Sale reports / Georgia / Swainsboro / 2020-05-25

Swainsboro

Name: Swainsboro livestock auction prices — 2020-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Swainsboro, Georgia · Mon, May 25

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1931

← May 18May 25Jun 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

195 head

▼ 107 vs last sale 302▼ 92 vs year ago 287 · −32.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 62▼ 70 vs year ago 115 · −60.9%

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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 mostly steady, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

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 $122.23/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$122.23

61 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

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

$0.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	504	122.40	617	29
Medium and Large 1	569	122.07	695	32

One grade step is worth $0.33/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale61 hd

122.23

—

GA average16 barns · 1,228 hd

122.65

−0.42

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	1,798	100.00	1,798	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	62.30	764	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,745	59.00	1,030	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	928	51.93	482	10

Every lot

28 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	473	134.11/cwt	130.00–138.00	634	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	134.71/cwt	130.00–137.00	714	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	133.01/cwt	132.00–135.00	742	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	369	122.21/cwt	115.00–125.00	451	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	130.44/cwt	129.00–132.00	489	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	122.89/cwt	120.00–124.00	539	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	118.75/cwt	115.00–124.00	582	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	116.50/cwt	115.00–118.00	613	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	111.52/cwt	107.00–116.00	633	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	97.50/cwt	95.00–100.00	648	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	138.08/cwt	135.00–142.00	532	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	419	134.36/cwt	130.00–137.00	563	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	134.69/cwt	130.00–140.00	636	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	482	124.25/cwt	120.00–130.00	599	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	125.60/cwt	123.00–130.00	654	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	572	121.33/cwt	118.00–128.00	694	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	595	113.67/cwt	107.00–117.00	676	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	622	106.54/cwt	102.00–110.00	663	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	623	117.94/cwt	114.00–121.00	735	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	112.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	745	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	728	104.59/cwt	102.00–106.00	761	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,540	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,463	1
Bulls	—	—	2,055	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	2,158	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	859	54.36/cwt	50.00–57.00	467	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,060	57.50/cwt	57.00–58.00	610	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	46.26/cwt	45.00–49.00	504	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,274	63.67/cwt	60.00–66.00	811	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,745	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,030	1

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 May 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 302Year ago 287

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 62Year ago 115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	110.00–114.00	112.03
3	—	623	114.00–121.00	117.94
5	—	572	118.00–128.00	121.33
5	—	728	102.00–106.00	104.59
7	—	472	130.00–140.00	134.69
10	—	521	123.00–130.00	125.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	135.00–142.00	138.08
3	—	595	107.00–117.00	113.67
6	—	419	130.00–137.00	134.36
7	—	622	102.00–110.00	106.54
10	—	482	120.00–130.00	124.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	129.00–132.00	130.44
2	—	568	107.00–116.00	111.52
4	—	526	115.00–118.00	116.50
8	—	439	120.00–124.00	122.89
8	—	490	115.00–124.00	118.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	95.00–100.00	97.50
8	—	369	115.00–125.00	122.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	130.00–137.00	134.71
3	—	558	132.00–135.00	133.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	130.00–138.00	134.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	95.00	95.00
1	—	2,055	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	57.00–58.00	57.50
7	—	1,274	60.00–66.00	63.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,090	45.00–49.00	46.26
7	—	859	50.00–57.00	54.36

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.