Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-04-15

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Apr 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 157▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 7▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.34/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$116.34
26 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.36
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445118.1752612thin
Medium and Large 1497118.015864thin
Medium and Large 3403113.4745810thin
One grade step is worth $4.70/cwt here — about $68 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 sale26 hd
116.34
—
GA average13 barns · 846 hd
113.98
+2.36
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—Average1,26885.561,0854thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31065.008521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29963.5782615

Every lot

32 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 3415130.28/cwt128.00–132.505412
Steers—Medium and Large 2425134.52/cwt134.00–135.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 2477127.34/cwt126.00–130.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 2523122.71/cwt120.00–125.006423
Steers—Medium and Large 1565121.00/cwt121.00–121.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 3618105.01/cwt104.00–106.006492
Steers—Medium and Large 1675111.00/cwt111.00–111.007491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3282123.36/cwt122.50–125.003483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367120.34/cwt120.00–121.004423
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378115.77/cwt112.50–119.004382
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425113.03/cwt111.00–115.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468118.34/cwt117.50–119.005546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478121.51/cwt120.00–123.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515114.51/cwt113.00–116.005902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560108.51/cwt107.00–110.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 357897.00/cwt96.00–98.005612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275137.50/cwt137.50–137.503781
Bulls—Medium and Large 3310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368136.22/cwt135.00–137.505012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378125.50/cwt125.00–126.004742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420136.00/cwt136.00–136.005712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420129.94/cwt127.50–132.505462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515104.50/cwt104.00–105.005382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525118.50/cwt118.00–119.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615106.02/cwt104.00–108.006522
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,26885.56/cwt84.00–86.001,0854
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23559.00/cwt59.00–59.007291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30463.90/cwt61.00–66.0083314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31065.00/cwt65.00–65.008521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5651,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0015,6501

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.