Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2025-02-04

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Tue, Feb 4
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 221 vs last sale 261▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
312 head
▲ 295 vs last sale 17▲ 312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 31▲ 9 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 and replacements steady, All classes of feeder cattle steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.41/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −98.63 against this barn's trailing median of $345.04.
Average price
$246.41
18 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,344
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.02
vs GA average
−52.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543256.551,3929thin
Medium and Large 2542242.791,3157thin
Medium and Large 3570213.471,2172thin
One grade step is worth $43.08/cwt here — about $175 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 sale18 hd
246.41
—
GA average16 barns · 574 hd
265.44
−19.02
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−52.45
This barn, trailing median23 sales
345.04
−98.63
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

23 sales
404358311264median 345.0403/0304/2807/2109/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.25, low $278.50, median $345.04 across 23 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,172134.131,57222
CowsLean 85-90%Low908103.359395thin

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)952$1,0445
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,010$8062thin

Every lot

76 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2021
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3300355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0651
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360387.47/cwt385.00–390.001,3952
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4991
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470324.71/cwt320.00–329.001,5263
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512323.78/cwt320.00–330.001,6585
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520298.40/cwt295.00–302.001,5522
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,6801
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565301.21/cwt297.00–305.001,7025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6381
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5481
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2980157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230297.66/cwt295.00–300.006852
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275306.94/cwt300.00–315.008443
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3277281.99/cwt275.00–285.007813
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1293390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1432
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323313.71/cwt310.00–320.001,0138
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325287.42/cwt285.00–290.009342
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330272.47/cwt270.00–275.008996
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361264.31/cwt260.00–275.009548
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368306.19/cwt300.00–310.001,1274
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373293.13/cwt282.00–297.001,0938
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415305.54/cwt300.00–317.001,2684
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430287.70/cwt280.00–290.001,2377
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435270.11/cwt267.00–277.001,1756
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465289.61/cwt285.00–297.001,3473
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476272.60/cwt270.00–277.001,2988
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3488251.64/cwt250.00–255.001,2283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528257.83/cwt255.00–265.001,3616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529243.14/cwt237.00–247.001,2865
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570213.47/cwt210.00–217.001,2172
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572253.99/cwt252.00–255.001,4533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573241.93/cwt237.00–247.001,3862
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624233.99/cwt230.00–237.001,4605
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629224.14/cwt220.00–229.001,4105
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5331
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670212.54/cwt210.00–215.001,4242
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728211.50/cwt210.00–217.001,5406
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765207.00/cwt202.00–212.001,5842
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3235420.00/cwt420.00–420.009871
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0781
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273436.59/cwt435.00–440.001,1923
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3295405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1952
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1312401.63/cwt400.00–405.001,2533
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318391.04/cwt380.00–395.001,2444
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2751
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375394.80/cwt390.00–400.001,4812
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3379354.22/cwt350.00–360.001,3426
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382376.61/cwt370.00–380.001,4397
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415334.88/cwt330.00–340.001,3902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422324.19/cwt320.00–330.001,3688
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3424313.68/cwt310.00–317.001,3306
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3468293.87/cwt287.00–297.001,3756
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473317.81/cwt315.00–325.001,5035
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510306.31/cwt302.00–312.001,5623
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516292.99/cwt290.00–300.001,5127
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3534283.01/cwt277.00–287.001,51112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561283.13/cwt277.00–287.001,5885
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570266.75/cwt260.00–270.001,5205
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628242.40/cwt235.00–247.001,5223
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5882
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3664223.47/cwt222.00–225.001,4844
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5431
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6951
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%884106.69/cwt100.00–110.009434
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00590.00/cwt90.00–90.009051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141120.34/cwt116.00–126.001,3735
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174147.98/cwt145.00–152.001,7374
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183135.17/cwt129.00–138.001,59913
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29521,044.38/head875.00–1,225.001,0445
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,010805.94/head725.00–875.008062

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.