Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2019-04-22

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 22
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
← earliestApr 22Apr 29 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
444 head
▲ 444 vs last sale 0▲ 444 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 0▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 0▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.01/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$136.01
105 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.70
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520137.1571353
Medium and Large 2443135.8460246
Medium and Large 3427127.185436thin
One grade step is worth $9.98/cwt here — about $170 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 sale105 hd
136.01
—
GA average4 barns · 344 hd
138.71
−2.70
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—Low1,46186.861,2698thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25160.9176231
CowsLean 85-90%Average96151.564955thin

Every lot

54 lots · USDA AMS · Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2383169.63/cwt165.00–175.006504
Steers—Medium and Large 1428171.93/cwt169.00–175.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 2435164.05/cwt160.00–168.007145
Steers—Medium and Large 1481168.56/cwt165.00–171.0081111
Steers—Medium and Large 2491158.79/cwt158.00–160.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 1521160.48/cwt159.00–163.008366
Steers—Medium and Large 2529154.58/cwt153.00–156.008187
Steers—Medium and Large 1573156.73/cwt155.00–158.008984
Steers—Medium and Large 2582148.66/cwt148.00–150.008653
Steers—Medium and Large 1614149.62/cwt145.00–150.0091913
Steers—Medium and Large 1680142.05/cwt137.00–145.009664
Steers—Medium and Large 1720136.22/cwt135.00–137.009818
Steers—Medium and Large 1783128.56/cwt125.00–132.001,0072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2222160.08/cwt157.00–167.003553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308151.01/cwt150.00–152.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312134.65/cwt132.00–137.004203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329143.97/cwt140.00–149.0047410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374147.49/cwt147.00–149.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388142.52/cwt140.00–145.005536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418137.53/cwt135.00–141.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428143.54/cwt142.00–145.006147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475142.17/cwt138.00–145.006758
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477131.87/cwt130.00–135.006298
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519130.65/cwt125.00–133.006784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526136.73/cwt134.00–144.0071914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3542119.70/cwt115.00–122.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568132.86/cwt131.00–136.0075510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569125.00/cwt124.00–127.007117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610118.49/cwt117.00–120.007232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630127.00/cwt125.00–128.008003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668117.02/cwt116.00–118.007822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1744122.21/cwt118.00–124.009095
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285174.28/cwt170.00–180.004974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2322171.06/cwt165.00–175.005515
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323159.09/cwt155.00–162.005143
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363148.98/cwt146.00–152.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375170.95/cwt170.00–172.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2379163.79/cwt160.00–167.006215
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425154.16/cwt150.00–158.006556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426163.29/cwt160.00–168.006968
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475158.18/cwt155.00–164.007515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512151.37/cwt150.00–154.007753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573142.75/cwt139.00–145.008188
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626129.35/cwt128.00–131.008106
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665126.99/cwt126.00–128.008442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725110.00/cwt107.00–113.007982
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45087.84/cwt84.00–91.001,2747
Bulls——1,53580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96151.56/cwt48.00–55.004955
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15654.64/cwt52.00–56.006325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24161.15/cwt57.00–64.0075921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39066.15/cwt65.00–70.009195
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,160827.48/cwt700.00–925.009,5993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,293749.29/cwt700.00–775.009,6883

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.