Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

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 3.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.05/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$116.05

69 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$30.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.39

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	132.83	567	6thin
Medium and Large 2	470	122.89	578	37
Medium and Large 3	544	102.46	558	26

One grade step is worth $30.36/cwt here — about $9 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 sale69 hd

116.05

—

GA average15 barns · 958 hd

111.66

+4.39

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	1,691	76.01	1,286	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	55.06	689	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	44.82	461	15

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	490	115.90/cwt	115.00–117.00	568	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	138.52/cwt	137.00–140.00	499	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,280	905.66/cwt	850.00–950.00	11,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	94.31/cwt	90.00–100.00	575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	124.01/cwt	122.00–125.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	111.28/cwt	110.00–115.00	477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	608	92.49/cwt	90.00–95.00	562	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	113.33/cwt	110.00–115.00	459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	90.04/cwt	85.00–95.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	102.98/cwt	100.00–107.00	548	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	102.37/cwt	100.00–105.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	108.21/cwt	107.00–110.00	605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	112.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	139.88/cwt	135.00–145.00	469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	105.60/cwt	100.00–110.00	441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	110.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	427	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	120.62/cwt	120.00–122.00	461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	113.03/cwt	110.00–117.00	593	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	143.50/cwt	142.00–145.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	136.04/cwt	135.00–137.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	612	102.79/cwt	100.00–105.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	218	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	267	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	93.54/cwt	92.00–95.00	533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	146.00/cwt	145.00–147.00	431	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	111.03/cwt	107.00–115.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	104.80/cwt	100.00–107.00	654	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	47.51/cwt	43.00–50.00	487	10
Bulls	—	—	1,793	77.99/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,398	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	53.91/cwt	50.00–57.00	664	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	115.51/cwt	115.00–117.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	107.35/cwt	105.00–110.00	561	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	59.73/cwt	58.00–65.00	740	16
Bulls	—	—	1,529	72.84/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,114	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	39.44/cwt	35.00–43.00	411	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	46.35/cwt	45.00–49.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	102.77/cwt	100.00–105.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	121.82/cwt	115.00–127.00	580	11

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 Oct 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 374Last week 448Year ago 316

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 77Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 21Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	490	115.00–117.00	115.90
5	—	559	107.00–110.00	108.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	90.00–100.00	94.31
4	—	429	110.00–115.00	111.28
4	—	375	115.00–117.00	115.51
6	—	523	105.00–110.00	107.35
5	—	563	100.00–105.00	102.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	85.00–87.00	86.00
6	—	418	100.00–110.00	105.60
9	—	385	105.00–115.00	110.95
4	—	218	120.00–125.00	122.53
4	—	570	92.00–95.00	93.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	137.00–140.00	138.52
5	—	335	135.00–145.00	139.88
6	—	525	110.00–117.00	113.03
4	—	295	145.00–147.00	146.00
4	—	580	107.00–115.00	111.03
5	—	624	100.00–107.00	104.80
11	—	476	115.00–127.00	121.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	90.00–95.00	92.49
3	—	405	110.00–115.00	113.33
4	—	680	85.00–95.00	90.04
6	—	532	100.00–107.00	102.98
6	—	575	100.00–105.00	102.37
3	—	382	120.00–122.00	120.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	125.00–130.00	127.49
2	—	365	142.00–145.00	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	122.00–125.00	124.01
4	—	613	110.00–116.00	112.99
4	—	765	107.00–109.00	107.99
2	—	428	135.00–137.00	136.04
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	100.00–105.00	102.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,280	850.00–950.00	905.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,024	43.00–50.00	47.51
5	—	1,041	35.00–43.00	39.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,231	50.00–57.00	53.91
16	—	1,239	58.00–65.00	59.73
5	—	1,398	45.00–49.00	46.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,793	76.00–84.00	77.99
5	—	1,529	69.00–75.00	72.84

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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