Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull 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 $114.94/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$114.94

70 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$116

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

$5.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.22

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	418	118.22	495	28
Medium and Large 2	542	112.75	611	42

One grade step is worth $5.47/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale70 hd

114.94

—

GA average15 barns · 1,427 hd

120.16

−5.22

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	1,445	88.39	1,277	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,172	60.79	713	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	50.53	532	13

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	417	127.62/cwt	125.00–132.00	532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	106.32/cwt	103.00–109.00	661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	103.31/cwt	101.00–107.00	689	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	111.79/cwt	110.00–115.00	577	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	118.04/cwt	115.00–122.00	560	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	109.46/cwt	105.00–113.00	622	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	133.54/cwt	132.00–135.00	425	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	124.50/cwt	122.00–127.00	448	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	118.16/cwt	115.00–123.00	490	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	110.42/cwt	105.00–114.00	529	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	116.99/cwt	116.00–118.00	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	109.99/cwt	109.00–112.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	103.25/cwt	100.00–107.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	112.25/cwt	110.00–115.00	419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	109.15/cwt	108.00–110.00	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	106.58/cwt	101.00–110.00	546	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	109.07/cwt	105.00–114.00	518	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	103.49/cwt	101.00–107.00	450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	110.26/cwt	107.00–112.00	364	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	102.44/cwt	100.00–104.00	485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	107.06/cwt	105.00–109.00	396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	121.70/cwt	120.00–125.00	745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	130.31/cwt	129.00–131.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	120.41/cwt	118.00–122.00	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	123.69/cwt	120.00–127.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	119.70/cwt	115.00–123.00	559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	122.80/cwt	120.00–127.00	517	7
Bulls	—	—	1,680	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,579	1
Bulls	—	—	1,367	86.52/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,183	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	57.46/cwt	57.00–58.00	710	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	61.90/cwt	59.00–65.00	712	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	45.25/cwt	43.00–48.00	484	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	52.88/cwt	50.00–56.00	554	9

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 Sep 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 331Last week 615Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 95Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	417	125.00–132.00	127.62
6	—	622	103.00–109.00	106.32
6	—	667	101.00–107.00	103.31
7	—	516	110.00–115.00	111.79
8	—	474	115.00–122.00	118.04
9	—	568	105.00–113.00	109.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	132.00–135.00	133.54
4	—	360	122.00–127.00	124.50
9	—	415	115.00–123.00	118.16
11	—	479	105.00–114.00	110.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	116.00–118.00	116.99
3	—	563	109.00–112.00	109.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	100.00–107.00	103.25
6	—	373	110.00–115.00	112.25
7	—	441	108.00–110.00	109.15
10	—	512	101.00–110.00	106.58
14	—	475	105.00–114.00	109.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	101.00–107.00	103.49
5	—	330	107.00–112.00	110.26
5	—	473	100.00–104.00	102.44
6	—	370	105.00–109.00	107.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	120.00–125.00	121.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	129.00–131.00	130.31
5	—	576	118.00–122.00	120.41
8	—	535	120.00–127.00	123.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	115.00–123.00	119.70
7	—	421	120.00–127.00	122.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	94.00	94.00
3	—	1,367	84.00–89.00	86.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,236	57.00–58.00	57.46
12	—	1,151	59.00–65.00	61.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,069	43.00–48.00	45.25
9	—	1,047	50.00–56.00	52.88

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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