Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to holiday break.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.48/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$111.48

87 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	113.18	586	52
Medium and Large 2	393	111.20	437	27
Medium and Large 3	385	101.39	390	8thin

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about $196 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 sale87 hd

111.48

—

GA average4 barns · 337 hd

119.58

−8.10

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	1,600	79.13	1,266	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	53.97	672	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	964	38.83	374	8thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	678	105.33/cwt	104.00–106.00	714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	153.43/cwt	150.00–157.00	565	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	143.77/cwt	142.00–147.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	133.25/cwt	130.00–137.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	129.54/cwt	125.00–135.00	675	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	133.98/cwt	132.00–135.00	553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	162.47/cwt	160.00–165.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	122.29/cwt	118.00–126.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	129.46/cwt	125.00–134.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	141.33/cwt	137.00–144.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	133.48/cwt	130.00–137.00	703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	149.50/cwt	147.00–152.00	516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	143.74/cwt	140.00–147.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	114.44/cwt	110.00–119.00	547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	117.01/cwt	115.00–122.00	498	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	102.96/cwt	100.00–109.00	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	114.54/cwt	112.00–117.00	372	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	148.53/cwt	147.00–150.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	121.67/cwt	121.00–123.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	107.02/cwt	105.00–109.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	116.82/cwt	115.00–120.00	319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	109.84/cwt	105.00–115.00	466	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	97.35/cwt	95.00–102.00	406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	103.81/cwt	100.00–107.00	380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	110.59/cwt	108.00–113.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	113.70/cwt	109.00–119.00	594	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	112.83/cwt	111.00–115.00	437	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	121.32/cwt	120.00–122.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	111.24/cwt	110.00–113.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	98.02/cwt	96.00–103.00	769	4
Bulls	—	—	1,295	75.47/cwt	75.00–76.00	977	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	34.23/cwt	33.00–36.00	325	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	43.42/cwt	40.00–45.00	425	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	59.73/cwt	59.00–61.00	720	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	47.42/cwt	45.00–50.00	635	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	55.32/cwt	52.00–58.00	669	12
Bulls	—	—	1,702	80.35/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,368	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	123.30/cwt	120.00–125.00	592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	119.49/cwt	117.00–124.00	625	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	114.69/cwt	110.00–120.00	663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	142.04/cwt	137.00–147.00	524	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	128.42/cwt	125.00–132.00	421	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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 339Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 104Year ago 0

No trends available this week due to holiday break.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	104.00–106.00	105.33
4	—	368	150.00–157.00	153.43
4	—	421	142.00–147.00	143.77
5	—	481	130.00–137.00	133.25
7	—	521	125.00–135.00	129.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	132.00–135.00	133.98
3	—	480	120.00–125.00	123.30
4	—	523	117.00–124.00	119.49
4	—	578	110.00–120.00	114.69
10	—	369	137.00–147.00	142.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	125.00–132.00	128.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	160.00–165.00	162.47
3	—	785	118.00–126.00	122.29
4	—	570	125.00–134.00	129.46
6	—	464	137.00–144.00	141.33
9	—	527	130.00–137.00	133.48
3	—	707	121.00–123.00	121.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	147.00–152.00	149.50
7	—	423	140.00–147.00	143.74
4	—	378	147.00–150.00	148.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	478	110.00–119.00	114.44
14	—	426	115.00–122.00	117.01
5	—	622	108.00–113.00	110.59
2	—	660	105.00–107.00	106.00
10	—	522	109.00–119.00	113.70
3	—	378	120.00–122.00	121.32
4	—	566	110.00–113.00	111.24
4	—	785	96.00–103.00	98.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	100.00–109.00	102.96
4	—	325	112.00–117.00	114.54
4	—	480	105.00–109.00	107.02
5	—	273	115.00–120.00	116.82
6	—	424	105.00–115.00	109.84
5	—	387	111.00–115.00	112.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	95.00–102.00	97.35
5	—	366	100.00–107.00	103.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	75.00–76.00	75.47
6	—	1,702	79.00–84.00	80.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	949	33.00–36.00	34.23
4	—	978	40.00–45.00	43.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	59.00–61.00	59.73
6	—	1,340	45.00–50.00	47.42
12	—	1,210	52.00–58.00	55.32

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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