Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls steady to 3.00 lower, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer and bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.84/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$140.84

71 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$118

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.55

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	141.79	667	45
Medium and Large 3	415	139.81	581	16thin
Medium and Large 1	568	138.20	785	10thin

One grade step is worth $3.59/cwt here — about −$118 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 sale71 hd

140.84

—

GA average16 barns · 1,547 hd

138.29

+2.55

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	1,710	78.64	1,345	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,336	50.26	671	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	43.90	427	15

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	143.01/cwt	139.00–145.00	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.67/cwt	132.00–137.00	839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	137.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	770	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	126.62/cwt	123.00–132.00	713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	147.03/cwt	145.00–152.00	607	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	119.58/cwt	117.00–122.00	807	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	142.80/cwt	137.00–146.00	661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	164.45/cwt	160.00–167.00	523	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	154.26/cwt	152.00–160.00	562	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	133.69/cwt	130.00–137.00	706	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	278	162.93/cwt	160.00–167.00	453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	155.33/cwt	152.00–157.00	474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	124.82/cwt	120.00–128.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	130.48/cwt	127.00–135.00	615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	128.67/cwt	128.00–130.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	134.64/cwt	132.00–136.00	634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	130.79/cwt	127.00–133.00	688	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	132.43/cwt	130.00–135.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	126.01/cwt	123.00–129.00	596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.97/cwt	115.00–125.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	124.18/cwt	120.00–127.00	631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	113.53/cwt	110.00–118.00	710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	127.66/cwt	125.00–135.00	526	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	314	128.07/cwt	125.00–133.00	402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	386	124.65/cwt	120.00–129.00	481	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	152.95/cwt	149.00–155.00	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	144.63/cwt	140.00–149.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	151.23/cwt	147.00–155.00	723	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	146.00/cwt	145.00–147.00	829	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	41.48/cwt	39.00–45.00	401	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	47.52/cwt	46.00–49.00	467	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	50.26/cwt	47.00–54.00	671	15
Bulls	—	—	1,929	80.79/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,558	4
Bulls	—	—	1,273	74.35/cwt	72.00–77.00	946	2

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.

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

Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, GA

Mon May 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 330Last week 354Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 63Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	139.00–145.00	143.01
3	—	623	132.00–137.00	134.67
4	—	561	135.00–140.00	137.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	120.00–123.00	121.51
3	—	563	123.00–132.00	126.62
5	—	413	145.00–152.00	147.03
5	—	675	117.00–122.00	119.58
6	—	463	137.00–146.00	142.80
7	—	318	160.00–167.00	164.45
7	—	364	152.00–160.00	154.26
10	—	528	130.00–137.00	133.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	160.00–167.00	162.93
3	—	305	152.00–157.00	155.33
4	—	518	120.00–128.00	124.82
6	—	471	127.00–135.00	130.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	128.00–130.00	128.67
6	—	471	132.00–136.00	134.64
9	—	526	127.00–133.00	130.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	130.00–135.00	132.43
5	—	473	123.00–129.00	126.01
5	—	575	115.00–125.00	120.97
6	—	508	120.00–127.00	124.18
6	—	625	110.00–118.00	113.53
12	—	412	125.00–135.00	127.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	314	125.00–133.00	128.07
6	—	386	120.00–129.00	124.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	515	149.00–155.00	152.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	140.00–149.00	144.63
5	—	478	147.00–155.00	151.23
6	—	568	145.00–147.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	966	39.00–45.00	41.48
6	—	983	46.00–49.00	47.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,336	47.00–54.00	50.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,929	79.00–84.00	80.79
2	—	1,273	72.00–77.00	74.35

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.

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