Large 1681123.85/cwt119.00–129.008436
Steers—Medium and Large 1731123.19/cwt117.00–127.009014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377112.69/cwt110.00–116.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421104.28/cwt100.00–107.004394
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427112.81/cwt111.00–116.004826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518115.51/cwt114.00–120.005986
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525110.48/cwt109.00–113.005806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564115.18/cwt113.00–119.006506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565103.41/cwt100.00–108.005845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626115.90/cwt112.00–118.007269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729113.99/cwt111.00–117.008315
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3381129.74/cwt125.00–133.004947
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416133.26/cwt130.00–137.005548
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440122.58/cwt120.00–127.005395
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469124.62/cwt120.00–129.005849
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471114.24/cwt110.00–116.005384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474133.03/cwt130.00–137.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507129.33/cwt127.00–132.006563
Bulls—Medium and Large 3524103.11/cwt100.00–107.005406
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529116.04/cwt114.00–120.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560101.52/cwt99.00–104.005692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575113.18/cwt108.00–116.006515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1609118.24/cwt115.00–120.007204
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,86078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4511
Bulls——1,91369.42/cwt69.00–70.001,3282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94342.63/cwt41.00–48.004025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08445.44/cwt43.00–48.004936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17540.66/cwt40.00–41.004783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58350.34/cwt50.00–51.007973
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,308912.09/cwt900.00–925.0011,9302

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.