Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, feeder bulls 6.00 higher, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.90/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$125.90

72 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$140

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

$5.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.50

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	360	128.39	463	10thin
Medium and Large 1	532	127.53	678	37
Medium and Large 2	492	122.49	603	25

One grade step is worth $5.90/cwt here — about −$140 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 sale72 hd

125.90

—

GA average16 barns · 1,300 hd

122.40

+3.50

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	—	High	1,879	93.67	1,760	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,200	63.78	765	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	50.35	509	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	—	328	154.48/cwt	152.00–157.00	507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	112.32/cwt	111.00–115.00	687	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	147.61/cwt	142.00–152.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	135.21/cwt	130.00–138.00	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	112.36/cwt	108.00–118.00	747	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	121.73/cwt	116.00–125.00	701	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	876.64/cwt	850.00–900.00	9,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	143.36/cwt	140.00–147.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.94/cwt	132.00–140.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	113.24/cwt	110.00–119.00	717	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	150.65/cwt	147.00–155.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	117.20/cwt	116.00–118.00	774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	121.33/cwt	120.00–123.00	736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	96.99/cwt	95.00–99.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	107.67/cwt	105.00–113.00	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	95.81/cwt	95.00–97.00	651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	114.37/cwt	108.00–118.00	645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	133.14/cwt	130.00–135.00	710	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	130.55/cwt	128.00–133.00	762	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	130.20/cwt	127.00–132.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	120.07/cwt	116.00–126.00	561	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	129.43/cwt	127.00–132.00	472	2
Bulls	—	—	1,893	99.23/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,878	3
Bulls	—	—	1,835	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	135.38/cwt	130.00–140.00	571	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	111.41/cwt	107.00–117.00	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	116.02/cwt	110.00–119.00	598	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,502	70.35/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,057	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	124.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	585	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	103.53/cwt	100.00–107.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	124.76/cwt	121.00–130.00	660	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	414	121.96/cwt	120.00–125.00	505	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	268	138.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	106.76/cwt	105.00–109.00	649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	101.73/cwt	100.00–104.00	641	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	52.71/cwt	50.00–55.00	550	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	46.41/cwt	45.00–49.00	445	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	65.29/cwt	63.00–67.00	758	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	57.71/cwt	55.00–60.00	646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	120.57/cwt	115.00–125.00	452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	121.75/cwt	120.00–125.00	407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	118.65/cwt	114.00–124.00	604	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	123.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	518	9

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 May 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 227Year ago 489

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 55Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	152.00–157.00	154.48
3	—	612	111.00–115.00	112.32
5	—	423	142.00–152.00	147.61
5	—	476	130.00–138.00	135.21
5	—	665	108.00–118.00	112.36
8	—	576	116.00–125.00	121.73
9	—	529	121.00–130.00	124.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	127.00–132.00	129.43
5	—	414	120.00–125.00	121.96
3	—	268	135.00–140.00	138.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	422	130.00–140.00	135.38
5	—	567	107.00–117.00	111.41
5	—	515	110.00–119.00	116.02
4	—	468	120.00–130.00	124.92
2	—	610	100.00–107.00	103.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	140.00–147.00	143.36
4	—	473	132.00–140.00	135.94
4	—	633	110.00–119.00	113.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	147.00–155.00	150.65
5	—	660	116.00–118.00	117.20
6	—	607	120.00–123.00	121.33
7	—	533	130.00–135.00	133.14
7	—	584	128.00–133.00	130.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	95.00–99.00	96.99
7	—	564	108.00–118.00	114.37
5	—	389	127.00–132.00	130.20
8	—	467	116.00–126.00	120.07
4	—	608	105.00–109.00	106.76
11	—	509	114.00–124.00	118.65
9	—	421	120.00–130.00	123.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	105.00–113.00	107.67
5	—	679	95.00–97.00	95.81
4	—	630	100.00–104.00	101.73
4	—	375	115.00–125.00	120.57
4	—	334	120.00–125.00	121.75

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,103	850.00–900.00	876.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,893	96.00–104.00	99.23
1	—	1,835	77.00	77.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,502	70.00–71.00	70.35
11	—	1,161	63.00–67.00	65.29
6	—	1,119	55.00–60.00	57.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,044	50.00–55.00	52.71
3	—	958	45.00–49.00	46.41

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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Bulls · 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

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Replacement Cattle

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