Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-03-23

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Mar 23
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
166 vs last sale 197 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
95 vs last sale 44 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
4 vs last sale 14 10 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 and bulls 10.00 to 12.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer, and bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.71/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$142.71
5 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+19.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2369142.715275thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
142.71
GA average12 barns · 545 hd
123.66
+19.04
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
BullsHigh1,523109.501,6672thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27476.1197052
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03960.7863210

Every lot, as filed

11 lots · USDA AMS · Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2275150.71/cwt147.00–155.004142
BullsMedium and Large 2432137.37/cwt135.00–140.005933
Bulls1,445113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,6331
Bulls1,600106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27184.74/cwt82.00–88.001,07710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21869.40/cwt67.00–72.0084513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30076.14/cwt73.00–80.0099029
CowsLean 85-90%1,05555.92/cwt53.00–57.005904
CowsLean 85-90%1,02964.02/cwt60.00–67.006596
HeifersMedium and Large 2357125.64/cwt120.00–130.004493
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3781,303.70/cwt1,025.00–1,450.0017,9655

How this sale compares

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.