Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $111.38/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$111.38

88 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$108

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.34

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	112.83	618	47
Medium and Large 3	495	109.92	544	35
Medium and Large 1	668	108.64	726	6thin

One grade step is worth $4.19/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale88 hd

111.38

—

GA average15 barns · 1,521 hd

123.73

−12.34

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	1,551	73.71	1,143	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,237	48.44	599	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	37.58	390	18

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	668	108.64/cwt	105.00–114.00	726	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	131.04/cwt	130.00–132.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	658	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	91.92/cwt	89.00–95.00	712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	136.77/cwt	135.00–140.00	501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	116.95/cwt	115.00–120.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	125.79/cwt	123.00–127.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	127.99/cwt	125.00–130.00	666	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,080	687.04/cwt	675.00–700.00	7,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	102.77/cwt	100.00–105.00	588	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	104.73/cwt	100.00–109.00	563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	101.67/cwt	100.00–105.00	366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	109.37/cwt	105.00–112.00	360	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	110.75/cwt	110.00–113.00	598	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	116.32/cwt	115.00–121.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	684	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	103.01/cwt	100.00–107.00	487	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	110.73/cwt	110.00–112.00	419	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	93.53/cwt	92.00–95.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	108.85/cwt	105.00–115.00	458	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	43.30/cwt	41.00–46.00	525	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	50.40/cwt	47.00–54.00	637	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	40.68/cwt	38.00–45.00	408	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	34.47/cwt	30.00–36.00	370	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	114.25/cwt	110.00–117.00	534	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	102.33/cwt	100.00–104.00	643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	102.45/cwt	100.00–105.00	543	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	87.51/cwt	85.00–90.00	576	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	437	120.78/cwt	120.00–122.00	528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	372	128.63/cwt	125.00–132.00	479	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	102.62/cwt	100.00–105.00	647	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	55.73/cwt	55.00–59.00	683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	109.98/cwt	106.00–115.00	628	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	92.98/cwt	92.00–94.00	576	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	476	109.69/cwt	105.00–114.00	522	7
Bulls	—	—	1,358	79.69/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,082	2
Bulls	—	—	1,680	69.72/cwt	69.00–71.00	1,171	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	113.39/cwt	111.00–116.00	595	10

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 Dec 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 700Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 90Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 21Year 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	—	668	105.00–114.00	108.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	130.00–132.00	131.04
4	—	658	98.00–100.00	99.00
4	—	775	89.00–95.00	91.92
5	—	366	135.00–140.00	136.77
6	—	477	115.00–120.00	116.95
6	—	630	100.00–105.00	102.62
8	—	571	106.00–115.00	109.98
10	—	525	111.00–116.00	113.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	100.00–105.00	102.45
4	—	658	85.00–90.00	87.51
5	—	437	120.00–122.00	120.78
9	—	372	125.00–132.00	128.63
6	—	620	92.00–94.00	92.98
7	—	476	105.00–114.00	109.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	123.00–127.00	125.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	123.00–125.00	124.00
6	—	520	125.00–130.00	127.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	120.00–124.00	121.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	572	100.00–105.00	102.77
8	—	538	100.00–109.00	104.73
4	—	795	85.00–87.00	86.00
6	—	473	100.00–107.00	103.01
8	—	378	110.00–112.00	110.73
4	—	720	92.00–95.00	93.53
9	—	421	105.00–115.00	108.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	100.00–105.00	101.67
7	—	329	105.00–112.00	109.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	110.00–113.00	110.75
8	—	437	115.00–121.00	116.32
6	—	467	110.00–117.00	114.25
6	—	628	100.00–104.00	102.33

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	675.00–700.00	687.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,213	41.00–46.00	43.30
20	—	1,264	47.00–54.00	50.40
8	—	1,226	55.00–59.00	55.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,002	38.00–45.00	40.68
9	—	1,074	30.00–36.00	34.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	77.00–82.00	79.69
3	—	1,680	69.00–71.00	69.72

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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Reporter comment USDA

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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