Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2021-02-15

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Feb 15
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 278 vs last sale 341▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 106▲ 62 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 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer, and bull calves 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 $108.62/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$108.62
8 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$525
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$1.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.26
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3448109.504904thin
Medium and Large 2520107.745604thin
One grade step is worth $1.76/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale8 hd
108.62
—
GA average14 barns · 1,290 hd
118.88
−10.26
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—Low1,74384.571,4744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,38072.0499417
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07550.925485thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3360138.48/cwt137.00–140.004992
Steers—Medium and Large 2460136.98/cwt135.00–139.006302
Steers—Medium and Large 3563123.35/cwt121.00–125.006943
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425110.00/cwt109.00–111.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470108.99/cwt108.00–110.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520107.74/cwt105.00–110.005604
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413125.74/cwt120.00–130.005193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655102.00/cwt97.00–107.006682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50579.14/cwt78.00–80.001,1912
Bulls——1,98090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03247.58/cwt45.00–50.004913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14055.94/cwt54.00–58.006382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21762.61/cwt60.00–65.007623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37076.89/cwt74.00–81.001,0539
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49568.98/cwt66.00–73.001,0315

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.