Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 13.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer, heifer, and bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.29/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$134.29

48 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$10.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	420	138.29	581	24
Medium and Large 1	556	130.99	728	18thin
Medium and Large 3	445	128.17	571	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.12/cwt here — about $10 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 sale48 hd

134.29

—

GA average13 barns · 593 hd

130.13

+4.16

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	1,696	77.78	1,319	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	55.00	681	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	49.33	492	17

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	708	103.49/cwt	100.00–107.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	134.61/cwt	130.00–137.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	122.96/cwt	120.00–127.00	697	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	111.68/cwt	110.00–115.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	149.02/cwt	145.00–155.00	694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	150.96/cwt	150.00–152.00	400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	151.55/cwt	150.00–155.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	138.01/cwt	137.00–140.00	562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	124.70/cwt	122.00–127.00	640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	135.97/cwt	135.00–137.00	650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	145.05/cwt	140.00–150.00	542	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	140.95/cwt	140.00–142.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	131.02/cwt	130.00–132.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	129.07/cwt	125.00–135.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	116.72/cwt	115.00–120.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	122.01/cwt	120.00–125.00	593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	104.63/cwt	102.00–107.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	98.99/cwt	97.00–100.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	116.50/cwt	115.00–117.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	134.62/cwt	132.00–137.00	413	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	121.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	122.32/cwt	120.00–125.00	520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	126.50/cwt	124.00–129.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	143.34/cwt	140.00–145.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	148.27/cwt	147.00–152.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	133.17/cwt	130.00–137.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	136.00/cwt	135.00–137.00	691	2
Bulls	—	—	1,696	77.78/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,319	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	868	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	59.48/cwt	56.00–64.00	752	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	51.78/cwt	48.00–55.00	630	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	43.44/cwt	41.00–46.00	497	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	50.11/cwt	47.00–54.00	491	15

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 31Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 139Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 13.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer, heifer, and bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	100.00–107.00	103.49
3	—	532	130.00–137.00	134.61
3	—	567	120.00–127.00	122.96
3	—	678	110.00–115.00	111.68
7	—	466	145.00–155.00	149.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	150.00–152.00	150.96
2	—	638	105.00–110.00	107.53
3	—	328	150.00–155.00	151.55
3	—	407	137.00–140.00	138.01
3	—	513	122.00–127.00	124.70
4	—	478	135.00–137.00	135.97
7	—	374	140.00–150.00	145.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	140.00–142.00	140.95
2	—	488	130.00–132.00	131.01
2	—	523	110.00–115.00	112.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	130.00–132.00	131.02
2	—	563	112.00–115.00	113.48
3	—	437	125.00–135.00	129.07
4	—	519	115.00–120.00	116.72
6	—	486	120.00–125.00	122.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	102.00–107.00	104.63
3	—	622	97.00–100.00	98.99
4	—	471	115.00–117.00	116.50
5	—	307	132.00–137.00	134.62
5	—	393	120.00–125.00	121.98
6	—	425	120.00–125.00	122.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	155.00–157.00	156.02
2	—	605	124.00–129.00	126.50
3	—	513	140.00–145.00	143.34
4	—	458	147.00–152.00	148.27
5	—	579	130.00–137.00	133.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	145.00–150.00	147.55
2	—	508	135.00–137.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,696	75.00–82.00	77.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	65.00	65.00
10	—	1,264	56.00–64.00	59.48
17	—	1,216	48.00–55.00	51.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	41.00–46.00	43.44
15	—	979	47.00–54.00	50.11

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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