Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2021-01-11

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jan 11
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
754 head
▲ 385 vs last sale 369▲ 352 vs year ago 402 · +87.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 195▲ 57 vs year ago 79 · +72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bull mostly steady, feeder heifers 4.00 higher, steer and heifer calves 5.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 higher, 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 $114.44/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$114.44
186 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.20
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609120.15731106
Medium and Large 2555107.0359444
Medium and Large 3439106.6946836
One grade step is worth $13.46/cwt here — about $263 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 sale186 hd
114.44
—
GA average16 barns · 1,148 hd
114.24
+0.20
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—Low1,57979.551,25612
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22255.8068235
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03448.7250422

Every lot

57 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1392164.65/cwt162.00–167.006453
Steers—Medium and Large 1413159.52/cwt157.00–162.006594
Steers—Medium and Large 3423137.99/cwt135.00–142.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 1463157.35/cwt152.00–160.007293
Steers—Medium and Large 2466138.50/cwt135.00–142.006457
Steers—Medium and Large 1523138.70/cwt135.00–142.0072510
Steers—Medium and Large 1584138.86/cwt135.00–139.0081153
Steers—Medium and Large 3585111.02/cwt110.00–112.006492
Steers—Medium and Large 2608121.33/cwt120.00–124.007386
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added755129.00/cwt129.00–129.0097464
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323117.39/cwt115.00–120.003798
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370112.91/cwt110.00–117.004185
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381123.84/cwt120.00–127.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413120.82/cwt115.00–125.004995
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419108.79/cwt105.00–112.004565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428129.02/cwt127.00–132.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463123.51/cwt122.00–125.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464111.74/cwt110.00–117.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 3486103.63/cwt100.00–105.005047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513118.49/cwt117.00–120.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 351999.12/cwt95.00–102.005147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524108.73/cwt105.00–115.005706
Heifers—Medium and Large 356093.49/cwt92.00–95.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577116.00/cwt112.00–120.006696
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578102.64/cwt100.00–107.005938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added580129.00/cwt129.00–129.0074840
Heifers—Medium and Large 2611103.78/cwt102.00–105.006345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614114.74/cwt107.00–117.0070512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661103.97/cwt100.00–107.006877
Heifers—Medium and Large 267795.09/cwt90.00–100.006448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741111.00/cwt111.00–111.0082325
Heifers—Medium and Large 278595.38/cwt92.00–97.007493
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358151.32/cwt150.00–152.005423
Bulls—Medium and Large 3361137.40/cwt135.00–140.004965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388162.55/cwt160.00–165.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412144.98/cwt140.00–150.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422133.99/cwt130.00–137.005656
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429156.76/cwt152.00–160.006735
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463120.58/cwt118.00–127.0055810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470148.46/cwt145.00–152.006984
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476133.95/cwt130.00–140.0063810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508132.35/cwt127.00–135.006723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525120.36/cwt115.00–125.006325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558123.31/cwt120.00–125.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568103.28/cwt100.00–105.005873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572116.59/cwt110.00–120.006673
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615107.99/cwt105.00–111.0066410
Bulls—Medium and Large 362598.42/cwt95.00–102.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665101.31/cwt100.00–102.006743
Bulls—Medium and Large 272397.81/cwt95.00–102.007075
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53974.63/cwt71.00–77.001,1495
Bulls——1,60783.06/cwt79.00–86.001,3357
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02144.86/cwt40.00–47.0045811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04752.57/cwt48.00–56.0055011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21459.31/cwt56.00–63.0072014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21552.74/cwt49.00–56.0064120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46568.00/cwt68.00–68.009961

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.