Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2021-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer, and bull calves lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.62/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$108.62

8 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$70

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

$1.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.26

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	448	109.50	490	4thin
Medium and Large 2	520	107.74	560	4thin

One grade step is worth $1.76/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale8 hd

108.62

—

GA average14 barns · 1,290 hd

118.88

−10.26

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	1,743	84.57	1,474	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,380	72.04	994	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	50.92	548	5thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	655	102.00/cwt	97.00–107.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	107.74/cwt	105.00–110.00	560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	136.98/cwt	135.00–139.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	125.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	512	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	62.61/cwt	60.00–65.00	762	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	47.58/cwt	45.00–50.00	491	3
Bulls	—	—	1,505	79.14/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	123.35/cwt	121.00–125.00	694	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,782	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	68.98/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,031	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	55.94/cwt	54.00–58.00	638	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	76.89/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,053	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 Feb 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 341Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 106Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer, heifer, and bull calves lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	97.00–107.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	120.00–130.00	125.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	105.00–110.00	107.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	109.00–111.00	110.00
2	—	470	108.00–110.00	108.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	135.00–139.00	136.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	137.00–140.00	138.48
3	—	563	121.00–125.00	123.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	60.00–65.00	62.61
5	—	1,495	66.00–73.00	68.98
9	—	1,370	74.00–81.00	76.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	45.00–50.00	47.58
2	—	1,140	54.00–58.00	55.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	78.00–80.00	79.14
2	—	1,980	90.00	90.00

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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