Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.61/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$131.61

107 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$13.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.86

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	140.50	655	18thin
Medium and Large 2	472	130.54	616	70
Medium and Large 3	430	127.16	547	19thin

One grade step is worth $13.34/cwt here — about $108 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 sale107 hd

131.61

—

GA average16 barns · 1,303 hd

128.76

+2.86

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	—	High	1,648	84.73	1,397	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	58.41	724	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	46.37	476	9thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	508	137.48/cwt	133.00–142.00	698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	123.95/cwt	120.00–128.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	142.13/cwt	137.00–146.00	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	143.95/cwt	140.00–149.00	607	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	112.22/cwt	110.00–115.00	692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	109.58/cwt	107.00–114.00	736	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	130.15/cwt	125.00–135.00	627	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	123.02/cwt	120.00–129.00	643	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	149.47/cwt	147.00–152.00	486	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	119.00/cwt	115.00–122.00	674	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	142.89/cwt	140.00–147.00	536	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	135.77/cwt	131.00–138.00	559	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	122.77/cwt	120.00–128.00	519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	133.76/cwt	130.00–137.00	507	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	484	122.21/cwt	121.00–125.00	591	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	128.48/cwt	127.00–130.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	119.63/cwt	117.00–122.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	133.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	126.78/cwt	126.00–128.00	529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	112.47/cwt	110.00–115.00	599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	110.84/cwt	108.00–112.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	117.25/cwt	115.00–120.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	124.77/cwt	122.00–127.00	415	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	106.45/cwt	104.00–109.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	119.83/cwt	115.00–125.00	509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	114.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	123.12/cwt	120.00–127.00	465	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	142.51/cwt	140.00–145.00	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	123.47/cwt	120.00–126.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	137.73/cwt	136.00–141.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	128.01/cwt	125.00–131.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	129.07/cwt	125.00–131.00	618	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	1,078.07/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	11,190	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,643	1
Bulls	—	—	1,613	83.67/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,350	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	66.23/cwt	65.00–67.00	744	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	54.10/cwt	52.00–56.00	654	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	59.99/cwt	57.00–64.00	778	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	43.30/cwt	42.00–44.00	430	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	47.90/cwt	46.00–51.00	500	6

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 Jun 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 509Last week 287Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 115Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	133.00–142.00	137.48
2	—	613	120.00–128.00	123.95
5	—	470	137.00–146.00	142.13
9	—	422	140.00–149.00	143.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	110.00–115.00	112.22
5	—	672	107.00–114.00	109.58
9	—	482	125.00–135.00	130.15
9	—	523	120.00–129.00	123.02
10	—	325	147.00–152.00	149.47
10	—	566	115.00–122.00	119.00
11	—	375	140.00–147.00	142.89
11	—	412	131.00–138.00	135.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	120.00–128.00	122.77
8	—	379	130.00–137.00	133.76
8	—	484	121.00–125.00	122.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	127.00–130.00	128.48
5	—	518	117.00–122.00	119.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	308	130.00–132.00	130.99
5	—	364	130.00–137.00	133.47
5	—	417	126.00–128.00	126.78
6	—	533	110.00–115.00	112.47
6	—	581	108.00–112.00	110.84
9	—	473	115.00–120.00	117.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	122.00–127.00	124.77
4	—	525	104.00–109.00	106.45
6	—	425	115.00–125.00	119.83
6	—	466	110.00–118.00	114.92
9	—	378	120.00–127.00	123.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	140.00–145.00	142.51
4	—	660	120.00–126.00	123.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	136.00–141.00	137.73
4	—	593	125.00–131.00	128.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	125.00–131.00	129.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,038	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,078.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	90.00	90.00
5	—	1,613	80.00–86.00	83.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	65.00–67.00	66.23
16	—	1,209	52.00–56.00	54.10
19	—	1,297	57.00–64.00	59.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	992	42.00–44.00	43.30
6	—	1,043	46.00–51.00	47.90

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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