Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.49/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$104.49

78 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$5.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.45

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	107.99	565	6thin
Medium and Large 2	508	104.65	532	53
Medium and Large 3	436	102.95	449	19thin

One grade step is worth $5.04/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 sale78 hd

104.49

—

GA average16 barns · 1,516 hd

105.94

−1.45

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	1,762	74.87	1,319	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	47.49	598	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	43.52	458	21

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	—	522	119.19/cwt	117.00–123.00	622	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	114.98/cwt	113.00–117.00	646	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	143.53/cwt	142.00–145.00	416	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	105.77/cwt	103.00–108.00	656	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	120.03/cwt	118.00–122.00	513	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	108.85/cwt	105.00–113.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	107.98/cwt	105.00–111.00	620	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	127.04/cwt	122.00–132.00	484	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	115.02/cwt	110.00–117.00	561	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	96.97/cwt	94.00–100.00	572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	329	128.27/cwt	127.00–130.00	422	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	114.50/cwt	110.00–117.00	495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	113.45/cwt	112.00–115.00	369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	681	92.26/cwt	90.00–96.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	106.71/cwt	103.00–109.00	497	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	98.39/cwt	93.00–103.00	609	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	102.78/cwt	98.00–107.00	540	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	101.70/cwt	100.00–104.00	577	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	112.14/cwt	109.00–115.00	460	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	109.04/cwt	107.00–110.00	358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	609	90.25/cwt	89.00–92.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	109.15/cwt	105.00–113.00	405	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	102.17/cwt	100.00–106.00	449	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	119.85/cwt	117.00–124.00	765	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	117.16/cwt	116.00–119.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	115.25/cwt	114.00–118.00	825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	116.50/cwt	115.00–118.00	614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	114.53/cwt	110.00–116.00	715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	115.34/cwt	110.00–119.00	667	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	112.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	523	3
Bulls	—	—	1,536	77.82/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,195	4
Bulls	—	—	1,913	72.91/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,395	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	50.02/cwt	49.00–53.00	634	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	46.08/cwt	43.00–49.00	577	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	46.65/cwt	45.00–50.00	475	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	41.96/cwt	38.00–44.00	448	14

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 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 384Last week 410Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 83Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	117.00–123.00	119.19
6	—	562	113.00–117.00	114.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	290	142.00–145.00	143.53
5	—	620	103.00–108.00	105.77
6	—	427	118.00–122.00	120.03
6	—	524	105.00–113.00	108.85
7	—	574	105.00–111.00	107.98
9	—	381	122.00–132.00	127.04
9	—	488	110.00–117.00	115.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	94.00–100.00	96.97
7	—	329	127.00–130.00	128.27
8	—	432	110.00–117.00	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	107.00–109.00	107.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	112.00–115.00	113.45
4	—	681	90.00–96.00	92.26
7	—	466	103.00–109.00	106.71
7	—	619	93.00–103.00	98.39
9	—	525	98.00–107.00	102.78
10	—	567	100.00–104.00	101.70
12	—	410	109.00–115.00	112.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	107.00–110.00	109.04
4	—	609	89.00–92.00	90.25
6	—	371	105.00–113.00	109.15
6	—	439	100.00–106.00	102.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	120.00–122.00	121.00
6	—	638	117.00–124.00	119.85
7	—	676	116.00–119.00	117.16
8	—	716	114.00–118.00	115.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	527	115.00–118.00	116.50
6	—	624	110.00–116.00	114.53
11	—	578	110.00–119.00	115.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	110.00–116.00	112.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,536	76.00–80.00	77.82
6	—	1,913	69.00–75.00	72.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,268	49.00–53.00	50.02
18	—	1,253	43.00–49.00	46.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,018	45.00–50.00	46.65
14	—	1,068	38.00–44.00	41.96

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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