Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-04-06

Swainsboro

Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 6

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931

← Mar 30Apr 6Apr 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

80 head

▼ 126 vs last sale 206▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 114▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and steers mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $120.63/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$120.63

21 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$32.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.29

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	413	144.45	597	2thin
Medium and Large 2	504	122.37	617	11thin
Medium and Large 3	515	112.30	578	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.15/cwt here — about $19 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 sale21 hd

120.63

—

GA average13 barns · 808 hd

127.92

−7.29

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	—	High	1,642	87.35	1,434	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,143	58.41	667	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	48.61	500	7thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	122.02/cwt	120.00–124.00	641	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	119.54/cwt	115.00–122.00	498	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	129.05/cwt	127.00–130.00	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	102.76/cwt	100.00–105.00	531	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	564	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	368	132.41/cwt	130.00–135.00	487	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	144.45/cwt	142.00–147.00	597	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	421	135.52/cwt	132.00–137.00	571	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	528	110.46/cwt	109.00–112.00	583	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	562	113.64/cwt	111.00–115.00	639	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	581	103.16/cwt	100.00–108.00	599	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	668	95.99/cwt	95.00–97.00	641	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,308	84.52/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,106	2
Bulls	—	—	2,310	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	2,148	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	49.71/cwt	47.00–53.00	509	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	445	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,094	53.58/cwt	51.00–56.00	586	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,117	60.08/cwt	57.00–63.00	671	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	68.50/cwt	66.00–72.00	901	3

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 Apr 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 206Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 114Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	142.00–147.00	144.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	95.00–97.00	95.99
3	—	562	111.00–115.00	113.64
6	—	421	132.00–137.00	135.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	130.00–135.00	132.41
2	—	528	109.00–112.00	110.46
4	—	581	100.00–108.00	103.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	120.00–124.00	122.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	127.00–130.00	129.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	115.00–122.00	119.54
4	—	558	100.00–102.00	101.00
5	—	517	100.00–105.00	102.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	42.00	42.00
6	—	1,024	47.00–53.00	49.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	66.00–72.00	68.50
5	—	1,117	57.00–63.00	60.08
8	—	1,094	51.00–56.00	53.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,310	93.00	93.00
2	—	1,308	84.00–85.00	84.52

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.