Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, bulls and heifers mostly steady, steer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.00/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$129.00

79 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$3.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.50

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	131.02	642	26
Medium and Large 2	434	128.01	556	53

One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about $87 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 sale79 hd

129.00

—

GA average16 barns · 1,158 hd

125.51

+3.50

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	1,571	78.21	1,228	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	53.14	650	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	47.18	490	2thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	262	166.35/cwt	165.00–167.00	436	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	154.47/cwt	152.00–157.00	633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	159.50/cwt	157.00–162.00	590	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	118.24/cwt	115.00–125.00	735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	233	166.05/cwt	165.00–167.00	387	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	140.08/cwt	135.00–145.00	656	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	123.50/cwt	121.00–126.00	722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	110.96/cwt	108.00–114.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	143.62/cwt	140.00–147.00	613	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	132.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	379	152.56/cwt	150.00–155.00	578	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	155.52/cwt	150.00–160.00	501	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	272	158.98/cwt	155.00–162.00	432	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	127.60/cwt	125.00–130.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	123.36/cwt	119.00–128.00	711	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	135.73/cwt	135.00–137.00	589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	133.22/cwt	130.00–135.00	618	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	113.27/cwt	108.00–117.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	107.99/cwt	105.00–110.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	119.60/cwt	117.00–122.00	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	125.31/cwt	122.00–129.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	133.88/cwt	130.00–137.00	453	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	133.57/cwt	130.00–137.00	502	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	132.52/cwt	125.00–135.00	547	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	145.67/cwt	145.00–147.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	157.62/cwt	156.00–160.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	146.62/cwt	145.00–149.00	768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	137.19/cwt	135.00–139.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	152.38/cwt	150.00–157.00	715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	133.47/cwt	130.00–140.00	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	154.85/cwt	150.00–157.00	582	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	83.34/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,363	3
Bulls	—	—	1,543	76.01/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,173	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	49.98/cwt	45.00–52.00	584	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	54.99/cwt	53.00–61.00	690	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	47.18/cwt	45.00–49.00	490	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 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 330Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 72Year 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	—	262	165.00–167.00	166.35
4	—	410	152.00–157.00	154.47
4	—	570	130.00–135.00	132.48
5	—	370	157.00–162.00	159.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	115.00–125.00	118.24
4	—	233	165.00–167.00	166.05
4	—	468	135.00–145.00	140.08
4	—	585	121.00–126.00	123.50
4	—	715	108.00–114.00	110.96
6	—	427	140.00–147.00	143.62
6	—	545	130.00–135.00	132.33
8	—	379	150.00–155.00	152.56
9	—	322	150.00–160.00	155.52
11	—	272	155.00–162.00	158.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	125.00–130.00	127.60
5	—	576	119.00–128.00	123.36
8	—	434	135.00–137.00	135.73
8	—	464	130.00–135.00	133.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	108.00–117.00	113.27
4	—	606	105.00–110.00	107.99
5	—	533	117.00–122.00	119.60
6	—	470	122.00–129.00	125.31
9	—	338	130.00–137.00	133.88
12	—	376	130.00–137.00	133.57
14	—	413	125.00–135.00	132.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	145.00–147.00	145.67
5	—	415	156.00–160.00	157.62
5	—	524	145.00–149.00	146.62
5	—	616	135.00–139.00	137.19
7	—	469	150.00–157.00	152.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	130.00–140.00	133.47
5	—	376	150.00–157.00	154.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,635	83.00–84.00	83.34
7	—	1,543	74.00–78.00	76.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,168	45.00–52.00	49.98
12	—	1,255	53.00–61.00	54.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	45.00–49.00	47.18

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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