Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-06-22

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jun 22
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
▲ 129 vs last sale 243▲ 68 vs year ago 304 · +22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 70▼ 139 vs year ago 188 · −73.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 37▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $115.84/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$115.84
132 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.72
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570117.5167095
Medium and Large 2501111.7856034
Medium and Large 3372109.024063thin
One grade step is worth $8.49/cwt here — about $264 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 sale132 hd
115.84
—
GA average16 barns · 1,497 hd
118.56
−2.72
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—Low1,69394.321,5964thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10568.7375925
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00360.156037thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285166.73/cwt165.00–170.004753
Steers—Medium and Large 1372156.31/cwt155.00–157.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 2375141.00/cwt140.00–142.005292
Steers—Medium and Large 2423138.02/cwt137.00–140.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 1470141.65/cwt137.00–145.006668
Steers—Medium and Large 1524134.42/cwt130.00–137.007045
Steers—Medium and Large 1580129.71/cwt127.00–132.007526
Steers—Medium and Large 2583119.04/cwt117.00–120.006943
Steers—Medium and Large 1615125.16/cwt121.00–130.007707
Steers—Medium and Large 1772114.41/cwt107.00–116.0088312
Steers—Medium and Large 2775103.41/cwt100.00–107.008012
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328136.34/cwt135.00–137.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328125.59/cwt122.00–130.004123
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372109.02/cwt107.00–110.004063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373130.44/cwt127.00–137.004878
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379122.30/cwt120.00–125.004644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416123.84/cwt120.00–128.005159
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429115.87/cwt110.00–119.004978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481121.99/cwt119.00–126.0058714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487115.37/cwt110.00–118.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528119.00/cwt116.00–122.006288
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534110.09/cwt105.00–115.005888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562118.25/cwt113.00–120.0066510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614113.70/cwt110.00–115.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615100.95/cwt96.00–105.006213
Heifers—Medium and Large 267596.54/cwt95.00–98.006522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686112.99/cwt108.00–117.0077528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712105.67/cwt102.00–107.007526
Heifers—Medium and Large 272294.98/cwt94.00–97.006863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785100.20/cwt95.00–103.007875
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278168.57/cwt167.00–170.004694
Bulls—Medium and Large 3317136.63/cwt135.00–140.004333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335146.35/cwt145.00–147.004903
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378126.70/cwt125.00–130.004793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388137.45/cwt135.00–140.005332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420141.93/cwt140.00–145.005965
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427119.82/cwt117.00–122.005125
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435130.47/cwt129.00–132.005682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460112.47/cwt110.00–115.005172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466124.47/cwt120.00–129.005808
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474132.25/cwt130.00–135.006278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523124.00/cwt123.00–125.006493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570124.04/cwt122.00–127.007076
Bulls—Medium and Large 2636108.01/cwt107.00–110.006875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2678104.00/cwt100.00–107.007056
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64090.06/cwt87.00–93.001,4772
Bulls——1,74598.57/cwt96.00–101.001,7202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00360.15/cwt58.00–62.006037
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06070.37/cwt67.00–74.0074617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20065.25/cwt64.00–66.007838
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3960725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,9601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,020650.25/cwt600.00–700.006,6332
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,1251

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.