Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2019-06-03

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jun 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
509 head
▲ 222 vs last sale 287▲ 509 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 115▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 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 bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.61/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$131.61
107 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466140.5065518thin
Medium and Large 2472130.5461670
Medium and Large 3430127.1654719thin
One grade step is worth $13.34/cwt here — about $108 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 sale107 hd
131.61
—
GA average16 barns · 1,303 hd
128.76
+2.86
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—High1,64884.731,3976thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24058.4172440
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02646.374769thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2473137.73/cwt136.00–141.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 3479129.07/cwt125.00–131.006184
Steers—Medium and Large 1513142.51/cwt140.00–145.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 2593128.01/cwt125.00–131.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 1660123.47/cwt120.00–126.008154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308130.99/cwt130.00–132.004034
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333124.77/cwt122.00–127.004154
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364133.47/cwt130.00–137.004865
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378123.12/cwt120.00–127.004659
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417126.78/cwt126.00–128.005295
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425119.83/cwt115.00–125.005096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465128.48/cwt127.00–130.005974
Heifers—Medium and Large 3466114.92/cwt110.00–118.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473117.25/cwt115.00–120.005559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518119.63/cwt117.00–122.006205
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525106.45/cwt104.00–109.005594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533112.47/cwt110.00–115.005996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581110.84/cwt108.00–112.006446
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325149.47/cwt147.00–152.0048610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375142.89/cwt140.00–147.0053611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3379133.76/cwt130.00–137.005078
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412135.77/cwt131.00–138.0055911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422143.95/cwt140.00–149.006079
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423122.77/cwt120.00–128.005193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470142.13/cwt137.00–146.006685
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482130.15/cwt125.00–135.006279
Bulls—Medium and Large 3484122.21/cwt121.00–125.005918
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508137.48/cwt133.00–142.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523123.02/cwt120.00–129.006439
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566119.00/cwt115.00–122.0067410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613123.95/cwt120.00–128.007602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617112.22/cwt110.00–115.006925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2672109.58/cwt107.00–114.007365
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61383.67/cwt80.00–86.001,3505
Bulls——1,82590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99243.30/cwt42.00–44.004303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04347.90/cwt46.00–51.005006
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12466.23/cwt65.00–67.007445
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20954.10/cwt52.00–56.0065416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29759.99/cwt57.00–64.0077819
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0381,078.07/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0011,1902

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.