Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

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 unevenly steady, bull and heifer calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.66/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$114.66

78 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$8.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.27

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	467	120.20	561	14thin
Medium and Large 2	464	114.55	531	39
Medium and Large 3	396	111.73	442	25

One grade step is worth $8.47/cwt here — about $119 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 sale78 hd

114.66

—

GA average18 barns · 2,575 hd

116.93

−2.27

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	1,724	77.22	1,331	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,130	58.46	660	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	48.96	533	18

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	57.04/cwt	56.00–59.00	613	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	60.94/cwt	60.00–62.00	747	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,420	1
Bulls	—	—	1,711	76.53/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,309	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	45.21/cwt	43.00–48.00	513	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	52.70/cwt	49.00–55.00	550	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	133.67/cwt	132.00–137.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	129.20/cwt	127.00–132.00	663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	118.81/cwt	118.00–120.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	143.96/cwt	142.00–146.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	137.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	118.15/cwt	115.00–122.00	508	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	114.41/cwt	112.00–117.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	146.72/cwt	146.00–152.00	621	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	93.31/cwt	90.00–95.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	327	145.65/cwt	145.00–147.00	476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.85/cwt	117.00–125.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	118.30/cwt	115.00–122.00	384	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	106.80/cwt	105.00–110.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	98.34/cwt	95.00–100.00	514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	126.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	104.70/cwt	100.00–107.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	121.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	110.66/cwt	105.00–115.00	473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	113.51/cwt	110.00–117.00	536	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	112.97/cwt	111.00–115.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	98.51/cwt	95.00–102.00	599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	134.01/cwt	130.00–137.00	634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	359	137.68/cwt	135.00–140.00	494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	133.54/cwt	130.00–137.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	112.40/cwt	110.00–117.00	410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	101.01/cwt	100.00–102.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	140.63/cwt	140.00–142.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	139.67/cwt	135.00–142.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	131.62/cwt	125.00–135.00	420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	128.20/cwt	128.00–130.00	501	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	678	4

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 Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 438Last week 754Year ago 397

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 136Year ago 76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,075	56.00–59.00	57.04
4	—	1,225	60.00–62.00	60.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,134	43.00–48.00	45.21
9	—	1,043	49.00–55.00	52.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	80.00	80.00
4	—	1,711	75.00–78.00	76.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	132.00–137.00	133.67
2	—	575	112.00–117.00	114.41
2	—	525	117.00–125.00	120.85
4	—	415	135.00–142.00	139.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	145.00–147.00	145.65
6	—	359	135.00–140.00	137.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	120.00–122.00	121.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	127.00–132.00	129.20
5	—	624	118.00–120.00	118.81
2	—	475	142.00–146.00	143.96
16	—	423	146.00–152.00	146.72
7	—	588	125.00–130.00	126.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	508	135.00–140.00	137.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	130.00–137.00	134.01
4	—	415	130.00–137.00	133.54
3	—	385	140.00–142.00	140.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	115.00–122.00	118.15
3	—	675	90.00–95.00	93.31
5	—	528	105.00–110.00	106.80
5	—	389	120.00–125.00	121.78
9	—	472	110.00–117.00	113.51
2	—	608	95.00–102.00	98.51
4	—	319	125.00–135.00	131.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	325	115.00–122.00	118.30
3	—	523	95.00–100.00	98.34
3	—	472	100.00–107.00	104.70
6	—	427	105.00–115.00	110.66
3	—	365	110.00–117.00	112.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	111.00–115.00	112.97
3	—	663	100.00–102.00	101.01
9	—	391	128.00–130.00	128.20

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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