Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 higher,steer and heifer calves steady, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.44/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −80.02 against this barn's trailing median of $211.47.

Average price

$131.44

105 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$30.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.87

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	150.93	752	15thin
Medium and Large 2	522	130.19	680	71
Medium and Large 3	469	120.75	566	19thin

One grade step is worth $30.18/cwt here — about $185 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

5 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.18, low $185.58, median $211.47 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale105 hd

131.44

—

GA average16 barns · 1,259 hd

135.32

−3.87

This barn, trailing median5 sales

211.47

−80.02

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	1,750	71.96	1,259	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	48.87	591	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	39.59	416	22

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1	—	334	160.31/cwt	160.00–161.00	535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	539	148.59/cwt	141.00–150.00	801	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	155.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	389	148.78/cwt	147.00–150.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	129.17/cwt	126.00–134.00	722	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	676	111.74/cwt	108.00–118.00	755	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	125.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	109.12/cwt	109.00–110.00	769	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	117.81/cwt	116.00–119.00	745	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	133.09/cwt	130.00–140.00	639	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	143.04/cwt	138.00–146.00	611	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	121.03/cwt	120.00–123.00	512	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	496	120.59/cwt	120.00–121.00	598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	135.28/cwt	134.00–138.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	127.99/cwt	127.00–132.00	727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	133.09/cwt	130.00–134.00	677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	137.32/cwt	137.00–138.00	669	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	129.52/cwt	129.00–130.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	118.97/cwt	118.00–120.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	124.24/cwt	120.00–129.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	324	123.49/cwt	120.00–126.00	400	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	162.43/cwt	162.00–165.00	588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	143.95/cwt	138.00–146.00	882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	159.78/cwt	159.00–160.00	743	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	147.86/cwt	146.00–148.00	872	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	147.05/cwt	144.00–152.00	612	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	592	2
Bulls	—	—	2,095	76.38/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,600	2
Bulls	—	—	1,520	69.02/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,049	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	44.98/cwt	42.00–49.00	540	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	52.76/cwt	50.00–56.00	642	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	43.39/cwt	42.00–45.00	452	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	37.82/cwt	34.00–41.00	399	15

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 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 341Last week 172Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 49Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	334	160.00–161.00	160.31
12	—	539	141.00–150.00	148.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	150.00–160.00	155.09
5	—	389	147.00–150.00	148.78
5	—	559	126.00–134.00	129.17
5	—	676	108.00–118.00	111.74
7	—	517	120.00–130.00	125.67
8	—	705	109.00–110.00	109.12
9	—	632	116.00–119.00	117.81
12	—	480	130.00–140.00	133.09
18	—	427	138.00–146.00	143.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	423	120.00–123.00	121.03
12	—	496	120.00–121.00	120.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	134.00–138.00	135.28
5	—	568	127.00–132.00	127.99
9	—	509	130.00–134.00	133.09
19	—	487	137.00–138.00	137.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	129.00–130.00	129.52
2	—	473	118.00–120.00	118.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	120.00–129.00	124.24
6	—	324	120.00–126.00	123.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	362	162.00–165.00	162.43
9	—	613	138.00–146.00	143.95
14	—	465	159.00–160.00	159.78
14	—	590	146.00–148.00	147.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	144.00–152.00	147.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,183	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,095	75.00–78.00	76.38
3	—	1,520	68.00–70.00	69.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,201	42.00–49.00	44.98
22	—	1,216	50.00–56.00	52.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,041	42.00–45.00	43.39
15	—	1,056	34.00–41.00	37.82

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

Slaughter Cattle