Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2019-07-22

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jul 22
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
588 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 456▲ 588 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 96▲ 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 30▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves mostly steady, 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 $114.00/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$114.00
134 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.45
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550115.8263728
Medium and Large 2467114.6253683
Medium and Large 3377109.5441323
One grade step is worth $6.28/cwt here — about $224 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 sale134 hd
114.00
—
GA average15 barns · 1,289 hd
115.45
−1.45
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—Low1,50182.081,2326thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22361.3475065
CowsLean 85-90%Average98151.0550121

Every lot

58 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2312148.37/cwt145.00–150.004633
Steers—Medium and Large 2369141.77/cwt140.00–145.005236
Steers—Medium and Large 1415141.79/cwt140.00–145.005885
Steers—Medium and Large 2466131.27/cwt125.00–135.0061210
Steers—Medium and Large 3478118.02/cwt115.00–122.005643
Steers—Medium and Large 1526131.11/cwt130.00–133.006908
Steers—Medium and Large 2531127.65/cwt125.00–130.006785
Steers—Medium and Large 2560118.32/cwt116.00–120.006633
Steers—Medium and Large 3565113.77/cwt112.00–115.006434
Steers—Medium and Large 1578130.72/cwt129.00–134.007568
Steers—Medium and Large 1618128.35/cwt125.00–133.007936
Steers—Medium and Large 2634119.52/cwt115.00–123.007584
Steers—Medium and Large 1662123.26/cwt120.00–129.008167
Steers—Medium and Large 2733106.29/cwt105.00–109.007793
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320119.35/cwt117.00–122.003828
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322108.65/cwt105.00–112.003506
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374110.18/cwt105.00–114.004128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376118.18/cwt115.00–122.0044411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413117.34/cwt115.00–121.0048519
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416109.56/cwt107.00–112.004569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467116.39/cwt112.00–120.0054416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523117.26/cwt115.00–120.0061316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526111.90/cwt105.00–115.0058912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565111.29/cwt110.00–113.006297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567115.61/cwt114.00–119.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623110.46/cwt109.00–112.006884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623103.81/cwt103.00–105.006475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2679105.20/cwt104.00–108.007145
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268161.58/cwt155.00–165.004333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2277148.65/cwt145.00–152.004129
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315152.42/cwt150.00–155.004804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317141.50/cwt137.00–145.004497
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370135.41/cwt130.00–140.005018
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373143.63/cwt140.00–147.005369
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415142.53/cwt140.00–145.005914
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426117.99/cwt115.00–120.005034
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431127.01/cwt125.00–131.005478
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463132.69/cwt127.00–136.0061410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471122.49/cwt119.00–127.0057710
Bulls—Medium and Large 3479111.41/cwt107.00–115.005345
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518112.05/cwt110.00–114.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521129.20/cwt127.00–133.006735
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524120.73/cwt115.00–125.0063310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566121.69/cwt117.00–125.0068910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573113.85/cwt110.00–116.006527
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630111.50/cwt110.00–113.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660116.98/cwt115.00–121.007723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680111.97/cwt110.00–114.007612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45086.62/cwt85.00–88.001,2562
Bulls——1,52679.81/cwt77.00–84.001,2184
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93746.76/cwt43.00–49.004387
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00353.20/cwt50.00–56.0053414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16355.11/cwt53.00–57.0064112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23661.41/cwt58.00–65.0075941
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23967.31/cwt66.00–69.0083412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,203813.98/cwt775.00–850.009,7922
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,065825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,7861
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,095900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,8551

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.