Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2025-01-14

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Tue, Jan 14
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 126▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 33▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago Slaughter cows, bulls, and replacements lightly tested, Feeder steers, bulls and heifers 8.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −104.58 against this barn's trailing median of $348.79.
Average price
$244.20
5 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,307
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$25.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.63
vs GA average
−59.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2500260.001,3001thin
Medium and Large 3528246.011,2992thin
Medium and Large 1560234.501,3132thin
One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
244.20
—
GA average16 barns · 477 hd
266.83
−22.63
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−59.83
This barn, trailing median22 sales
348.79
−104.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

22 sales
404358311264median 348.7903/0304/2807/2109/0110/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.25, low $278.50, median $348.79 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,993161.003,2082thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,276130.361,66413
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02992.029473thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,120$1,1902thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1031
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1181
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1721
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,4731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3432
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3366348.29/cwt340.00–352.001,2754
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367399.04/cwt390.00–407.001,4643
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420318.33/cwt315.00–322.001,3372
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5862
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,4831
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4823
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240325.00/cwt325.00–325.007801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250380.00/cwt380.00–380.009501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250365.00/cwt365.00–365.009131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290325.00/cwt325.00–325.009431
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1309347.47/cwt345.00–355.001,0744
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338297.48/cwt295.00–300.001,0052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360339.50/cwt337.00–342.001,2222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374312.01/cwt305.00–315.001,1675
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1061
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420313.99/cwt312.00–315.001,3193
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426275.10/cwt270.00–280.001,1724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2854
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3487262.37/cwt260.00–267.001,2783
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528246.01/cwt245.00–247.001,2992
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560234.50/cwt232.00–237.001,3132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625223.47/cwt220.00–227.001,3972
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675213.34/cwt210.00–218.001,4403
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3205375.00/cwt375.00–375.007691
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230420.00/cwt420.00–420.009661
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,2961
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300427.50/cwt425.00–430.001,2832
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328410.91/cwt407.00–415.001,3482
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,3761
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4821
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3386348.77/cwt342.00–352.001,3465
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423326.57/cwt320.00–330.001,3813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440313.54/cwt310.00–317.001,3802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473301.35/cwt300.00–302.001,4253
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525279.81/cwt275.00–285.001,4692
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542265.67/cwt265.00–267.001,4403
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4871
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5661
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,930153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,9531
Bulls——2,055169.00/cwt169.00–169.003,4731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%975137.23/cwt135.00–140.001,3382
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01893.53/cwt90.00–97.009522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05089.00/cwt89.00–89.009351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,6111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333129.72/cwt127.00–133.001,72910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,189.84/head1,100.00–1,275.001,1902

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.