Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

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 3.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, bull calves 7.00 to 9.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.91/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$117.91

145 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$8.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.05

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	119.32	656	104
Medium and Large 2	447	114.69	512	37
Medium and Large 3	375	111.00	416	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.32/cwt here — about $240 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 sale145 hd

117.91

—

GA average16 barns · 1,842 hd

123.96

−6.05

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	1,643	81.38	1,337	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	49.13	596	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	40.50	386	7thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	638	117.96/cwt	116.00–122.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	162.78/cwt	157.00–167.00	687	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	129.41/cwt	128.00–131.00	739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	131.43/cwt	128.00–133.00	670	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	154.05/cwt	152.00–157.00	587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	152.80/cwt	150.00–155.00	628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	792	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	137.39/cwt	135.00–141.00	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	119.63/cwt	115.00–124.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	123.48/cwt	123.00–125.00	908	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	135.59/cwt	132.00–138.00	854	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	158.64/cwt	157.00–162.00	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	151.37/cwt	150.00–152.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	126.30/cwt	122.00–132.00	471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	894	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	118.75/cwt	115.00–122.00	575	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	147.58/cwt	145.00–150.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	116.27/cwt	114.00–121.00	496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	119.40/cwt	113.00–122.00	684	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	122.04/cwt	120.00–124.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	161.32/cwt	157.00–165.00	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	133.42/cwt	130.00–136.00	636	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	122.46/cwt	120.00–126.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	139.79/cwt	137.00–145.00	583	5
Bulls	—	—	1,643	81.38/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	125.56/cwt	123.00–132.00	542	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	43.29/cwt	40.00–46.00	430	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	36.78/cwt	33.00–39.00	330	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	47.03/cwt	44.00–49.00	538	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	52.13/cwt	50.00–54.00	683	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	119.39/cwt	116.00–122.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	121.33/cwt	115.00–125.00	404	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	129.82/cwt	127.00–135.00	402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	108.03/cwt	103.00–113.00	853	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	110.78/cwt	105.00–115.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	112.27/cwt	109.00–114.00	701	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	109.82/cwt	107.00–114.00	741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	110.34/cwt	109.00–112.00	642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	110.33/cwt	108.00–112.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	119.06/cwt	115.00–122.00	630	19

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 402Last week 303Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 70Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	116.00–122.00	117.96
5	—	422	157.00–167.00	162.78
5	—	571	128.00–131.00	129.41
12	—	510	128.00–133.00	131.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	381	152.00–157.00	154.05
5	—	411	150.00–155.00	152.80
6	—	523	120.00–124.00	122.04
6	—	332	157.00–165.00	161.32
5	—	477	130.00–136.00	133.42
6	—	572	116.00–122.00	119.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	120.00–126.00	122.46
5	—	417	137.00–145.00	139.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	792	112.00–114.00	113.00
3	—	382	157.00–162.00	158.64
3	—	433	150.00–152.00	151.37
4	—	583	125.00–128.00	126.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	508	135.00–141.00	137.39
6	—	565	138.00–140.00	139.01
12	—	735	123.00–125.00	123.48
17	—	630	132.00–138.00	135.59
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	115.00–124.00	119.63
2	—	325	145.00–150.00	147.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	373	122.00–132.00	126.30
11	—	739	121.00	121.00
12	—	484	115.00–122.00	118.75
18	—	573	113.00–122.00	119.40
9	—	432	123.00–132.00	125.56
5	—	310	127.00–135.00	129.82
4	—	790	103.00–113.00	108.03
11	—	624	109.00–114.00	112.27
6	—	675	107.00–114.00	109.82
19	—	529	115.00–122.00	119.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	110.00–112.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	427	114.00–121.00	116.27
7	—	333	115.00–125.00	121.33
5	—	471	105.00–115.00	110.78
4	—	365	115.00–120.00	117.50
6	—	582	109.00–112.00	110.34
6	—	508	108.00–112.00	110.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	79.00–83.00	81.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	994	40.00–46.00	43.29
3	—	897	33.00–39.00	36.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,143	44.00–49.00	47.03
7	—	1,311	50.00–54.00	52.13

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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