Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $119.18/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −92.28 against this barn's trailing median of $211.47.

Average price

$119.18

71 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$33.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.32

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	422	142.34	601	3thin
Medium and Large 2	568	122.59	697	46
Medium and Large 3	564	108.90	614	22

One grade step is worth $33.44/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale71 hd

119.18

—

GA average15 barns · 1,310 hd

125.50

−6.32

This barn, trailing median5 sales

211.47

−92.28

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	1,555	76.10	1,183	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,123	53.92	605	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	959	38.65	371	11

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	—	422	142.34/cwt	138.00–147.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	223	146.62/cwt	143.00–150.00	327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	308	143.91/cwt	140.00–148.00	443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	112.37/cwt	110.00–115.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	125.17/cwt	120.00–126.00	653	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	119.44/cwt	118.00–120.00	752	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	133.47/cwt	129.00–138.00	431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	119.48/cwt	119.00–120.00	452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	114.83/cwt	110.00–120.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	114.15/cwt	110.00–118.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	464	111.95/cwt	110.00–115.00	519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	99.01/cwt	97.00–100.00	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	734	99.87/cwt	99.00–102.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	128.57/cwt	125.00–131.00	360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	113.25/cwt	110.00–120.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	128.01/cwt	124.00–130.00	422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	109.99/cwt	109.00–112.00	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	122.40/cwt	120.00–127.00	588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	126.34/cwt	123.00–129.00	515	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	127.79/cwt	124.00–130.00	479	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	206	117.89/cwt	113.00–123.00	243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	111.65/cwt	108.00–115.00	316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	116.31/cwt	112.00–119.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	109.49/cwt	104.00–114.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	118.34/cwt	112.00–122.00	509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.52/cwt	149.00–150.00	703	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	429	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	631	1
Bulls	—	—	1,528	79.75/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,219	3
Bulls	—	—	1,582	72.45/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,146	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	62.23/cwt	60.00–65.00	721	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	56.47/cwt	54.00–59.00	643	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	48.58/cwt	46.00–50.00	532	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	38.65/cwt	35.00–42.00	371	11

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 Jun 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 238Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 55Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 24Year 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	—	422	138.00–147.00	142.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	223	143.00–150.00	146.62
2	—	308	140.00–148.00	143.91
3	—	564	110.00–115.00	112.37
11	—	522	120.00–126.00	125.17
28	—	630	118.00–120.00	119.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	129.00–138.00	133.47
2	—	378	119.00–120.00	119.48
2	—	416	110.00–120.00	114.83
2	—	521	110.00–118.00	114.15
3	—	464	110.00–115.00	111.95
3	—	623	97.00–100.00	99.01
8	—	734	99.00–102.00	99.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	125.00–131.00	128.57
3	—	518	110.00–120.00	113.25
5	—	330	124.00–130.00	128.01
5	—	574	109.00–112.00	109.99
7	—	480	120.00–127.00	122.40
8	—	408	123.00–129.00	126.34
10	—	375	124.00–130.00	127.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	206	113.00–123.00	117.89
2	—	283	108.00–115.00	111.65
3	—	377	112.00–119.00	116.31
4	—	469	104.00–114.00	109.49
6	—	430	112.00–122.00	118.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	149.00–150.00	149.52

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	58.00	58.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	53.00	53.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	75.00–82.00	79.75
3	—	1,582	70.00–74.00	72.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,158	60.00–65.00	62.23
10	—	1,139	54.00–59.00	56.47
11	—	1,095	46.00–50.00	48.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	959	35.00–42.00	38.65

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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle