Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2019-07-29

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jul 29
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
646 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 588▲ 646 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 137▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer and bull calves unevenly 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 $114.58/cwt on 139 head.
Average price
$114.58
139 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.38
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551115.4763756
Medium and Large 2480114.5755073
Medium and Large 3368109.6040310thin
One grade step is worth $5.88/cwt here — about $233 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 sale139 hd
114.58
—
GA average16 barns · 1,685 hd
117.96
−3.38
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—Average1,54886.401,33810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19361.0972923
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75056.009801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97751.0849916

Every lot

59 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 2379136.72/cwt135.00–140.005184
Steers—Medium and Large 3425122.62/cwt120.00–125.005214
Steers—Medium and Large 2428135.01/cwt130.00–140.005789
Steers—Medium and Large 1474139.28/cwt137.00–142.0066012
Steers—Medium and Large 2478130.89/cwt125.00–135.006268
Steers—Medium and Large 2523129.74/cwt125.00–135.006799
Steers—Medium and Large 1534138.85/cwt136.00–145.0074111
Steers—Medium and Large 2567126.64/cwt121.00–131.0071811
Steers—Medium and Large 1570138.18/cwt133.00–142.0078817
Steers—Medium and Large 1624135.51/cwt131.00–141.0084612
Steers—Medium and Large 2627126.77/cwt120.00–130.0079511
Steers—Medium and Large 1667130.78/cwt126.00–136.008729
Steers—Medium and Large 1719124.98/cwt120.00–127.008998
Steers—Medium and Large 2783113.29/cwt109.00–119.008874
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228129.73/cwt125.00–135.002964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315123.13/cwt117.00–127.003886
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330112.58/cwt110.00–115.003726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371129.60/cwt127.00–132.004815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386117.24/cwt115.00–120.004535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416117.40/cwt115.00–121.0048815
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425105.12/cwt100.00–110.004474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469120.10/cwt119.00–122.0056311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487115.22/cwt110.00–118.0056115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513116.17/cwt115.00–119.0059613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540111.98/cwt110.00–114.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564115.28/cwt113.00–119.0065011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568110.02/cwt105.00–112.0062510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606111.43/cwt110.00–114.006757
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623105.86/cwt104.00–109.0066010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670106.01/cwt105.00–107.007104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733107.01/cwt103.00–111.007844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764102.20/cwt100.00–107.007815
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1266164.92/cwt160.00–167.004399
Bulls—Medium and Large 1309154.69/cwt150.00–157.004784
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324142.29/cwt137.00–147.004618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374146.97/cwt145.00–150.005507
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374137.82/cwt132.00–142.005157
Bulls—Medium and Large 3381126.24/cwt121.00–131.004816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411137.28/cwt134.00–140.005647
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413117.39/cwt115.00–120.004855
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423128.49/cwt124.00–132.0054411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474129.98/cwt127.00–133.006168
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475123.43/cwt119.00–127.0058613
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480111.03/cwt110.00–112.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520129.81/cwt127.00–132.006756
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528118.59/cwt115.00–123.006268
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566120.39/cwt116.00–126.006819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613112.88/cwt110.00–117.006927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615117.34/cwt116.00–118.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675109.73/cwt105.00–113.007414
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46778.64/cwt78.00–79.001,1543
Bulls——1,57487.46/cwt85.00–91.001,3775
Bulls——1,60595.38/cwt94.00–97.001,5312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96952.84/cwt50.00–56.0051211
Cows—Lean 85-90%99647.20/cwt44.00–49.004705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14067.00/cwt67.00–67.007641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14356.69/cwt55.00–58.006487
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22062.75/cwt59.00–66.0076615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75056.00/cwt56.00–56.009801

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.