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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.49/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$105.49

65 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$10.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.79

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	111.49	622	4thin
Medium and Large 2	509	108.01	549	37
Medium and Large 3	487	100.62	490	24

One grade step is worth $10.87/cwt here — about $132 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 sale65 hd

105.49

—

GA average15 barns · 1,012 hd

112.28

−6.79

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	—	Low	1,438	80.38	1,156	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	58.76	714	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	48.90	517	15

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	358	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	109.20/cwt	105.00–113.00	675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	121.58/cwt	117.00–126.00	578	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	106.76/cwt	105.00–109.00	605	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	122.20/cwt	120.00–125.00	462	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	484	110.83/cwt	106.00–115.00	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	629	98.98/cwt	97.00–102.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	111.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	113.04/cwt	112.00–114.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	103.98/cwt	103.00–105.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	117.59/cwt	113.00–120.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	105.90/cwt	103.00–109.00	597	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	107.97/cwt	106.00–111.00	517	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	106.97/cwt	104.00–112.00	558	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	96.34/cwt	95.00–98.00	591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	107.21/cwt	105.00–110.00	450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	102.82/cwt	97.00–105.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	97.99/cwt	96.00–100.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	93.29/cwt	90.00–98.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	104.11/cwt	102.00–107.00	384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	122.74/cwt	121.00–124.00	746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	128.99/cwt	127.00–130.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	114.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	125.60/cwt	123.00–130.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	122.47/cwt	118.00–125.00	705	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	115.99/cwt	114.00–120.00	608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	121.16/cwt	119.00–124.00	567	6
Bulls	—	—	1,438	80.38/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,156	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	55.96/cwt	53.00–58.00	703	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	61.35/cwt	59.00–63.00	722	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	52.54/cwt	50.00–56.00	538	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	46.47/cwt	44.00–49.00	501	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 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 331Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 42Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	130.00–135.00	132.52
2	—	538	115.00–118.00	116.49
5	—	618	105.00–113.00	109.20
6	—	475	117.00–126.00	121.58
8	—	567	105.00–109.00	106.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	120.00–125.00	122.20
6	—	484	106.00–115.00	110.83
6	—	629	97.00–102.00	98.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	110.00–115.00	111.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	112.00–114.00	113.04
2	—	618	103.00–105.00	103.98
3	—	412	113.00–120.00	117.59
9	—	564	103.00–109.00	105.90
10	—	479	106.00–111.00	107.97
11	—	522	104.00–112.00	106.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	95.00–98.00	96.34
4	—	420	105.00–110.00	107.21
4	—	473	97.00–105.00	102.82
4	—	543	96.00–100.00	97.99
4	—	563	90.00–98.00	93.29
5	—	369	102.00–107.00	104.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	121.00–124.00	122.74
6	—	587	127.00–130.00	128.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	110.00–115.00	112.56
3	—	605	110.00–116.00	114.00
8	—	527	123.00–130.00	125.60
9	—	576	118.00–125.00	122.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	114.00–120.00	115.99
6	—	468	119.00–124.00	121.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	79.00–82.00	80.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,257	53.00–58.00	55.96
13	—	1,177	59.00–63.00	61.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,024	50.00–56.00	52.54
9	—	1,078	44.00–49.00	46.47

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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