Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.72/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$115.72

99 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$7.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.53

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	118.87	714	35
Medium and Large 2	494	114.38	565	57
Medium and Large 3	415	110.91	460	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.96/cwt here — about $254 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 sale99 hd

115.72

—

GA average16 barns · 1,159 hd

119.25

−3.53

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	1,764	88.38	1,559	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,763	64.58	1,139	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,192	62.51	745	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	923	49.09	453	9thin

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	—	511	110.28/cwt	108.00–112.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	117.43/cwt	113.00–120.00	492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	125.10/cwt	122.00–130.00	480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	125.04/cwt	122.00–127.00	420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	102.50/cwt	97.00–107.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	100.71/cwt	97.00–105.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	113.17/cwt	107.00–114.00	827	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	124.16/cwt	120.00–127.00	582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	121.68/cwt	120.00–124.00	636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	128.31/cwt	125.00–130.00	545	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	134.73/cwt	130.00–137.00	505	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	118.59/cwt	115.00–123.00	579	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	121.16/cwt	117.00–125.00	504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	139.36/cwt	137.00–142.00	443	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	121.82/cwt	117.00–125.00	641	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	127.40/cwt	124.00–132.00	599	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	112.51/cwt	110.00–120.00	707	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	118.52/cwt	115.00–123.00	692	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	130.86/cwt	125.00–135.00	551	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	112.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	114.42/cwt	110.00–117.00	540	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	111.65/cwt	110.00–113.00	631	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	105.35/cwt	104.00–108.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	115.08/cwt	110.00–120.00	427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	135.99/cwt	130.00–138.00	824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	140.70/cwt	135.00–143.00	726	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	126.11/cwt	125.00–128.00	869	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	143.01/cwt	141.00–145.00	691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	117.88/cwt	115.00–121.00	922	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	129.95/cwt	128.00–134.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	139.76/cwt	137.00–142.00	584	4
Bulls	—	—	1,955	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,994	1
Bulls	—	—	1,420	83.27/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,182	3
Bulls	—	—	1,974	88.80/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,753	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,003	56.33/cwt	55.00–58.00	565	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	68.11/cwt	66.00–71.00	912	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	62.11/cwt	58.00–65.00	739	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,218	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,763	63.48/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,119	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	45.21/cwt	44.00–46.00	389	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	52.20/cwt	50.00–54.00	508	5

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 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 425Last week 405Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 80Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	108.00–112.00	110.28
7	—	419	113.00–120.00	117.43
7	—	384	122.00–130.00	125.10
5	—	336	122.00–127.00	125.04
4	—	666	97.00–107.00	102.50
3	—	720	97.00–105.00	100.71
12	—	472	110.00–117.00	114.42
12	—	565	110.00–113.00	111.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	731	107.00–114.00	113.17
8	—	469	120.00–127.00	124.16
6	—	523	120.00–124.00	121.68
4	—	425	125.00–130.00	128.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	104.00–108.00	105.35
4	—	371	110.00–120.00	115.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	375	130.00–137.00	134.73
7	—	488	115.00–123.00	118.59
6	—	416	117.00–125.00	121.16
6	—	318	137.00–142.00	139.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	526	117.00–125.00	121.82
11	—	470	124.00–132.00	127.40
7	—	628	110.00–120.00	112.51
7	—	584	115.00–123.00	118.52
7	—	421	125.00–135.00	130.86
4	—	665	110.00–114.00	112.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	123.00–125.00	123.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	130.00–138.00	135.99
7	—	516	135.00–143.00	140.70
8	—	689	125.00–128.00	126.11
13	—	483	141.00–145.00	143.01
13	—	782	115.00–121.00	117.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	128.00–134.00	129.95
4	—	418	137.00–142.00	139.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,955	102.00	102.00
3	—	1,420	82.00–85.00	83.27
4	—	1,974	86.00–93.00	88.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,003	55.00–58.00	56.33
8	—	1,339	66.00–71.00	68.11
19	—	1,190	58.00–65.00	62.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	69.00	69.00
4	—	1,763	60.00–65.00	63.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	860	44.00–46.00	45.21
5	—	973	50.00–54.00	52.20

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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