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

Swainsboro

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

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490127.886276thin
Medium and Large 2547110.126028thin
Medium and Large 3600102.376145thin
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,74488.241,5394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22368.2583513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01958.145925thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 3560106.98/cwt105.00–108.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 2515111.96/cwt110.00–114.005772
BullsMedium and Large 3583107.03/cwt105.00–109.006242
BullsMedium and Large 3488114.02/cwt110.00–118.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 2625104.76/cwt101.00–108.006554
BullsMedium and Large 2577114.20/cwt110.00–117.006595
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39374.86/cwt72.00–79.001,0434
CowsLean 85-90%1,01958.14/cwt55.00–60.005925
Bulls1,74488.24/cwt84.00–91.001,5394
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25968.18/cwt64.00–71.008585
BullsMedium and Large 2480131.66/cwt130.00–133.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1505126.33/cwt124.00–128.006383
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00961.74/cwt60.00–63.006234
BullsMedium and Large 3375133.50/cwt132.00–135.005012
SteersMedium and Large 2438146.53/cwt145.00–148.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 366095.46/cwt90.00–101.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 2423118.99/cwt118.00–120.005032
BullsMedium and Large 3665103.73/cwt98.00–108.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 1475129.43/cwt125.00–132.006153

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.