Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bulls calves steady to 3.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.17/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$133.17

75 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$6.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.79

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	135.00	665	25
Medium and Large 2	443	132.74	588	44
Medium and Large 3	382	128.74	492	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.26/cwt here — about $173 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 sale75 hd

133.17

—

GA average14 barns · 1,214 hd

122.39

+10.79

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	1,487	83.92	1,248	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	60.53	769	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	47.94	479	10

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	111.13/cwt	106.00–115.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	129.26/cwt	127.00–132.00	477	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	123.27/cwt	121.00–125.00	514	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	114.27/cwt	110.00–117.00	532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	114.69/cwt	110.00–117.00	353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	119.94/cwt	117.00–125.00	445	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	123.32/cwt	122.00–126.00	755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	137.55/cwt	135.00–143.00	726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.48/cwt	118.00–123.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	143.48/cwt	140.00–147.00	550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	133.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	647	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	130.83/cwt	128.00–133.00	689	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	139.95/cwt	135.00–145.00	591	8
Bulls	—	—	1,155	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	912	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	85.15/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,337	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	67.62/cwt	66.00–70.00	909	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	54.97/cwt	52.00–57.00	614	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	61.30/cwt	58.00–65.00	805	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	45.01/cwt	43.00–47.00	400	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	49.89/cwt	48.00–53.00	535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	123.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	126.69/cwt	122.00–132.00	365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	101.00/cwt	100.00–103.00	644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	123.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	577	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	132.36/cwt	130.00–135.00	421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	120.38/cwt	116.00–126.00	625	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	128.74/cwt	125.00–132.00	492	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	326	147.17/cwt	142.00–152.00	480	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	119.28/cwt	115.00–123.00	687	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	122.37/cwt	117.00–125.00	642	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	376	139.80/cwt	135.00–142.00	526	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	112.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	127.50/cwt	124.00–132.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	131.45/cwt	127.00–135.00	572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	215	156.05/cwt	155.00–157.00	336	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	130.03/cwt	128.00–134.00	680	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	142.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	598	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	138.79/cwt	135.00–142.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	125.49/cwt	123.00–128.00	782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	148.48/cwt	147.00–150.00	535	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 Jun 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 405Last week 509Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 82Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	106.00–115.00	111.13
7	—	369	127.00–132.00	129.26
7	—	417	121.00–125.00	123.27
7	—	466	110.00–117.00	114.27
6	—	316	120.00–127.00	123.82
6	—	288	122.00–132.00	126.69
4	—	638	100.00–103.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	110.00–117.00	114.69
8	—	371	117.00–125.00	119.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	120.00–127.00	123.22
6	—	318	130.00–135.00	132.36
5	—	519	116.00–126.00	120.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	122.00–126.00	123.32
5	—	528	135.00–143.00	137.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	125.00–127.00	126.01
2	—	620	118.00–123.00	120.48
4	—	383	140.00–147.00	143.48
6	—	483	130.00–138.00	133.96
6	—	527	128.00–133.00	130.83
8	—	422	135.00–145.00	139.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	382	125.00–132.00	128.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	326	142.00–152.00	147.17
7	—	576	115.00–123.00	119.28
6	—	525	117.00–125.00	122.37
6	—	376	135.00–142.00	139.80
4	—	643	110.00–114.00	112.01
4	—	488	124.00–132.00	127.50
4	—	435	127.00–135.00	131.45
4	—	215	155.00–157.00	156.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	128.00–134.00	130.03
6	—	420	140.00–145.00	142.33
5	—	460	135.00–142.00	138.79
4	—	623	123.00–128.00	125.49
2	—	575	123.00–125.00	123.98
2	—	360	147.00–150.00	148.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	79.00	79.00
4	—	1,570	84.00–87.00	85.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	66.00–70.00	67.62
8	—	1,117	52.00–57.00	54.97
21	—	1,314	58.00–65.00	61.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	888	43.00–47.00	45.01
6	—	1,073	48.00–53.00	49.89

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Swainsboro