Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-04-06

Swainsboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 6
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
126 vs last sale 206 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
72 vs last sale 114 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and steers mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.63/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$120.63
21 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413144.455972thin
Medium and Large 2504122.3761711thin
Medium and Large 3515112.305788thin
One grade step is worth $32.15/cwt here — about $19 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 sale21 hd
120.63
GA average13 barns · 808 hd
127.92
−7.29
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
BullsHigh1,64287.351,4343thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14358.4166716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02948.615007thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1413144.45/cwt142.00–147.005972
BullsMedium and Large 266895.99/cwt95.00–97.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2562113.64/cwt111.00–115.006393
BullsMedium and Large 2421135.52/cwt132.00–137.005716
BullsMedium and Large 3368132.41/cwt130.00–135.004872
BullsMedium and Large 3528110.46/cwt109.00–112.005832
SteersMedium and Large 3525122.02/cwt120.00–124.006412
CowsLean 85-90%1,06042.00/cwt42.00–42.004451
CowsLean 85-90%1,02449.71/cwt47.00–53.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 1428129.05/cwt127.00–130.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 2417119.54/cwt115.00–122.004983
HeifersMedium and Large 2558101.00/cwt100.00–102.005644
HeifersMedium and Large 2517102.76/cwt100.00–105.005315
BullsMedium and Large 3581103.16/cwt100.00–108.005994
Bulls2,31093.00/cwt93.00–93.002,1481
Bulls1,30884.52/cwt84.00–85.001,1062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31568.50/cwt66.00–72.009013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11760.08/cwt57.00–63.006715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09453.58/cwt51.00–56.005868

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.