Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.17/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$121.17

95 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$35.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.75

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	472	130.92	618	19thin
Medium and Large 2	502	119.68	600	73
Medium and Large 3	672	95.73	643	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.19/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale95 hd

121.17

—

GA average15 barns · 1,218 hd

125.92

−4.75

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	1,576	82.01	1,292	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,127	54.87	618	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	46.12	450	17

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	47.55/cwt	46.00–49.00	487	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	44.07/cwt	42.00–45.00	401	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	57.25/cwt	55.00–59.00	661	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	51.69/cwt	49.00–53.00	563	9
Bulls	—	—	1,646	83.21/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,370	5
Bulls	—	—	1,225	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	138.19/cwt	135.00–140.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	139.82/cwt	135.00–142.00	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	143.50/cwt	140.00–147.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	147.97/cwt	142.00–150.00	621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	153.51/cwt	150.00–157.00	574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	145.05/cwt	140.00–150.00	674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	141.68/cwt	141.00–143.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	152.43/cwt	150.00–155.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	154.19/cwt	153.00–155.00	661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	134.82/cwt	131.00–141.00	688	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	113.72/cwt	110.00–119.00	762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	161.41/cwt	157.00–165.00	436	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	144.39/cwt	140.00–147.00	609	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	125.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	103.80/cwt	99.00–108.00	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	124.49/cwt	120.00–128.00	707	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	616	113.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	698	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	326	153.53/cwt	150.00–157.00	501	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	132.63/cwt	130.00–137.00	635	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	144.55/cwt	140.00–150.00	546	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	133.35/cwt	130.00–137.00	576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	128.35/cwt	125.00–131.00	661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	131.04/cwt	127.00–134.00	615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	117.35/cwt	115.00–125.00	614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	134.90/cwt	130.00–137.00	434	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	114.11/cwt	111.00–117.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	106.46/cwt	102.00–112.00	719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	102.33/cwt	100.00–108.00	740	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	120.50/cwt	115.00–125.00	572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	129.43/cwt	125.00–132.00	489	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	126.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	534	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	672	95.73/cwt	92.00–100.00	643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	134.34/cwt	131.00–137.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	138.95/cwt	137.00–142.00	802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	155.15/cwt	152.00–159.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.05/cwt	145.00–154.00	774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	753	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 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 489Last week 355Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 78Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,024	46.00–49.00	47.55
7	—	909	42.00–45.00	44.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,154	55.00–59.00	57.25
9	—	1,090	49.00–53.00	51.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,646	80.00–85.00	83.21
1	—	1,225	76.00	76.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	135.00–140.00	138.19
5	—	434	135.00–142.00	139.82
2	—	365	140.00–147.00	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	420	142.00–150.00	147.97
5	—	374	150.00–157.00	153.51
4	—	465	140.00–150.00	145.05
2	—	568	130.00–135.00	132.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	131.00–137.00	134.34
5	—	577	137.00–142.00	138.95
6	—	470	152.00–159.00	155.15
9	—	519	145.00–154.00	149.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	141.00–143.00	141.68
4	—	365	150.00–155.00	152.43
5	—	429	153.00–155.00	154.19
10	—	510	131.00–141.00	134.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	110.00–119.00	113.72
5	—	270	157.00–165.00	161.41
5	—	422	140.00–147.00	144.39
5	—	522	120.00–130.00	125.78
5	—	775	99.00–108.00	103.80
6	—	568	120.00–128.00	124.49
6	—	616	110.00–115.00	113.35
10	—	326	150.00–157.00	153.53
11	—	479	130.00–137.00	132.63
16	—	378	140.00–150.00	144.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	130.00–137.00	133.35
6	—	515	125.00–131.00	128.35
7	—	469	127.00–134.00	131.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	115.00–125.00	117.35
7	—	322	130.00–137.00	134.90
7	—	579	111.00–117.00	114.11
8	—	675	102.00–112.00	106.46
9	—	723	100.00–108.00	102.33
11	—	475	115.00–125.00	120.50
12	—	378	125.00–132.00	129.43
13	—	424	120.00–130.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	92.00–100.00	95.73

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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