Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.89/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$114.89

79 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$16.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	123.63	580	25
Medium and Large 2	479	113.43	543	33
Medium and Large 3	457	106.79	488	21

One grade step is worth $16.85/cwt here — about $92 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 sale79 hd

114.89

—

GA average16 barns · 1,046 hd

116.79

−1.89

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	1,386	71.64	993	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,120	57.84	648	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	41.29	409	6thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	375	131.58/cwt	130.00–133.00	493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	120.99/cwt	118.00–123.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	128.48/cwt	124.00–130.00	617	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	108.91/cwt	104.00–114.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	621	102.42/cwt	100.00–105.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	95.00/cwt	90.00–100.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	110.65/cwt	106.00–116.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	121.97/cwt	120.00–128.00	451	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	113.13/cwt	110.00–120.00	485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	127.67/cwt	127.00–128.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	124.29/cwt	124.00–126.00	624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	122.52/cwt	120.00–128.00	573	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	122.18/cwt	121.00–127.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	112.36/cwt	110.00–118.00	483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	111.65/cwt	111.00–114.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	106.82/cwt	104.00–110.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	114.80/cwt	110.00–119.00	545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	608	97.47/cwt	95.00–100.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	114.54/cwt	110.00–118.00	370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	104.07/cwt	100.00–108.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	384	110.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	104.60/cwt	100.00–110.00	537	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	143.39/cwt	143.00–144.00	733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	140.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	692	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	131.74/cwt	130.00–136.00	748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	136.51/cwt	135.00–141.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	141.73/cwt	140.00–150.00	520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	122.62/cwt	118.00–128.00	764	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	132.37/cwt	130.00–135.00	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	769	101.00/cwt	100.00–103.00	777	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	788.19/cwt	775.00–800.00	8,970	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	64.17/cwt	59.00–67.00	681	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	54.52/cwt	50.00–58.00	679	3
Bulls	—	—	1,748	80.59/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,409	2
Bulls	—	—	1,145	65.68/cwt	65.00–66.00	752	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	65.12/cwt	63.00–67.00	709	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	59.39/cwt	57.00–61.00	706	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	50.26/cwt	46.00–53.00	547	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	45.76/cwt	44.00–48.00	493	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	39.06/cwt	38.00–40.00	370	4

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 19, 2019

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Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 206Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 66Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last 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	—	375	130.00–133.00	131.58
4	—	509	118.00–123.00	120.99
8	—	480	124.00–130.00	128.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	104.00–114.00	108.91
2	—	621	100.00–105.00	102.42
2	—	670	90.00–100.00	95.00
3	—	468	106.00–116.00	110.65
4	—	370	120.00–128.00	121.97
6	—	429	110.00–120.00	113.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	401	127.00–128.00	127.67
7	—	502	124.00–126.00	124.29
15	—	468	120.00–128.00	122.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	367	121.00–127.00	122.18
6	—	430	110.00–118.00	112.36
6	—	536	111.00–114.00	111.65
7	—	571	104.00–110.00	106.82
8	—	475	110.00–119.00	114.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	95.00–100.00	97.47
3	—	323	110.00–118.00	114.54
3	—	465	100.00–108.00	104.07
5	—	384	110.00–115.00	110.99
8	—	513	100.00–110.00	104.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	143.00–144.00	143.39
12	—	493	140.00–145.00	140.41
14	—	568	130.00–136.00	131.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	135.00–141.00	136.51
6	—	367	140.00–150.00	141.73
9	—	623	118.00–128.00	122.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	130.00–135.00	132.37
3	—	769	100.00–103.00	101.00

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	4	—	1,138	775.00–800.00	788.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,061	59.00–67.00	64.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,245	50.00–58.00	54.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	79.00–82.00	80.59
3	—	1,145	65.00–66.00	65.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	63.00–67.00	65.12
6	—	1,188	57.00–61.00	59.39
7	—	1,088	46.00–53.00	50.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	44.00–48.00	45.76
4	—	948	38.00–40.00	39.06

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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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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