Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves steady, bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.02/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$128.02

94 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$17.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	467	131.02	612	39
Medium and Large 2	395	128.33	507	46
Medium and Large 3	510	113.48	578	9thin

One grade step is worth $17.54/cwt here — about $34 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 sale94 hd

128.02

—

GA average13 barns · 1,408 hd

130.19

−2.17

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	1,451	84.68	1,229	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	61.73	763	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	48.94	456	9thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	129.79/cwt	127.00–135.00	631	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	123.46/cwt	120.00–128.00	641	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	116.79/cwt	115.00–119.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	140.13/cwt	137.00–145.00	603	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	144.41/cwt	140.00–147.00	514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	144.80/cwt	140.00–150.00	475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	486	132.43/cwt	130.00–135.00	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	412	140.66/cwt	137.00–145.00	580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	145.99/cwt	145.00–147.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	132.25/cwt	127.00–137.00	701	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	157.22/cwt	152.00–162.00	594	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	143.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	152.06/cwt	147.00–157.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	718	102.03/cwt	100.00–104.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	133.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	147.02/cwt	145.00–149.00	831	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	144.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	767	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	156.32/cwt	150.00–160.00	741	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	163.50/cwt	160.00–170.00	680	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	170.21/cwt	167.00–172.00	548	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	103.00/cwt	101.00–105.00	788	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	113.98/cwt	111.00–117.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	179.41/cwt	177.00–182.00	493	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	168.33/cwt	165.00–170.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	137.57/cwt	135.00–140.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	135.06/cwt	130.00–140.00	448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	118.22/cwt	115.00–125.00	576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	133.00/cwt	132.00–135.00	476	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	126.67/cwt	126.00–135.00	518	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	768	93.51/cwt	90.00–97.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	119.18/cwt	117.00–120.00	520	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	183.63/cwt	180.00–187.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	163.00/cwt	157.00–165.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	174.24/cwt	170.00–177.00	573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	165.66/cwt	162.00–170.00	707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	143.97/cwt	142.00–150.00	825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	166.70/cwt	165.00–170.00	625	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	153.49/cwt	152.00–155.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	133.50/cwt	130.00–137.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	142.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	743	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	802.06/cwt	750.00–850.00	8,285	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,451	84.68/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,229	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	68.28/cwt	68.00–69.00	913	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	56.15/cwt	55.00–59.00	641	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	63.64/cwt	60.00–67.00	808	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	44.53/cwt	43.00–48.00	419	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	52.46/cwt	50.00–55.00	485	5

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 Mar 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 415Last week 623Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 71Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	486	127.00–135.00	129.79
9	—	519	120.00–128.00	123.46
5	—	561	115.00–119.00	116.79
5	—	430	137.00–145.00	140.13
5	—	356	140.00–147.00	144.41
3	—	328	140.00–150.00	144.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	135.00–140.00	137.57
5	—	332	130.00–140.00	135.06
9	—	487	115.00–125.00	118.22
14	—	358	132.00–135.00	133.00
16	—	409	126.00–135.00	126.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	90.00–97.00	93.51
7	—	436	117.00–120.00	119.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	130.00–135.00	132.43
3	—	412	137.00–145.00	140.66
2	—	385	145.00–147.00	145.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	127.00–137.00	132.25
8	—	378	152.00–162.00	157.22
5	—	461	140.00–147.00	143.43
4	—	420	147.00–157.00	152.06
2	—	718	100.00–104.00	102.03
2	—	573	130.00–138.00	133.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	565	145.00–149.00	147.02
7	—	529	140.00–150.00	144.95
7	—	474	150.00–160.00	156.32
7	—	416	160.00–170.00	163.50
5	—	322	167.00–172.00	170.21
4	—	765	101.00–105.00	103.00
4	—	660	111.00–117.00	113.98
4	—	275	177.00–182.00	179.41
3	—	395	165.00–170.00	168.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	180.00–187.00	183.63
4	—	465	157.00–165.00	163.00
5	—	329	170.00–177.00	174.24
6	—	427	162.00–170.00	165.66
8	—	573	142.00–150.00	143.97
22	—	375	165.00–170.00	166.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	152.00–155.00	153.49
4	—	565	130.00–137.00	133.50
6	—	522	140.00–145.00	142.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,033	750.00–850.00	802.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,451	82.00–88.00	84.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	68.00–69.00	68.28
9	—	1,142	55.00–59.00	56.15
16	—	1,269	60.00–67.00	63.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	940	43.00–48.00	44.53
5	—	925	50.00–55.00	52.46

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

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

Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle