Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

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 mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.91/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$109.91

100 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$1.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.67

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	110.57	639	63
Medium and Large 2	495	108.79	539	37

One grade step is worth $1.79/cwt here — about $100 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 sale100 hd

109.91

—

GA average15 barns · 1,357 hd

115.58

−5.67

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	1,365	91.81	1,253	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	60.93	732	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,109	50.97	565	10

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	418	138.66/cwt	138.00–140.00	580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	133.99/cwt	132.00–135.00	614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	117.50/cwt	116.00–119.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	138.36/cwt	135.00–142.00	440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	132.51/cwt	130.00–135.00	587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	104.23/cwt	102.00–108.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	115.64/cwt	110.00–118.00	719	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	126.52/cwt	122.00–130.00	674	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	131.32/cwt	130.00–133.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	138.15/cwt	135.00–142.00	587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	120.25/cwt	115.00–123.00	702	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	111.48/cwt	110.00–113.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	612	104.76/cwt	100.00–106.00	641	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	133.18/cwt	130.00–137.00	698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	97.76/cwt	95.00–98.00	659	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	113.13/cwt	107.00–114.00	653	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	83.04/cwt	80.00–86.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	102.77/cwt	95.00–105.00	586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	127.47/cwt	126.00–130.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	114.43/cwt	111.00–115.00	807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	83.01/cwt	82.00–84.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	117.39/cwt	116.00–120.00	508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	121.20/cwt	115.00–122.00	572	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	110.45/cwt	105.00–115.00	510	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	120.14/cwt	115.00–125.00	440	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	107.24/cwt	104.00–110.00	552	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	46.25/cwt	44.00–49.00	497	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	52.99/cwt	50.00–55.00	595	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	724	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	55.62/cwt	53.00–58.00	669	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	63.30/cwt	59.00–66.00	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	103.91/cwt	101.00–108.00	650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	747	83.20/cwt	80.00–84.00	622	5
Bulls	—	—	1,365	91.81/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	94.81/cwt	94.00–96.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	134.17/cwt	130.00–137.00	494	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	116.28/cwt	114.00–119.00	602	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	123.00/cwt	122.00–125.00	461	3

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 Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 335Last week 119Year ago 354

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 40Year ago 63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	138.00–140.00	138.66
3	—	458	132.00–135.00	133.99
4	—	560	116.00–119.00	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	135.00–142.00	138.36
4	—	443	130.00–135.00	132.51
4	—	615	102.00–108.00	104.23
5	—	683	94.00–96.00	94.81
7	—	368	130.00–137.00	134.17
7	—	518	114.00–119.00	116.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	747	80.00–84.00	83.20
3	—	375	122.00–125.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	622	110.00–118.00	115.64
11	—	533	122.00–130.00	126.52
3	—	460	130.00–133.00	131.32
6	—	425	135.00–142.00	138.15
8	—	584	115.00–123.00	120.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	110.00–113.00	111.48
9	—	612	100.00–106.00	104.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	130.00–137.00	133.18
4	—	578	126.00–130.00	127.47
7	—	705	111.00–115.00	114.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	674	95.00–98.00	97.76
25	—	577	107.00–114.00	113.13
17	—	472	115.00–122.00	121.20
4	—	626	101.00–108.00	103.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	80.00–86.00	83.04
5	—	570	95.00–105.00	102.77
2	—	790	82.00–84.00	83.01
5	—	433	116.00–120.00	117.39
7	—	462	105.00–115.00	110.45
8	—	366	115.00–125.00	120.14
8	—	515	104.00–110.00	107.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,075	44.00–49.00	46.25
7	—	1,123	50.00–55.00	52.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	68.00	68.00
4	—	1,203	53.00–58.00	55.62
6	—	1,222	59.00–66.00	63.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	88.00–95.00	91.81

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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