Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady. This market will not be covered next week on Nov. 25th and coverage will resume on Dec. 2nd.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.74/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$104.74

101 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$5.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.68

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	105.54	498	67
Medium and Large 1	616	105.01	647	22
Medium and Large 3	424	99.80	423	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.74/cwt here — about $74 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 sale101 hd

104.74

—

GA average17 barns · 2,190 hd

118.42

−13.68

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	1,901	75.03	1,426	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,163	52.26	608	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	43.01	399	14

Every lot, as filed

41 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 3	—	475	106.17/cwt	102.00–110.00	504	4
Bulls	—	—	1,943	75.71/cwt	75.00–76.00	1,471	3
Bulls	—	—	1,775	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	393	127.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	293	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	398	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	109.15/cwt	105.00–115.00	581	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	60.27/cwt	59.00–63.00	676	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	116.99/cwt	112.00–121.00	553	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	94.99/cwt	94.00–96.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	107.29/cwt	104.00–110.00	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	110.67/cwt	107.00–115.00	448	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	533	98.48/cwt	95.00–102.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	97.04/cwt	95.00–99.00	464	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	44.61/cwt	42.00–49.00	422	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	879	39.00/cwt	37.00–40.00	343	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	54.28/cwt	51.00–58.00	627	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	47.47/cwt	45.00–49.00	562	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	103.05/cwt	99.00–106.00	530	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	107.86/cwt	105.00–110.00	448	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	100.97/cwt	96.00–104.00	576	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	113.36/cwt	110.00–120.00	364	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	103.26/cwt	100.00–106.00	635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	108.28/cwt	106.00–112.00	631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	119.89/cwt	117.00–122.00	703	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	123.00/cwt	121.00–124.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	122.77/cwt	120.00–125.00	891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	130.00/cwt	129.00–131.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	102.57/cwt	100.00–105.00	380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	105.36/cwt	101.00–110.00	505	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,105	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,459	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,455	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	9,782	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	115.19/cwt	114.00–116.00	602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	123.80/cwt	117.00–127.00	522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	105.31/cwt	103.00–108.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	121.83/cwt	121.00–123.00	569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	131.02/cwt	130.00–132.00	544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	153.53/cwt	150.00–157.00	488	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	146.36/cwt	145.00–147.00	561	3

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 Nov 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 415Last week 559Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 91Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 32Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	102.00–110.00	106.17
4	—	393	125.00–130.00	127.52
4	—	293	135.00–137.00	135.99
6	—	405	107.00–115.00	110.67
4	—	533	95.00–102.00	98.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	532	105.00–115.00	109.15
10	—	473	112.00–121.00	116.99
6	—	662	94.00–96.00	94.99
6	—	573	104.00–110.00	107.29
3	—	422	117.00–127.00	123.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	667	103.00–108.00	105.31
5	—	467	121.00–123.00	121.83
4	—	415	130.00–132.00	131.02
4	—	318	150.00–157.00	153.53
3	—	383	145.00–147.00	146.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	663	102.00–104.00	103.00
8	—	615	100.00–106.00	103.26
8	—	583	106.00–112.00	108.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	95.00–99.00	97.04
6	—	370	100.00–105.00	102.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	514	99.00–106.00	103.05
12	—	415	105.00–110.00	107.86
10	—	570	96.00–104.00	100.97
7	—	321	110.00–120.00	113.36
25	—	479	101.00–110.00	105.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	586	117.00–122.00	119.89
3	—	485	121.00–124.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	726	120.00–125.00	122.77
4	—	508	129.00–131.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	114.00–116.00	115.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,943	75.00–76.00	75.71
1	—	1,775	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	59.00–63.00	60.27
26	—	1,155	51.00–58.00	54.28
16	—	1,183	45.00–49.00	47.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	946	42.00–49.00	44.61
4	—	879	37.00–40.00	39.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,340	730.00	730.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,025.00	1,025.00

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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Heifers · 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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