Sale reports / Georgia / Washington / 2025-03-11

Washington

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Washington, Georgia · Tue, Mar 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1944
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 220▼ 54 vs year ago 165 · −32.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 25▲ 4 vs year ago 25 · +16.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 83▲ 9 vs year ago 5 · +180.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows, bulls, replacements, and all classes of feeder cattle lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.20/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −72.84 against this barn's trailing median of $345.04.
Average price
$272.20
9 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.34
vs GA average
−42.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554280.761,5554thin
Medium and Large 2540265.351,4335thin
One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale9 hd
272.20
—
GA average15 barns · 302 hd
284.54
−12.34
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−42.76
This barn, trailing median23 sales
345.04
−72.84
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
Bulls—Average1,685168.002,8311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,237143.391,77416
CowsLean 85-90%Low984106.481,0487thin

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)1,284$1,9167
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$1,7751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,267$1,6984thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$2,2751thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3230320.00/cwt320.00–320.007361
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1061
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325405.52/cwt400.00–410.001,3183
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,3701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,4631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395392.50/cwt390.00–395.001,5502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435392.53/cwt390.00–395.001,7082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6592
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523324.62/cwt320.00–330.001,6983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668274.51/cwt274.00–275.001,8342
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3220320.00/cwt320.00–320.007041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326350.11/cwt340.00–355.001,1414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395296.00/cwt295.00–297.001,1692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418311.36/cwt310.00–312.001,3013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420283.46/cwt282.00–285.001,1912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421298.80/cwt295.00–300.001,2584
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459303.43/cwt300.00–310.001,3935
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484293.22/cwt290.00–297.001,4198
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500273.50/cwt270.00–277.001,3682
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562279.35/cwt276.00–282.001,5703
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567259.91/cwt255.00–265.001,4743
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617255.32/cwt252.00–262.001,5753
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6251
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360376.76/cwt370.00–380.001,3563
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388393.53/cwt392.00–395.001,5272
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413363.97/cwt360.00–367.001,5033
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413352.58/cwt350.00–355.001,4562
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3961
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483312.69/cwt305.00–320.001,5102
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530319.86/cwt315.00–325.001,6952
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580277.47/cwt275.00–280.001,6094
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619275.87/cwt270.00–282.001,7084
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,685168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,8311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960110.06/cwt105.00–116.001,0576
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,099135.74/cwt129.00–138.001,4924
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13085.00/cwt85.00–85.009611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274145.21/cwt140.00–148.001,85011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,1331
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1281,376.44/head1,325.00–1,425.001,3762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2841,915.85/head1,500.00–2,125.001,9167
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4052,019.35/head1,875.00–2,150.002,0192
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29502,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751

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.