Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.57/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$124.57

107 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$12.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.56

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	133.13	626	16thin
Medium and Large 2	491	123.91	608	69
Medium and Large 3	387	120.41	466	22

One grade step is worth $12.71/cwt here — about $159 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 sale107 hd

124.57

—

GA average15 barns · 1,142 hd

124.01

+0.56

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	1,563	73.89	1,155	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	50.14	591	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,044	43.61	455	12

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	510	137.85/cwt	137.00–138.00	703	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	303	154.03/cwt	150.00–158.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.44/cwt	124.00–131.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	118.34/cwt	118.00–119.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	141.24/cwt	140.00–145.00	655	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	276	155.65/cwt	150.00–158.00	430	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	340	135.92/cwt	135.00–145.00	462	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	124.98/cwt	124.00–126.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	138.16/cwt	138.00–139.00	573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	132.30/cwt	130.00–133.00	627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	137.05/cwt	135.00–139.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	105.01/cwt	100.00–110.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	124.78/cwt	120.00–128.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	128.36/cwt	125.00–135.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	115.18/cwt	108.00–118.00	727	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	133.83/cwt	130.00–138.00	444	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	131.34/cwt	130.00–137.00	504	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	119.22/cwt	119.00–123.00	674	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	120.77/cwt	118.00–124.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	115.31/cwt	112.00–118.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	301	128.50/cwt	124.00–130.00	387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	611	105.26/cwt	100.00–110.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	125.72/cwt	124.00–126.00	321	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	145.53/cwt	144.00–147.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	154.01/cwt	153.00–156.00	542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	152.18/cwt	150.00–157.00	490	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	659	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	56.91/cwt	52.00–62.00	621	7
Bulls	—	—	1,440	70.59/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,016	2
Bulls	—	—	1,624	75.54/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,227	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	53.91/cwt	51.00–56.00	644	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	48.15/cwt	45.00–50.00	563	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	39.01/cwt	35.00–42.00	388	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	45.91/cwt	44.00–51.00	490	8

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 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 290Last week 341Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 104Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	510	137.00–138.00	137.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	150.00–158.00	154.03
2	—	575	124.00–131.00	127.44
3	—	625	118.00–119.00	118.34
4	—	464	140.00–145.00	141.24
5	—	276	150.00–158.00	155.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	340	135.00–145.00	135.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	124.00–126.00	124.98
6	—	415	138.00–139.00	138.16
7	—	474	130.00–133.00	132.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	135.00–139.00	137.05
3	—	678	100.00–110.00	105.01
3	—	715	107.00–109.00	107.99
4	—	524	120.00–128.00	124.78
5	—	443	125.00–135.00	128.36
9	—	631	108.00–118.00	115.18
12	—	332	130.00–138.00	133.83
13	—	384	130.00–137.00	131.34
18	—	565	119.00–123.00	119.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	118.00–124.00	120.77
3	—	527	112.00–118.00	115.31
4	—	301	124.00–130.00	128.50
4	—	611	100.00–110.00	105.26
8	—	255	124.00–126.00	125.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	144.00–147.00	145.53
3	—	352	153.00–156.00	154.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	150.00–157.00	152.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	61.00	61.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,092	52.00–62.00	56.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	67.00–73.00	70.59
4	—	1,624	74.00–77.00	75.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,195	51.00–56.00	53.91
17	—	1,169	45.00–50.00	48.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	995	35.00–42.00	39.01
8	—	1,068	44.00–51.00	45.91

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

Slaughter Cattle