Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-03-16

Swainsboro

Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Mar 16

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931

← Mar 9Mar 16Mar 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

197 head

▼ 332 vs last sale 529▲ 197 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 62▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 16▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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, bull and heifer calves 14.00 to 16.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.29/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$118.29

31 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$8.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.34

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	421	124.38	524	8thin
Medium and Large 3	425	116.18	494	23

One grade step is worth $8.20/cwt here — about $30 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 sale31 hd

118.29

—

GA average16 barns · 1,136 hd

129.63

−11.34

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	1,716	93.02	1,596	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	62.62	778	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	974	51.86	505	15

Every lot

25 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	363	99.48/cwt	97.00–102.00	361	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	105.98/cwt	105.00–107.00	411	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	103.48/cwt	102.00–105.00	435	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	95.25/cwt	91.00–97.00	441	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	103.03/cwt	100.00–107.00	489	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	92.48/cwt	90.00–95.00	495	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	89.96/cwt	85.00–95.00	531	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	332	123.93/cwt	120.00–127.00	411	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	371	130.26/cwt	127.00–132.00	483	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	393	119.71/cwt	117.00–125.00	470	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	405	119.80/cwt	115.00–127.00	485	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	128.50/cwt	125.00–132.00	546	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	483	111.05/cwt	107.00–117.00	536	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	518	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	562	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	520	104.78/cwt	100.00–107.00	545	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	85.91/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,276	2
Bulls	—	—	1,588	98.52/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,564	2
Bulls	—	—	2,075	94.63/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,964	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	825	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	371	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	52.92/cwt	51.00–55.00	528	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	55.96/cwt	55.00–57.00	621	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,177	62.98/cwt	61.00–65.00	741	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,600	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,088	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	927	676.53/cwt	625.00–700.00	6,271	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,018	812.59/cwt	800.00–825.00	8,272	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 Mar 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 529Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 62Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	125.00–132.00	128.50
2	—	518	107.00–110.00	108.48
4	—	371	127.00–132.00	130.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	120.00–127.00	123.93
4	—	483	107.00–117.00	111.05
4	—	520	100.00–107.00	104.78
5	—	405	115.00–127.00	119.80
7	—	393	117.00–125.00	119.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	91.00–97.00	95.25
2	—	363	97.00–102.00	99.48
2	—	535	90.00–95.00	92.48
2	—	590	85.00–95.00	89.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	105.00–107.00	105.98
4	—	420	102.00–105.00	103.48
6	—	475	100.00–107.00	103.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	927	625.00–700.00	676.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,018	800.00–825.00	812.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	68.00	68.00
7	—	1,177	61.00–65.00	62.98
2	—	1,110	55.00–57.00	55.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	45.00	45.00
13	—	997	51.00–55.00	52.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	85.00–87.00	85.91
2	—	1,588	98.00–99.00	98.52
2	—	2,075	94.00–95.00	94.63

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.