Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This market will not be covered next week on July 1, 2019. Market coverage will resume on July 8, 2019.

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.47/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$112.47

64 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$9.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.08

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	118.24	616	11thin
Medium and Large 2	503	112.63	566	33
Medium and Large 3	435	109.01	475	20

One grade step is worth $9.23/cwt here — about $141 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 sale64 hd

112.47

—

GA average16 barns · 1,212 hd

115.55

−3.08

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	1,902	89.54	1,703	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	60.74	911	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	58.35	727	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	52.01	555	42

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	134.94/cwt	131.00–140.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	107.67/cwt	105.00–109.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	106.31/cwt	102.00–110.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	118.55/cwt	115.00–122.00	615	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	125.54/cwt	122.00–128.00	593	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	124.58/cwt	121.00–130.00	650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	116.60/cwt	115.00–118.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	113.61/cwt	109.00–119.00	426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	106.32/cwt	104.00–109.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	116.99/cwt	113.00–119.00	670	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	101.01/cwt	100.00–102.00	692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	128.03/cwt	125.00–131.00	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	103.98/cwt	100.00–108.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	108.81/cwt	104.00–112.00	602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	260	125.98/cwt	125.00–127.00	328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	147.97/cwt	147.00–150.00	503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	122.49/cwt	121.00–124.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	110.11/cwt	109.00–112.00	458	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	119.41/cwt	115.00–124.00	503	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	629	103.00/cwt	100.00–107.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	111.97/cwt	110.00–114.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	117.38/cwt	111.00–120.00	615	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	114.99/cwt	114.00–117.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	110.45/cwt	109.00–114.00	572	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	112.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	146.28/cwt	142.00–150.00	527	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	54.97/cwt	50.00–57.00	633	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	53.87/cwt	50.00–57.00	583	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	61.37/cwt	59.00–65.00	831	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	46.16/cwt	43.00–49.00	465	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	66.48/cwt	66.00–67.00	850	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	58.81/cwt	58.00–61.00	673	6
Bulls	—	—	2,089	89.36/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,867	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	60.36/cwt	58.00–64.00	908	23
Bulls	—	—	1,995	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,935	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	65.88/cwt	65.00–67.00	942	5
Bulls	—	—	1,343	82.55/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,109	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	55.12/cwt	53.00–56.00	872	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	127.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	536	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	120.99/cwt	119.00–123.00	572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	114.72/cwt	112.00–117.00	546	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	714	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 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 304Last week 425Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 188Last week 85Year ago 0

This market will not be covered next week on July 1, 2019. Market coverage will resume on July 8, 2019.

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	131.00–140.00	134.94
3	—	522	121.00–130.00	124.58
3	—	360	142.00–150.00	146.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	472	122.00–128.00	125.54
11	—	573	113.00–119.00	116.99
2	—	685	100.00–102.00	101.01
3	—	340	147.00–150.00	147.97
3	—	612	110.00–114.00	111.97
8	—	524	111.00–120.00	117.38
7	—	421	125.00–130.00	127.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	125.00–127.00	125.98
5	—	629	100.00–107.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	105.00–109.00	107.67
5	—	612	115.00–118.00	116.60
6	—	532	125.00–131.00	128.03
2	—	653	110.00–114.00	112.01
2	—	588	120.00–123.00	121.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	121.00–124.00	122.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	102.00–110.00	106.31
4	—	375	109.00–119.00	113.61
4	—	523	100.00–108.00	103.98
9	—	416	109.00–112.00	110.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	115.00–122.00	118.55
3	—	572	114.00–117.00	114.99
3	—	473	119.00–123.00	120.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	104.00–109.00	106.32
5	—	553	104.00–112.00	108.81
7	—	421	115.00–124.00	119.41
11	—	518	109.00–114.00	110.45
7	—	476	112.00–117.00	114.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,152	50.00–57.00	54.97
17	—	1,354	59.00–65.00	61.37
2	—	1,278	66.00–67.00	66.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,083	50.00–57.00	53.87
14	—	1,007	43.00–49.00	46.16
6	—	1,145	58.00–61.00	58.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,505	58.00–64.00	60.36
5	—	1,430	65.00–67.00	65.88
3	—	1,582	53.00–56.00	55.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,089	88.00–94.00	89.36
2	—	1,995	97.00	97.00
2	—	1,343	82.00–83.00	82.55

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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