Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer and bull calves 2.00 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 $115.55/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$115.55

104 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$7.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	118.75	599	53
Medium and Large 1	558	118.49	661	4thin
Medium and Large 3	483	111.69	539	47

One grade step is worth $7.06/cwt here — about $60 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 sale104 hd

115.55

—

GA average16 barns · 1,420 hd

118.71

−3.16

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	1,475	86.80	1,281	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	59.74	741	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	50.74	517	15

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	558	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	133.57/cwt	130.00–137.00	485	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	658	102.34/cwt	100.00–105.00	673	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	129.21/cwt	126.00–135.00	540	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	118.39/cwt	115.00–125.00	614	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	110.67/cwt	105.00–115.00	631	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	121.00/cwt	117.00–125.00	575	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	128.46/cwt	127.00–130.00	402	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	103.02/cwt	102.00–104.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	122.92/cwt	120.00–127.00	452	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	98.94/cwt	95.00–102.00	618	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	116.98/cwt	115.00–120.00	503	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	109.58/cwt	105.00–115.00	525	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	107.92/cwt	105.00–113.00	572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	106.50/cwt	102.00–111.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	97.00/cwt	95.00–99.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	93.52/cwt	90.00–97.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	115.95/cwt	115.00–117.00	380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	113.64/cwt	111.00–117.00	477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	106.31/cwt	105.00–108.00	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	109.99/cwt	108.00–114.00	521	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	102.27/cwt	100.00–104.00	543	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	106.07/cwt	104.00–109.00	402	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	104.57/cwt	100.00–107.00	498	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	108.63/cwt	105.00–112.00	362	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	106.37/cwt	102.00–109.00	449	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	138.92/cwt	135.00–142.00	524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	130.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	550	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	135.00/cwt	132.00–137.00	466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	118.03/cwt	115.00–120.00	557	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	113.03/cwt	110.00–115.00	599	6
Bulls	—	—	1,618	94.58/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,530	2
Bulls	—	—	1,370	81.29/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,114	3
Bulls	—	—	1,483	87.04/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,291	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	56.37/cwt	54.00–58.00	661	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	61.98/cwt	59.00–65.00	797	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	46.20/cwt	45.00–47.00	438	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	53.01/cwt	51.00–55.00	559	10

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 Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 385Last week 383Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 110Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	117.00–120.00	118.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	130.00–137.00	133.57
6	—	658	100.00–105.00	102.34
10	—	418	126.00–135.00	129.21
10	—	519	115.00–125.00	118.39
11	—	570	105.00–115.00	110.67
12	—	475	117.00–125.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	313	127.00–130.00	128.46
4	—	585	102.00–104.00	103.02
6	—	368	120.00–127.00	122.92
6	—	625	95.00–102.00	98.94
7	—	430	115.00–120.00	116.98
9	—	479	105.00–115.00	109.58
11	—	530	105.00–113.00	107.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	102.00–111.00	106.50
4	—	605	95.00–99.00	97.00
4	—	720	90.00–97.00	93.52
6	—	328	115.00–117.00	115.95
6	—	420	111.00–117.00	113.64
6	—	523	105.00–108.00	106.31
11	—	474	108.00–114.00	109.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	531	100.00–104.00	102.27
9	—	379	104.00–109.00	106.07
10	—	476	100.00–107.00	104.57
12	—	333	105.00–112.00	108.63
13	—	422	102.00–109.00	106.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	377	135.00–142.00	138.92
9	—	423	125.00–135.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	132.00–137.00	135.00
6	—	472	115.00–120.00	118.03
6	—	530	110.00–115.00	113.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	94.00–95.00	94.58
3	—	1,370	79.00–83.00	81.29
4	—	1,483	85.00–92.00	87.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,172	54.00–58.00	56.37
21	—	1,286	59.00–65.00	61.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	949	45.00–47.00	46.20
10	—	1,054	51.00–55.00	53.01

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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