Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-04-20

Swainsboro

Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 20

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931

← Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

119 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 103▼ 325 vs year ago 444 · −73.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 39▼ 26 vs year ago 66 · −39.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, steer and bulls calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $120.16/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$120.16

36 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

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

$9.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	491	127.63	627	9thin
Medium and Large 2	533	117.67	627	27

One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale36 hd

120.16

—

GA average15 barns · 822 hd

122.94

−2.78

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	1,930	98.00	1,891	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	61.65	819	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	50.57	563	6thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	132.39/cwt	130.00–135.00	629	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	112.66/cwt	111.00–114.00	744	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	763	97.49/cwt	95.00–100.00	744	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	113.38/cwt	112.00–115.00	495	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	110.72/cwt	105.00–115.00	529	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	104.76/cwt	99.00–109.00	540	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	101.71/cwt	100.00–105.00	577	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	607	95.65/cwt	91.00–98.00	581	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	778	83.05/cwt	80.00–86.00	646	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	91.98/cwt	89.00–95.00	722	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	373	141.36/cwt	140.00–142.00	527	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	533	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	462	127.15/cwt	123.00–130.00	587	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	117.99/cwt	116.00–119.00	602	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	123.56/cwt	120.00–129.00	655	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	117.98/cwt	116.00–120.00	672	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	112.47/cwt	106.00–115.00	649	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	102.47/cwt	100.00–105.00	633	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	671	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	698	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,930	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,891	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	52.60/cwt	50.00–57.00	581	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	46.51/cwt	46.00–47.00	527	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	595	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	68.91/cwt	68.00–70.00	925	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	60.95/cwt	58.00–65.00	823	7

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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 103Year ago 444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 39Year ago 66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	140.00–142.00	141.36
3	—	530	120.00–129.00	123.56
3	—	570	116.00–120.00	117.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	137.00–140.00	138.48
4	—	510	116.00–119.00	117.99
4	—	618	100.00–105.00	102.47
4	—	671	103.00–105.00	104.00
5	—	577	106.00–115.00	112.47
6	—	462	123.00–130.00	127.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	95.00–100.00	97.49
3	—	660	111.00–114.00	112.66
2	—	475	130.00–135.00	132.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	99.00–109.00	104.76
2	—	778	80.00–86.00	83.05
3	—	567	100.00–105.00	101.71
3	—	607	91.00–98.00	95.65
5	—	437	112.00–115.00	113.38
7	—	478	105.00–115.00	110.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	89.00–95.00	91.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,350	58.00–65.00	60.95
1	—	1,145	52.00	52.00
2	—	1,343	68.00–70.00	68.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	46.00–47.00	46.51
4	—	1,104	50.00–57.00	52.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	98.00	98.00

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.