Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.70/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$118.70

45 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$9.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.27

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	121.93	633	19thin
Medium and Large 2	524	116.99	613	22
Medium and Large 3	444	112.74	501	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.19/cwt here — about $133 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 sale45 hd

118.70

—

GA average16 barns · 1,131 hd

122.97

−4.27

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	—	Low	1,697	80.20	1,361	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	60.00	1,008	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	58.89	683	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	982	46.79	459	12

Every lot, as filed

31 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%	—	1,013	48.20/cwt	46.00–52.00	488	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	42.56/cwt	40.00–44.00	378	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,008	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	59.79/cwt	57.00–64.00	700	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	52.54/cwt	49.00–55.00	577	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	68.09/cwt	65.00–73.00	850	8
Bulls	—	—	1,710	76.49/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,308	2
Bulls	—	—	1,683	83.90/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	145.83/cwt	140.00–149.00	696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	149.97/cwt	148.00–152.00	645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	150.89/cwt	145.00–155.00	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	152.23/cwt	150.00–155.00	502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	139.78/cwt	136.00–143.00	797	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	133.73/cwt	131.00–136.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	112.74/cwt	110.00–116.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	108.76/cwt	105.00–114.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	114.80/cwt	110.00–118.00	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	115.44/cwt	110.00–118.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	127.60/cwt	125.00–133.00	479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	123.51/cwt	121.00–126.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	124.53/cwt	122.00–127.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	120.52/cwt	120.00–129.00	634	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	133.94/cwt	130.00–138.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	144.39/cwt	142.00–150.00	489	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	127.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	671	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	135.97/cwt	132.00–139.00	627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	145.73/cwt	142.00–147.00	545	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	114.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.03/cwt	120.00–126.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.45/cwt	130.00–140.00	692	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	149.67/cwt	148.00–152.00	617	3

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 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 287Last week 489Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 84Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,013	46.00–52.00	48.20
3	—	887	40.00–44.00	42.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,170	57.00–64.00	59.79
14	—	1,098	49.00–55.00	52.54
8	—	1,249	65.00–73.00	68.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	76.00–77.00	76.49
2	—	1,683	83.00–85.00	83.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	477	140.00–149.00	145.83
4	—	430	148.00–152.00	149.97
4	—	370	145.00–155.00	150.89
4	—	330	150.00–155.00	152.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	136.00–143.00	139.78
4	—	611	131.00–136.00	133.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	110.00–116.00	112.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	105.00–114.00	108.76
5	—	560	110.00–118.00	114.80
5	—	527	110.00–118.00	115.44
3	—	375	125.00–133.00	127.60
2	—	493	121.00–126.00	123.51
2	—	420	122.00–127.00	124.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	526	120.00–129.00	120.52
2	—	463	130.00–138.00	133.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	339	142.00–150.00	144.39
5	—	524	125.00–130.00	127.98
4	—	461	132.00–139.00	135.97
4	—	374	142.00–147.00	145.73
3	—	615	110.00–120.00	114.92
2	—	560	120.00–126.00	123.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	130.00–140.00	134.45
3	—	412	148.00–152.00	149.67

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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