Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer and bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.52/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$114.52

125 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$23.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.13

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	452	128.81	583	27
Medium and Large 2	509	112.91	574	68
Medium and Large 3	486	105.33	512	30

One grade step is worth $23.47/cwt here — about $71 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 sale125 hd

114.52

—

GA average16 barns · 1,565 hd

111.39

+3.13

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	1,695	80.55	1,365	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	54.87	660	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,076	48.70	524	18

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	285	153.56/cwt	150.00–157.00	438	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	151.03/cwt	147.00–155.00	465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	110.22/cwt	109.00–111.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	134.73/cwt	132.00–137.00	501	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	634	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	453	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	140.48/cwt	135.00–145.00	454	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	716	94.28/cwt	90.00–98.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	101.13/cwt	96.00–106.00	634	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	103.78/cwt	101.00–108.00	591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	123.17/cwt	118.00–128.00	519	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	112.57/cwt	109.00–115.00	548	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	109.45/cwt	105.00–112.00	574	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	97.54/cwt	95.00–100.00	505	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	92.50/cwt	90.00–94.00	629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	103.13/cwt	100.00–107.00	488	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	113.20/cwt	110.00–117.00	481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	92.81/cwt	90.00–95.00	617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	97.40/cwt	93.00–100.00	570	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	98.07/cwt	93.00–103.00	610	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	107.14/cwt	105.00–110.00	515	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	109.23/cwt	105.00–115.00	469	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	102.31/cwt	96.00–106.00	548	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	99.44/cwt	97.00–102.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	94.64/cwt	92.00–97.00	450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	111.48/cwt	108.00–115.00	847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	120.32/cwt	118.00–124.00	734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	124.24/cwt	120.00–129.00	642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	124.98/cwt	122.00–130.00	715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	120.39/cwt	116.00–125.00	804	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	112.53/cwt	109.00–116.00	686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	120.00/cwt	119.00–122.00	511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	113.66/cwt	110.00–116.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	117.04/cwt	115.00–122.00	566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	115.84/cwt	112.00–120.00	609	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,305	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,071	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	717.01/cwt	700.00–750.00	6,955	3
Bulls	—	—	1,992	83.31/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,660	3
Bulls	—	—	1,516	78.90/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,196	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	59.23/cwt	57.00–63.00	710	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	53.59/cwt	51.00–56.00	645	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	45.13/cwt	42.00–48.00	489	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	50.97/cwt	49.00–53.00	546	11

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 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 410Last week 339Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 68Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year 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	—	285	150.00–157.00	153.56
4	—	308	147.00–155.00	151.03
5	—	620	109.00–111.00	110.22
6	—	372	132.00–137.00	134.73
8	—	564	110.00–115.00	112.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	355	125.00–130.00	127.50
6	—	323	135.00–145.00	140.48
6	—	716	90.00–98.00	94.28
8	—	627	96.00–106.00	101.13
9	—	569	101.00–108.00	103.78
11	—	421	118.00–128.00	123.17
11	—	487	109.00–115.00	112.57
13	—	524	105.00–112.00	109.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	95.00–100.00	97.54
4	—	680	90.00–94.00	92.50
9	—	473	100.00–107.00	103.13
13	—	425	110.00–117.00	113.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	90.00–95.00	92.81
8	—	585	93.00–100.00	97.40
9	—	622	93.00–103.00	98.07
11	—	481	105.00–110.00	107.14
14	—	429	105.00–115.00	109.23
14	—	536	96.00–106.00	102.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	97.00–102.00	99.44
6	—	475	92.00–97.00	94.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	760	108.00–115.00	111.48
6	—	610	118.00–124.00	120.32
8	—	517	120.00–129.00	124.24
10	—	572	122.00–130.00	124.98
10	—	668	116.00–125.00	120.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	109.00–116.00	112.53
5	—	426	119.00–122.00	120.00
6	—	572	110.00–116.00	113.66
7	—	484	115.00–122.00	117.04
10	—	526	112.00–120.00	115.84

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,305	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	970	700.00–750.00	717.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,992	83.00–84.00	83.31
5	—	1,516	75.00–81.00	78.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,199	57.00–63.00	59.23
17	—	1,203	51.00–56.00	53.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,083	42.00–48.00	45.13
11	—	1,071	49.00–53.00	50.97

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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