Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2019-07-15

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jul 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
456 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 397▲ 456 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 79▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady to 1.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, 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 $124.66/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$124.66
95 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$582
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.33
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445127.0856551
Medium and Large 1548125.1968624
Medium and Large 3425117.8350120
One grade step is worth $9.25/cwt here — about $64 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 sale95 hd
124.66
—
GA average16 barns · 1,667 hd
123.33
+1.33
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—Low1,57482.811,3033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22858.5671929
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04149.1151118

Every lot

51 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2361137.89/cwt135.00–144.004985
Steers—Medium and Large 3379130.01/cwt127.00–133.004934
Steers—Medium and Large 3412122.66/cwt119.00–127.005053
Steers—Medium and Large 1429138.82/cwt135.00–142.0059611
Steers—Medium and Large 2430132.30/cwt130.00–135.005697
Steers—Medium and Large 1478137.68/cwt135.00–140.0065810
Steers—Medium and Large 2485132.52/cwt130.00–134.006434
Steers—Medium and Large 2513125.96/cwt123.00–129.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 1520135.38/cwt133.00–138.0070411
Steers—Medium and Large 1564128.94/cwt125.00–134.007279
Steers—Medium and Large 2618118.71/cwt115.00–121.007343
Steers—Medium and Large 1623128.15/cwt124.00–131.007985
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3314111.72/cwt110.00–114.003514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372108.20/cwt105.00–110.004036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376113.90/cwt112.00–116.004288
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420115.97/cwt114.00–120.0048710
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433108.83/cwt105.00–111.004716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468102.57/cwt100.00–105.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473112.74/cwt110.00–116.005338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479121.36/cwt117.00–124.005816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518118.57/cwt115.00–122.006149
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529111.71/cwt105.00–115.005917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563116.72/cwt114.00–123.006574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581108.68/cwt105.00–111.006317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623102.00/cwt98.00–106.006354
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333139.22/cwt135.00–145.0046413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2366134.75/cwt130.00–140.004938
Bulls—Medium and Large 3387121.87/cwt120.00–125.004726
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422117.15/cwt115.00–120.004949
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438127.53/cwt125.00–135.005595
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477114.21/cwt110.00–118.005455
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478129.95/cwt127.00–133.006214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481122.52/cwt119.00–126.0058911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526129.49/cwt125.00–134.006818
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529121.99/cwt119.00–123.006457
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567109.00/cwt105.00–114.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578121.87/cwt118.00–124.007049
Bulls—Medium and Large 1612117.34/cwt116.00–120.007183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635106.73/cwt105.00–110.006784
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51381.21/cwt79.00–83.001,2292
Bulls——1,69586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,4581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00146.35/cwt45.00–48.004649
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08151.87/cwt50.00–55.005619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18960.79/cwt58.00–64.0072315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26067.00/cwt67.00–67.008441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27055.34/cwt53.00–58.0070313
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3812892.43/cwt825.00–975.007,2476
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3895800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,1601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2870813.15/cwt800.00–825.007,0742
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3988727.19/cwt675.00–775.007,1853
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,040788.46/cwt775.00–800.008,2002

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.