Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-04-13

Swainsboro

Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 13

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931

← Apr 6Apr 13Apr 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

103 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 80▲ 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 42▲ 39 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 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 8.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, steer, bull,and heifer calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $116.48/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$116.48

31 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$37.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.00

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	423	150.27	636	3thin
Medium and Large 3	540	116.95	632	2thin
Medium and Large 2	631	112.55	710	26

One grade step is worth $37.72/cwt here — about −$74 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

116.48

—

GA average8 barns · 270 hd

140.48

−24.00

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	1,624	97.12	1,577	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	69.74	850	14

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	150.27/cwt	147.00–152.00	636	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	133.29/cwt	130.00–135.00	616	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	126.00/cwt	124.00–128.00	655	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	116.95/cwt	112.00–122.00	632	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	117.81/cwt	115.00–122.00	682	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	111.57/cwt	109.00–117.00	701	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	107.65/cwt	105.00–113.00	719	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	754	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	782	94.38/cwt	91.00–98.00	738	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	109.45/cwt	106.00–112.00	525	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	517	97.30/cwt	96.00–98.00	503	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	102.27/cwt	99.00–106.00	540	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	99.96/cwt	98.00–104.00	583	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	611	92.00/cwt	91.00–94.00	562	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	92.49/cwt	91.00–94.00	610	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	708	89.00/cwt	88.00–90.00	630	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	438	133.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	585	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	479	119.29/cwt	115.00–122.00	571	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	527	110.97/cwt	109.00–112.00	585	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	569	111.00/cwt	108.00–114.00	632	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,608	93.18/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,498	2
Bulls	—	—	1,655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,738	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	915	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	540	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	73.41/cwt	71.00–77.00	882	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	67.25/cwt	65.00–70.00	867	6

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 103Last week 80Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 42Year 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	—	438	132.00–135.00	133.51
5	—	569	108.00–114.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	109.00–112.00	110.97
4	—	479	115.00–122.00	119.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	782	91.00–98.00	94.38
3	—	462	130.00–135.00	133.29
3	—	520	124.00–128.00	126.00
3	—	628	109.00–117.00	111.57
3	—	668	105.00–113.00	107.65
3	—	725	103.00–105.00	104.00
6	—	579	115.00–122.00	117.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	147.00–152.00	150.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	112.00–122.00	116.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	583	98.00–104.00	99.96
4	—	480	106.00–112.00	109.45
4	—	528	99.00–106.00	102.27
2	—	660	91.00–94.00	92.49
2	—	708	88.00–90.00	89.00
5	—	611	91.00–94.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	96.00–98.00	97.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	105.00	105.00
2	—	1,608	92.00–94.00	93.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	59.00	59.00
6	—	1,289	65.00–70.00	67.25
7	—	1,201	71.00–77.00	73.41

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.