Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2021-02-22

Swainsboro

Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Feb 22

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931

← Feb 15Feb 22latest

Feeder Cattle receipts

144 head

▲ 81 vs last sale 63▼ 479 vs year ago 623 · −76.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

57 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 62▼ 14 vs year ago 71 · −19.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher slaughter bulls 1.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.69/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$113.69

19 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$25.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	127.88	627	6thin
Medium and Large 2	547	110.12	602	8thin
Medium and Large 3	600	102.37	614	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.51/cwt here — about $12 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 sale19 hd

113.69

—

GA average10 barns · 361 hd

114.69

−1.00

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,744	88.24	1,539	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	68.25	835	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	58.14	592	5thin

Every lot

19 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	146.53/cwt	145.00–148.00	642	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	503	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	129.43/cwt	125.00–132.00	615	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	126.33/cwt	124.00–128.00	638	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	111.96/cwt	110.00–114.00	577	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	106.98/cwt	105.00–108.00	599	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	104.76/cwt	101.00–108.00	655	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	660	95.46/cwt	90.00–101.00	630	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	375	133.50/cwt	132.00–135.00	501	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	131.66/cwt	130.00–133.00	632	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	488	114.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	556	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	114.20/cwt	110.00–117.00	659	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	583	107.03/cwt	105.00–109.00	624	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	665	103.73/cwt	98.00–108.00	690	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,744	88.24/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,539	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,009	61.74/cwt	60.00–63.00	623	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	58.14/cwt	55.00–60.00	592	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,259	68.18/cwt	64.00–71.00	858	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,393	74.86/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,043	4

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, GA

Mon Feb 22, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 63Year ago 623

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 62Year ago 71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	105.00–108.00	106.98
2	—	660	90.00–101.00	95.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	110.00–114.00	111.96
4	—	625	101.00–108.00	104.76
2	—	423	118.00–120.00	118.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	124.00–128.00	126.33
3	—	475	125.00–132.00	129.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	105.00–109.00	107.03
2	—	488	110.00–118.00	114.02
2	—	375	132.00–135.00	133.50
3	—	665	98.00–108.00	103.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	110.00–117.00	114.20
3	—	480	130.00–133.00	131.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	145.00–148.00	146.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,393	72.00–79.00	74.86
5	—	1,259	64.00–71.00	68.18
4	—	1,009	60.00–63.00	61.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,019	55.00–60.00	58.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,744	84.00–91.00	88.24

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.