Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2020-10-14

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Wed, Oct 14
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 234▲ 47 vs year ago 254 · +18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 32▼ 11 vs year ago 41 · −26.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 20▲ 27 vs year ago 5 · +540.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, Feeder steers and steer calves steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.43/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$116.43
69 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.46
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2458120.5855223
Medium and Large 1523118.096189thin
Medium and Large 3462113.4452437
One grade step is worth $7.15/cwt here — about $28 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 sale69 hd
116.43
—
GA average15 barns · 1,495 hd
114.96
+1.46
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—Average1,62971.911,1714thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02046.6747615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57042.506672thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99939.553956thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005931
Steers—Medium and Large 3385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 3405131.00/cwt131.00–131.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 3460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
Steers—Medium and Large 1475142.00/cwt142.00–142.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 2480136.32/cwt135.00–139.006543
Steers—Medium and Large 1525137.40/cwt134.00–139.007213
Steers—Medium and Large 2535126.98/cwt126.00–128.006792
Steers—Medium and Large 3563113.36/cwt110.00–115.006383
Steers—Medium and Large 1565124.31/cwt123.00–127.007023
Steers—Medium and Large 1605116.00/cwt116.00–116.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
Steers—Medium and Large 1720111.49/cwt111.00–112.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 2745108.00/cwt108.00–108.008051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328133.41/cwt131.00–135.004384
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370125.90/cwt122.50–129.0046612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385133.40/cwt131.00–136.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417113.16/cwt112.00–115.004723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420121.86/cwt120.00–124.005127
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469116.46/cwt115.00–119.005464
Heifers—Medium and Large 3479110.71/cwt109.00–113.005307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482120.66/cwt120.00–122.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518107.24/cwt105.00–109.005565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525117.63/cwt116.00–119.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525112.65/cwt111.00–114.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563115.99/cwt115.00–117.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563112.31/cwt110.00–114.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 369383.68/cwt80.00–85.005806
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004803
Bulls—Medium and Large 3322143.53/cwt140.00–148.004625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367143.08/cwt140.00–147.505258
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378133.51/cwt132.00–135.005052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418133.52/cwt130.00–138.005585
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423124.96/cwt124.00–126.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455131.00/cwt131.00–131.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465125.71/cwt120.00–129.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468113.54/cwt112.00–115.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520117.06/cwt115.00–119.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 3536106.12/cwt105.00–109.005698
Bulls—Medium and Large 3566103.19/cwt102.00–107.0058410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 361896.30/cwt95.00–97.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 366195.19/cwt93.00–100.006296
Bulls—Medium and Large 374387.00/cwt86.00–88.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 379383.51/cwt81.00–86.006622
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42873.82/cwt71.00–76.001,0542
Bulls——1,83070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2812
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92241.64/cwt40.00–43.003843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01448.73/cwt46.00–53.004949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03043.59/cwt40.00–45.004496
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07537.45/cwt36.00–39.004033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57042.50/cwt42.00–43.006672
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955780.00/cwt780.00–780.007,4491
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,041591.27/cwt560.00–640.006,1554
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,270700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,8901

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.