Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves 3.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.11/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$127.11

52 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$2

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

$12.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	439	135.38	594	15thin
Medium and Large 3	363	130.50	474	4thin
Medium and Large 2	485	122.94	597	33

One grade step is worth $12.44/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale52 hd

127.11

—

GA average17 barns · 1,142 hd

124.21

+2.90

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	1,955	89.00	1,740	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,131	64.72	732	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,415	63.00	891	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	51.94	551	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	310	161.26/cwt	157.00–165.00	500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	138.02/cwt	137.00–140.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	129.65/cwt	127.00–131.00	594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	148.35/cwt	145.00–150.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	133.49/cwt	132.00–135.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	124.66/cwt	122.00–127.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	109.49/cwt	105.00–114.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	118.15/cwt	114.00–125.00	489	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	53.68/cwt	50.00–58.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	114.17/cwt	110.00–119.00	535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.04/cwt	105.00–113.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	102.31/cwt	100.00–105.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	113.99/cwt	113.00–115.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	123.01/cwt	120.00–125.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	130.50/cwt	127.00–135.00	474	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	72.00/cwt	70.00–75.00	837	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	59.66/cwt	58.00–61.00	656	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	65.22/cwt	62.00–68.00	744	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	891	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	428	1
Bulls	—	—	1,955	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	126.35/cwt	125.00–129.00	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	142.90/cwt	140.00–145.00	530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	120.34/cwt	115.00–124.00	579	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	117.44/cwt	116.00–121.00	612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	111.86/cwt	108.00–114.00	633	7

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 Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 293Last week 340Year ago 339

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 75Year ago 68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	157.00–165.00	161.26
3	—	413	137.00–140.00	138.02
3	—	458	127.00–131.00	129.65
6	—	507	122.00–126.00	123.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	106.00–108.00	107.00
3	—	343	145.00–150.00	148.35
3	—	438	125.00–129.00	126.35
4	—	371	140.00–145.00	142.90
7	—	481	115.00–124.00	120.34
7	—	521	116.00–121.00	117.44
7	—	566	108.00–114.00	111.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	127.00–135.00	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	132.00–135.00	133.49
3	—	387	122.00–127.00	124.66
4	—	519	105.00–114.00	109.49
6	—	414	114.00–125.00	118.15
8	—	469	110.00–119.00	114.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	105.00–113.00	110.04
3	—	475	100.00–105.00	102.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	113.00–115.00	113.99
4	—	478	120.00–125.00	123.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	50.00–58.00	53.68
1	—	950	45.00	45.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	70.00–75.00	72.00
5	—	1,099	58.00–61.00	59.66
7	—	1,141	62.00–68.00	65.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	63.00	63.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,955	89.00	89.00

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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