Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-06-01

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jun 1
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
490 head
▲ 295 vs last sale 195▼ 19 vs year ago 509 · −3.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 45▼ 11 vs year ago 82 · −13.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▼ 11 vs year ago 20 · −55.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer and bull calves steady to 3.00 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 $112.54/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$112.54
136 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.23
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1606114.8869776
Medium and Large 2533109.5858460
One grade step is worth $5.31/cwt here — about $113 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 sale136 hd
112.54
—
GA average15 barns · 1,475 hd
118.77
−6.23
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—High1,708101.651,7362thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25364.6280933
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13952.996045thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1572138.88/cwt131.00–141.0079415
Steers—Medium and Large 2590127.02/cwt125.00–129.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 2613117.49/cwt115.00–120.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 1643128.00/cwt127.00–129.008232
Steers—Medium and Large 1681117.97/cwt116.00–120.008037
Steers—Medium and Large 2682112.02/cwt109.00–114.007643
Steers—Medium and Large 1723117.48/cwt114.00–119.008499
Steers—Medium and Large 1785117.03/cwt114.00–120.0091921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2288128.78/cwt125.00–135.003717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317123.79/cwt120.00–127.003925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365128.50/cwt127.00–130.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380121.84/cwt115.00–125.004634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421113.40/cwt110.00–115.004775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423124.51/cwt122.00–127.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479119.19/cwt115.00–125.0057113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added519134.00/cwt134.00–134.006955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519123.22/cwt117.00–127.0064010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534109.78/cwt107.00–115.005865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574107.31/cwt105.00–110.0061610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578114.50/cwt113.00–117.006628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2614104.35/cwt100.00–109.006419
Heifers—Medium and Large 268099.46/cwt94.00–104.006768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687109.60/cwt105.00–110.0075312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725107.13/cwt105.00–109.007778
Heifers—Medium and Large 273092.96/cwt91.00–95.006792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785102.57/cwt95.00–105.0080514
Heifers—Medium and Large 278591.40/cwt90.00–93.007175
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332155.11/cwt150.00–160.005156
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355153.67/cwt152.00–157.005463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395139.00/cwt137.00–140.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412142.30/cwt140.00–145.005863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415133.56/cwt130.00–137.005547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462133.09/cwt130.00–140.006159
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487124.22/cwt120.00–129.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524118.48/cwt112.00–122.006217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525127.77/cwt124.00–133.0067111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563128.08/cwt123.00–133.0072114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572116.68/cwt112.00–120.006677
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617106.75/cwt104.00–110.006597
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668103.59/cwt100.00–106.006925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1690111.49/cwt110.00–113.007692
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,708101.65/cwt99.00–104.001,7362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07049.46/cwt49.00–50.005292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17258.60/cwt57.00–60.006879
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18555.35/cwt52.00–58.006563
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21664.32/cwt61.00–68.0078215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39471.15/cwt69.00–75.009929
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140855.00/cwt855.00–855.009,7471
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,175688.46/cwt650.00–725.008,0892

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.