Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2021-01-18

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Jan 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
▼ 316 vs last sale 754▲ 41 vs year ago 397 · +10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 136▲ 28 vs year ago 76 · +36.8%
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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 unevenly steady, bull and heifer calves 2.00 lower, 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 $114.66/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$114.66
78 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$507
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.27
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467120.2056114thin
Medium and Large 2464114.5553139
Medium and Large 3396111.7344225
One grade step is worth $8.47/cwt here — about $119 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 sale78 hd
114.66
—
GA average18 barns · 2,575 hd
116.93
−2.27
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—Average1,72477.221,3315thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13058.4666011
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08948.9653318

Every lot

37 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3385140.63/cwt140.00–142.005413
Steers—Medium and Large 3415133.54/cwt130.00–137.005544
Steers—Medium and Large 2423146.72/cwt146.00–152.0062116
Steers—Medium and Large 3473134.01/cwt130.00–137.006346
Steers—Medium and Large 2475143.96/cwt142.00–146.006842
Steers—Medium and Large 1508137.32/cwt135.00–140.006986
Steers—Medium and Large 2513129.20/cwt127.00–132.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 2588126.39/cwt125.00–130.007437
Steers—Medium and Large 2624118.81/cwt118.00–120.007415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319131.62/cwt125.00–135.004204
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325118.30/cwt115.00–122.0038410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365112.40/cwt110.00–117.004103
Heifers—Medium and Large 2389121.78/cwt120.00–125.004745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391128.20/cwt128.00–130.005019
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427110.66/cwt105.00–115.004736
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430118.15/cwt115.00–122.0050811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472113.51/cwt110.00–117.005369
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472104.70/cwt100.00–107.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513112.97/cwt111.00–115.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 352398.34/cwt95.00–100.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528106.80/cwt105.00–110.005645
Heifers—Medium and Large 260898.51/cwt95.00–102.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663101.01/cwt100.00–102.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 267593.31/cwt90.00–95.006303
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327145.65/cwt145.00–147.004763
Bulls—Medium and Large 3359137.68/cwt135.00–140.004946
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415139.67/cwt135.00–142.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465133.67/cwt132.00–137.006223
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525120.85/cwt117.00–125.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560121.01/cwt120.00–122.006784
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575114.41/cwt112.00–117.006582
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71176.53/cwt75.00–78.001,3094
Bulls——1,77580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04352.70/cwt49.00–55.005509
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07557.04/cwt56.00–59.006137
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13445.21/cwt43.00–48.005139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22560.94/cwt60.00–62.007474

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.