Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.72/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$102.72

73 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$3.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.09

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	103.53	608	18thin
Medium and Large 2	489	103.10	505	44
Medium and Large 3	433	99.88	433	11thin

One grade step is worth $3.65/cwt here — about $175 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 sale73 hd

102.72

—

GA average16 barns · 1,205 hd

104.81

−2.09

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	1,644	74.08	1,218	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,333	47.75	636	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	42.50	465	2thin

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 1	—	468	119.49/cwt	117.00–122.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	118.04/cwt	116.00–122.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	109.33/cwt	108.00–111.00	676	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	112.57/cwt	110.00–114.00	627	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	111.69/cwt	110.00–115.00	539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	104.21/cwt	100.00–107.00	597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	103.29/cwt	99.00–107.00	642	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	111.00/cwt	105.00–115.00	587	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	101.31/cwt	100.00–102.00	532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	120.95/cwt	120.00–122.00	333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	106.46/cwt	105.00–108.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	100.96/cwt	98.00–104.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	103.38/cwt	101.00–106.00	597	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	92.71/cwt	90.00–97.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	93.44/cwt	90.00–97.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	108.64/cwt	107.00–110.00	415	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	107.42/cwt	105.00–110.00	463	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	106.27/cwt	104.00–110.00	504	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	100.89/cwt	96.00–104.00	537	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	100.77/cwt	97.00–105.00	383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	99.14/cwt	93.00–101.00	474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	132.69/cwt	130.00–134.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	124.76/cwt	123.00–130.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	125.70/cwt	120.00–129.00	840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	126.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	132.32/cwt	131.00–134.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	115.49/cwt	114.00–117.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	121.26/cwt	118.00–124.00	589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	122.34/cwt	120.00–124.00	651	6
Bulls	—	—	1,940	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,533	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	73.26/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,168	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	45.22/cwt	44.00–46.00	624	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	49.86/cwt	48.00–52.00	645	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	42.50/cwt	40.00–45.00	465	2

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 Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 541Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 90Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	117.00–122.00	119.49
4	—	519	116.00–122.00	118.04
6	—	618	108.00–111.00	109.33
7	—	557	110.00–114.00	112.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	110.00–115.00	111.69
4	—	573	100.00–107.00	104.21
9	—	622	99.00–107.00	103.29
11	—	529	105.00–115.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	100.00–102.00	101.31
4	—	275	120.00–122.00	120.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	105.00–108.00	106.46
4	—	680	98.00–104.00	100.96
10	—	577	101.00–106.00	103.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	90.00–97.00	92.71
4	—	565	90.00–97.00	93.44
6	—	382	107.00–110.00	108.64
7	—	431	105.00–110.00	107.42
11	—	474	104.00–110.00	106.27
13	—	532	96.00–104.00	100.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	97.00–105.00	100.77
6	—	478	93.00–101.00	99.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	130.00–134.00	132.69
4	—	613	123.00–130.00	124.76
4	—	668	120.00–129.00	125.70
5	—	566	125.00–130.00	126.98
6	—	513	131.00–134.00	132.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	114.00–117.00	115.49
4	—	486	118.00–124.00	121.26
6	—	532	120.00–124.00	122.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	79.00	79.00
6	—	1,595	70.00–76.00	73.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,380	44.00–46.00	45.22
6	—	1,293	48.00–52.00	49.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	40.00–45.00	42.50

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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