Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to barn closure the week of 7-16-2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.23/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$120.23

60 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.80

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	122.18	655	23
Medium and Large 2	448	119.36	534	24
Medium and Large 3	387	118.35	458	13thin

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about $197 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 sale60 hd

120.23

—

GA average16 barns · 1,631 hd

117.42

+2.80

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,643	64.92	1,067	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	64.02	832	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	50.90	535	8thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	150.97/cwt	146.00–156.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	127.95/cwt	127.00–130.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	141.98/cwt	140.00–144.00	606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	137.64/cwt	133.00–140.00	774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	141.54/cwt	135.00–145.00	660	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	139.00/cwt	138.00–140.00	755	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	136.57/cwt	134.00–139.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	114.40/cwt	110.00–119.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	118.85/cwt	118.00–123.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	123.64/cwt	121.00–126.00	645	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	106.00/cwt	104.00–108.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	119.18/cwt	118.00–120.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	122.12/cwt	120.00–125.00	443	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	120.20/cwt	120.00–121.00	557	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	123.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	120.47/cwt	120.00–122.00	395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	117.19/cwt	115.00–118.00	539	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	126.01/cwt	124.00–130.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	141.51/cwt	140.00–142.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	130.41/cwt	130.00–132.00	614	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	156.33/cwt	155.00–157.00	589	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	393	135.98/cwt	130.00–140.00	534	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	117.22/cwt	115.00–119.00	682	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	403	121.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	489	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	989.95/cwt	870.00–1,100.00	10,751	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	58.22/cwt	53.00–63.00	576	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	67.78/cwt	65.00–71.00	746	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	735	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	57.64/cwt	55.00–62.00	752	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	66.47/cwt	64.00–68.00	862	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	64.92/cwt	63.00–67.00	1,067	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	46.21/cwt	44.00–50.00	481	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	53.72/cwt	52.00–56.00	568	5

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 Jul 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 218Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend due to barn closure the week of 7-16-2019.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	146.00–156.00	150.97
3	—	630	127.00–130.00	127.95
6	—	427	140.00–144.00	141.98
8	—	562	133.00–140.00	137.64
10	—	466	135.00–145.00	141.54
10	—	543	138.00–140.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	134.00–139.00	136.57
2	—	773	110.00–119.00	114.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	118.00–123.00	118.85
16	—	522	121.00–126.00	123.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	104.00–108.00	106.00
5	—	428	118.00–120.00	119.18
7	—	363	120.00–125.00	122.12
10	—	463	120.00–121.00	120.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	120.00–128.00	123.85
2	—	440	110.00–113.00	111.52
4	—	328	120.00–122.00	120.47
5	—	460	115.00–118.00	117.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	514	124.00–130.00	126.01
4	—	426	140.00–142.00	141.51
5	—	471	130.00–132.00	130.41
6	—	377	155.00–157.00	156.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	130.00–140.00	135.98
14	—	582	115.00–119.00	117.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	403	120.00–125.00	121.27

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	26	—	1,086	870.00–1,100.00	989.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	990	53.00–63.00	58.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	65.00–71.00	67.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,304	55.00–62.00	57.64
13	—	1,297	64.00–68.00	66.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	63.00–67.00	64.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,040	44.00–50.00	46.21
5	—	1,058	52.00–56.00	53.72

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