Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.71/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$117.71

100 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	364	119.87	436	13thin
Medium and Large 1	561	118.70	666	44
Medium and Large 2	479	116.04	556	43

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale100 hd

117.71

—

GA average16 barns · 1,533 hd

116.74

+0.96

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	1,944	73.58	1,430	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,750	48.00	840	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,361	46.93	639	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	41.64	425	11

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	413	130.53/cwt	129.00–132.00	539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	117.02/cwt	112.00–122.00	665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	110.30/cwt	103.00–116.00	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	109.16/cwt	107.00–110.00	731	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	742	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	653	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	127.59/cwt	125.00–130.00	597	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	135.62/cwt	132.00–140.00	434	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	120.84/cwt	117.00–125.00	503	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	111.38/cwt	110.00–115.00	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	362	130.66/cwt	127.00–135.00	473	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	636	102.67/cwt	100.00–104.00	653	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	113.74/cwt	110.00–120.00	528	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	106.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	601	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	278	130.63/cwt	130.00–132.00	363	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	310	126.72/cwt	125.00–130.00	393	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	112.32/cwt	107.00–116.00	476	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	105.31/cwt	104.00–106.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	103.49/cwt	102.00–105.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	106.03/cwt	104.00–108.00	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	100.38/cwt	95.00–103.00	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	112.98/cwt	110.00–117.00	363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	108.48/cwt	105.00–115.00	457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	105.86/cwt	102.00–110.00	496	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	98.53/cwt	97.00–100.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	96.20/cwt	95.00–98.00	390	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	130.88/cwt	129.00–134.00	686	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.66/cwt	136.00–140.00	509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	126.69/cwt	125.00–129.00	538	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	103.33/cwt	100.00–105.00	728	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,084	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,170	671.58/cwt	600.00–725.00	7,857	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,435	1
Bulls	—	—	1,944	73.58/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,430	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	49.34/cwt	48.00–52.00	682	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	45.72/cwt	43.00–47.00	617	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	840	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	46.47/cwt	46.00–47.00	399	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	40.57/cwt	37.00–44.00	429	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 Oct 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 316Last week 255Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 52Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last 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	—	413	129.00–132.00	130.53
4	—	568	112.00–122.00	117.02
6	—	614	103.00–116.00	110.30
6	—	670	107.00–110.00	109.16
6	—	713	103.00–105.00	104.00
8	—	514	125.00–129.00	127.01
10	—	468	125.00–130.00	127.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	132.00–140.00	135.62
5	—	416	117.00–125.00	120.84
5	—	519	110.00–115.00	111.38
6	—	362	127.00–135.00	130.66
6	—	636	100.00–104.00	102.67
7	—	464	110.00–120.00	113.74
9	—	567	100.00–110.00	106.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	130.00–132.00	130.63
3	—	310	125.00–130.00	126.72
7	—	424	107.00–116.00	112.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	104.00–106.00	105.31
4	—	588	102.00–105.00	103.49
4	—	673	104.00–108.00	106.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	95.00–103.00	100.38
4	—	321	110.00–117.00	112.98
7	—	421	105.00–115.00	108.48
8	—	469	102.00–110.00	105.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	97.00–100.00	98.53
5	—	405	95.00–98.00	96.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	129.00–134.00	130.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	370	136.00–140.00	137.66
7	—	425	125.00–129.00	126.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	705	100.00–105.00	103.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	600.00–725.00	671.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	650.00	650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,944	70.00–75.00	73.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,382	48.00–52.00	49.34
10	—	1,350	43.00–47.00	45.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	48.00	48.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	46.00–47.00	46.47
9	—	1,057	37.00–44.00	40.57

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

Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, GA

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Replacement Cattle

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