Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to markets being closed for previous week for holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.78/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$129.78

108 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$7.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.92

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	420	133.67	561	44
Medium and Large 3	396	128.93	510	21
Medium and Large 1	531	126.22	670	43

One grade step is worth $7.46/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale108 hd

129.78

—

GA average4 barns · 400 hd

123.86

+5.92

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	1,843	83.00	1,530	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,207	58.29	704	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	50.53	510	19

Every lot, as filed

40 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 2	—	481	125.84/cwt	125.00–127.00	605	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	149.05/cwt	145.00–155.00	483	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	131.26/cwt	128.00–137.00	566	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	290	145.98/cwt	145.00–147.00	423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	133.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	507	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	123.30/cwt	120.00–127.00	522	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	606	118.40/cwt	116.00–126.00	718	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	122.66/cwt	117.00–126.00	699	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	130.10/cwt	128.00–133.00	624	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	128.32/cwt	123.00–133.00	665	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	107.59/cwt	105.00–110.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	263	154.48/cwt	152.00–157.00	406	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	141.22/cwt	140.00–145.00	527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	117.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	110.97/cwt	110.00–113.00	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	120.12/cwt	119.00–121.00	498	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	117.11/cwt	115.00–121.00	620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	115.28/cwt	113.00–121.00	644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	119.02/cwt	117.00–123.00	563	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	113.96/cwt	110.00–116.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	110.23/cwt	109.00–112.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	110.62/cwt	108.00–115.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	117.32/cwt	115.00–122.00	390	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	117.48/cwt	112.00–120.00	436	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	114.86/cwt	110.00–118.00	486	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	136.50/cwt	135.00–139.00	622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	129.33/cwt	126.00–132.00	799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	133.31/cwt	132.00–135.00	693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	130.18/cwt	125.00–134.00	747	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	121.63/cwt	120.00–125.00	632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	140.11/cwt	137.00–147.00	539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	411	133.59/cwt	130.00–135.00	549	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	129.48/cwt	125.00–135.00	615	10
Bulls	—	—	1,713	86.54/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,482	2
Bulls	—	—	1,930	80.64/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,556	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	974	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	55.83/cwt	54.00–57.00	611	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	59.49/cwt	58.00–62.00	756	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	45.08/cwt	43.00–49.00	479	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	53.05/cwt	50.00–56.00	523	13

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 Jul 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 397Last week 304Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 188Year ago 0

No trends available due to markets being closed for previous week for holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	125.00–127.00	125.84
8	—	324	145.00–155.00	149.05
13	—	431	128.00–137.00	131.26
2	—	575	105.00–110.00	107.59
4	—	263	152.00–157.00	154.48
4	—	373	140.00–145.00	141.22
6	—	536	115.00–120.00	117.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	145.00–147.00	145.98
7	—	379	130.00–137.00	133.72
12	—	423	120.00–127.00	123.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	116.00–126.00	118.40
11	—	570	117.00–126.00	122.66
12	—	480	128.00–133.00	130.10
15	—	518	123.00–133.00	128.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	110.00–113.00	110.97
7	—	415	119.00–121.00	120.12
7	—	529	115.00–121.00	117.11
7	—	559	113.00–121.00	115.28
11	—	473	117.00–123.00	119.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	110.00–116.00	113.96
4	—	580	109.00–112.00	110.23
5	—	516	108.00–115.00	110.62
6	—	332	115.00–122.00	117.32
10	—	371	112.00–120.00	117.48
13	—	423	110.00–118.00	114.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	135.00–139.00	136.50
6	—	618	126.00–132.00	129.33
10	—	520	132.00–135.00	133.31
11	—	574	125.00–134.00	130.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	120.00–125.00	121.63
5	—	385	137.00–147.00	140.11
5	—	411	130.00–135.00	133.59
10	—	475	125.00–135.00	129.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	86.00–87.00	86.54
3	—	1,930	80.00–81.00	80.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	66.00	66.00
9	—	1,094	54.00–57.00	55.83
12	—	1,270	58.00–62.00	59.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	43.00–49.00	45.08
13	—	985	50.00–56.00	53.05

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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