Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-08-17

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Aug 17
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 608▲ 207 vs year ago 278 · +74.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 117▲ 7 vs year ago 86 · +8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.13/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$119.13
101 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.88
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530122.3164852
Medium and Large 2474116.5355343
Medium and Large 3431110.204756thin
One grade step is worth $12.11/cwt here — about $173 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 sale101 hd
119.13
—
GA average17 barns · 1,504 hd
118.24
+0.88
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—Average1,79287.681,5717thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75563.001,1061thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35560.9382528
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12454.276106thin

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 2374154.26/cwt150.00–157.005774
Steers—Medium and Large 1413153.54/cwt147.00–157.006344
Steers—Medium and Large 2425140.18/cwt135.00–144.005965
Steers—Medium and Large 2477133.45/cwt130.00–139.006376
Steers—Medium and Large 1487143.39/cwt140.00–147.006988
Steers—Medium and Large 1528136.33/cwt134.00–139.0072015
Steers—Medium and Large 2535130.64/cwt125.00–134.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 2578119.01/cwt116.00–125.006884
Steers—Medium and Large 1590134.14/cwt126.00–136.0079119
Steers—Medium and Large 1621127.42/cwt124.00–133.007917
Steers—Medium and Large 2624119.41/cwt118.00–120.007455
Steers—Medium and Large 1728123.19/cwt121.00–124.008975
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373125.57/cwt122.00–127.004686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390135.65/cwt135.00–137.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413128.47/cwt127.00–130.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426120.94/cwt116.00–125.0051510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431110.20/cwt105.00–114.004756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477122.33/cwt120.00–125.005849
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478114.63/cwt110.00–120.0054815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524124.11/cwt119.00–127.0065026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525112.29/cwt110.00–115.005906
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568112.28/cwt110.00–117.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575119.01/cwt118.00–120.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623117.01/cwt115.00–119.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625105.96/cwt100.00–110.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668111.04/cwt106.00–116.007427
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283157.39/cwt155.00–160.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313167.48/cwt165.00–170.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325156.03/cwt155.00–157.005072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358161.01/cwt160.00–162.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406143.50/cwt140.00–147.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421122.33/cwt120.00–125.005154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463122.51/cwt120.00–125.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465133.48/cwt132.00–135.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3479114.71/cwt110.00–118.005497
Bulls—Medium and Large 1509123.60/cwt122.00–126.006295
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512117.03/cwt115.00–120.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533102.28/cwt100.00–107.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578118.47/cwt117.00–120.006856
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578113.97/cwt112.00–115.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617106.04/cwt105.00–108.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623116.35/cwt113.00–118.007256
Bulls—Medium and Large 1679112.34/cwt110.00–116.007636
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,77683.92/cwt81.00–88.001,4904
Bulls——1,81392.70/cwt91.00–94.001,6813
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02050.00/cwt50.00–50.005101
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14555.12/cwt54.00–58.006315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32562.96/cwt60.00–67.0083417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36156.78/cwt55.00–59.0077310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75563.00/cwt63.00–63.001,1061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,79568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,2211

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.