Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2019-12-02

Swainsboro

Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2019-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Dec 2

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

395 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 415▲ 395 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

85 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 88▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale previous week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.33/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$109.33

108 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$7.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.45

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	110.96	580	35
Medium and Large 2	427	109.71	469	60
Medium and Large 3	339	103.24	350	13thin

One grade step is worth $7.72/cwt here — about $229 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 sale108 hd

109.33

—

GA average4 barns · 778 hd

116.79

−7.45

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	1,472	76.07	1,120	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,648	52.59	867	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	50.65	621	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,013	40.62	411	16

Every lot

44 lots · USDA AMS · Swainsboro Stockyard - Swainsboro, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	150.66/cwt	150.00–152.00	576	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	412	136.33/cwt	135.00–137.00	562	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	147.65/cwt	146.00–150.00	613	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	139.97/cwt	135.00–145.00	641	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	129.80/cwt	125.00–135.00	622	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	128.35/cwt	125.00–132.00	658	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	609	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	125.51/cwt	120.00–127.00	738	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	115.48/cwt	114.00–117.00	679	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	258	108.53/cwt	105.00–112.00	280	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	281	118.51/cwt	115.00–122.00	333	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	115.90/cwt	112.00–120.00	370	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	103.55/cwt	102.00–105.00	342	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	114.04/cwt	110.00–117.00	423	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	108.30/cwt	105.00–112.00	444	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	412	98.76/cwt	95.00–104.00	407	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	106.73/cwt	100.00–110.00	504	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	114.36/cwt	112.00–117.00	548	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	110.24/cwt	109.00–112.00	578	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	104.12/cwt	97.00–107.00	552	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	103.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	585	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	106.20/cwt	105.00–107.00	651	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	277	135.37/cwt	132.00–137.00	375	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	312	142.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	444	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	125.76/cwt	122.00–130.00	453	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	138.38/cwt	135.00–140.00	526	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	137.96/cwt	135.00–142.00	573	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	433	127.54/cwt	125.00–130.00	552	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	471	128.62/cwt	125.00–131.00	606	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	476	116.58/cwt	114.00–120.00	555	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	519	113.99/cwt	113.00–115.00	592	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	120.56/cwt	119.00–128.00	639	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	582	120.11/cwt	117.00–124.00	699	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	585	107.63/cwt	105.00–110.00	630	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	625	105.00/cwt	104.00–106.00	656	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	683	108.04/cwt	104.00–110.00	738	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	715	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	769	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,315	81.89/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,077	2
Bulls	—	—	1,535	73.74/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,132	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	966	36.27/cwt	33.00–40.00	350	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	44.00/cwt	41.00–47.00	462	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	48.01/cwt	46.00–50.00	570	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	53.95/cwt	51.00–58.00	688	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,648	52.59/cwt	50.00–55.00	867	2

This sale against other markets

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 Dec 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 395Last week 415Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 88Year ago 0

No sale previous week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	50.00–55.00	52.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,275	51.00–58.00	53.95
20	—	1,188	46.00–50.00	48.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	966	33.00–40.00	36.27
9	—	1,049	41.00–47.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	81.00–83.00	81.89
5	—	1,535	69.00–76.00	73.74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	105.00–110.00	107.50
3	—	683	104.00–110.00	108.04
6	—	415	135.00–142.00	137.96
8	—	471	125.00–131.00	128.62
9	—	582	117.00–124.00	120.11
17	—	530	119.00–128.00	120.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	140.00–147.00	142.43
3	—	380	135.00–140.00	138.38
4	—	433	125.00–130.00	127.54
4	—	625	104.00–106.00	105.00
6	—	585	105.00–110.00	107.63
7	—	476	114.00–120.00	116.58
7	—	519	113.00–115.00	113.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	132.00–137.00	135.37
5	—	360	122.00–130.00	125.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	105.00–107.00	106.20
11	—	479	112.00–117.00	114.36
19	—	524	109.00–112.00	110.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	100.00–105.00	103.02
7	—	319	112.00–120.00	115.90
8	—	281	115.00–122.00	118.51
8	—	371	110.00–117.00	114.04
8	—	410	105.00–112.00	108.30
11	—	530	97.00–107.00	104.12
12	—	472	100.00–110.00	106.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	258	105.00–112.00	108.53
4	—	330	102.00–105.00	103.55
5	—	412	95.00–104.00	98.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	150.00–152.00	150.66
4	—	458	135.00–145.00	139.97
6	—	415	146.00–150.00	147.65
6	—	513	125.00–132.00	128.35
9	—	588	120.00–127.00	125.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	135.00–137.00	136.33
4	—	523	115.00–118.00	116.49
4	—	588	114.00–117.00	115.48
8	—	479	125.00–135.00	129.80

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.