Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.38/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$122.38

62 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$6.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.06

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	507	125.29	635	34
Medium and Large 3	429	118.84	509	28

One grade step is worth $6.45/cwt here — about $126 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 sale62 hd

122.38

—

GA average15 barns · 1,252 hd

126.44

−4.06

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	1,408	66.95	943	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	56.02	811	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,125	52.47	590	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	40.68	396	9thin

Every lot, as filed

38 lots · USDA AMS · Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	278	154.01/cwt	153.00–155.00	428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	108.46/cwt	107.00–110.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	669	113.27/cwt	110.00–116.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	149.74/cwt	149.00–150.00	485	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	134.25/cwt	134.00–135.00	619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	146.04/cwt	145.00–148.00	548	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	144.23/cwt	140.00–148.00	591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	123.48/cwt	123.00–124.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	316	144.82/cwt	143.00–148.00	458	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	128.66/cwt	128.00–130.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	112.95/cwt	110.00–115.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	136.72/cwt	135.00–139.00	592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	122.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	113.98/cwt	112.00–115.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	112.32/cwt	111.00–114.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	113.74/cwt	109.00–116.00	833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	128.22/cwt	124.00–133.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	118.47/cwt	116.00–120.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	131.22/cwt	128.00–135.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	136.44/cwt	136.00–140.00	514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	134.22/cwt	130.00–138.00	362	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	107.17/cwt	102.00–112.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	303	122.56/cwt	120.00–130.00	371	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	117.97/cwt	116.00–120.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	117.28/cwt	115.00–118.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	121.57/cwt	120.00–128.00	472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	115.09/cwt	110.00–120.00	550	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	658	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	9,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	52.95/cwt	50.00–55.00	544	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	63.84/cwt	62.00–66.00	619	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,206	52.79/cwt	50.00–58.00	637	8
Bulls	—	—	1,408	66.95/cwt	64.00–70.00	943	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	47.38/cwt	45.00–50.00	461	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	55.38/cwt	51.00–58.00	672	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	56.02/cwt	55.00–57.00	811	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	40.68/cwt	37.00–44.00	396	9

How this sale compares

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 →

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

Wed May 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 125Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 3Year 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	—	278	153.00–155.00	154.01
2	—	723	107.00–110.00	108.46
3	—	669	110.00–116.00	113.27
4	—	324	149.00–150.00	149.74
4	—	461	134.00–135.00	134.25
7	—	375	145.00–148.00	146.04
7	—	410	140.00–148.00	144.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	123.00–124.00	123.48
3	—	316	143.00–148.00	144.82
3	—	482	128.00–130.00	128.66
3	—	615	110.00–115.00	112.95
4	—	433	135.00–139.00	136.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	509	120.00–125.00	122.98
3	—	612	112.00–115.00	113.98
3	—	677	111.00–114.00	112.32
3	—	732	109.00–116.00	113.74
4	—	486	124.00–133.00	128.22
4	—	566	116.00–120.00	118.47
5	—	409	128.00–135.00	131.22
9	—	377	136.00–140.00	136.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	130.00–138.00	134.22
2	—	575	102.00–112.00	107.17
4	—	303	120.00–130.00	122.56
4	—	431	116.00–120.00	117.97
4	—	523	115.00–118.00	117.28
5	—	388	120.00–128.00	121.57
7	—	478	110.00–120.00	115.09
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	140.00–144.00	141.96
2	—	553	118.00–120.00	119.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	720.00	720.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,027	50.00–55.00	52.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	970	62.00–66.00	63.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,206	50.00–58.00	52.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	64.00–70.00	66.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	972	45.00–50.00	47.38
14	—	1,213	51.00–58.00	55.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	55.00–57.00	56.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	973	37.00–44.00	40.68

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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