Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-04-22

Washington

Name: Washington livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Apr 22

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

127 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 92▼ 115 vs year ago 242 · −47.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 25▲ 0 vs year ago 13 · +0.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 4▼ 26 vs year ago 31 · −83.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows lightly tested, slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder bulls and bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

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 $117.92/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$117.92

40 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$10.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.18

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	486	121.97	592	17thin
Medium and Large 2	441	118.83	525	10thin
Medium and Large 3	462	111.91	517	13thin

One grade step is worth $10.06/cwt here — about $75 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 sale40 hd

117.92

—

GA average15 barns · 1,088 hd

116.74

+1.18

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	—	High	1,621	83.58	1,355	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	61.97	756	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	61.00	1,013	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	53.24	513	3thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	385	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	140.52/cwt	138.00–143.00	531	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	144.02/cwt	142.00–145.00	629	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	137.01/cwt	136.00–138.00	655	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	737	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	813	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	116.01/cwt	114.00–118.00	787	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	130.04/cwt	127.50–132.50	423	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	136.77/cwt	136.00–137.50	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	122.30/cwt	120.00–129.00	454	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	487	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	122.95/cwt	121.00–127.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	122.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	582	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	479	112.41/cwt	110.00–116.00	538	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	115.01/cwt	114.00–116.00	592	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	119.01/cwt	117.00–120.00	633	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	116.04/cwt	113.00–119.00	659	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	99.50/cwt	99.00–100.00	575	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	104.51/cwt	103.00–106.00	653	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	275	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	392	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	333	137.02/cwt	135.00–139.00	456	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	378	135.02/cwt	132.50–137.50	510	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	613	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	478	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	638	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	482	139.00/cwt	138.00–141.00	670	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	137.70/cwt	135.00–140.00	716	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	132.04/cwt	129.00–136.00	746	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	756	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	678	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	671	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,508	84.33/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,272	3
Bulls	—	—	1,625	77.25/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,255	2
Bulls	—	—	1,950	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,833	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	53.24/cwt	49.00–56.00	513	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	61.97/cwt	60.00–64.00	756	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,660	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,013	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,430	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	15,873	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 Apr 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 92Year ago 242

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 25Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 4Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	124.00	124.00
2	—	430	142.00–143.00	142.51
3	—	482	138.00–141.00	139.00
3	—	520	135.00–140.00	137.70
3	—	565	129.00–136.00	132.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	121.00	121.00
2	—	478	133.00–134.00	133.50
2	—	678	98.00–100.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	142.50	142.50
2	—	333	135.00–139.00	137.02
2	—	378	132.50–137.50	135.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	135.00	135.00
1	—	630	129.00	129.00
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
2	—	478	136.00–138.00	137.01
2	—	558	130.00–134.00	132.01
3	—	437	142.00–145.00	144.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	128.00	128.00
2	—	378	138.00–143.00	140.52
2	—	678	114.00–118.00	116.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	113.00–119.00	116.04
3	—	430	121.00–127.00	122.95
3	—	477	120.00–126.00	122.01
7	—	532	117.00–120.00	119.01
2	—	338	136.00–137.50	136.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	103.00–106.00	104.51
4	—	371	120.00–129.00	122.30
2	—	325	127.50–132.50	130.04
2	—	515	114.00–116.00	115.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	125.00	125.00
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
2	—	425	114.00–115.00	114.51
2	—	578	99.00–100.00	99.50
7	—	479	110.00–116.00	112.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,430	1,110.00	1,110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	60.00–64.00	61.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	963	49.00–56.00	53.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	94.00	94.00
2	—	1,625	75.00–80.00	77.25
3	—	1,508	83.00–86.00	84.33

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.