Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer calves steady to 1.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.53/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$136.53

105 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$18.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	138.75	709	56
Medium and Large 2	461	135.52	625	44
Medium and Large 3	479	120.57	578	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.18/cwt here — about $131 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 sale105 hd

136.53

—

GA average15 barns · 1,079 hd

133.53

+3.00

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	—	High	1,425	95.00	1,354	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,623	67.50	1,096	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,260	61.25	772	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	49.32	518	16

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	578	118.66/cwt	117.00–121.00	686	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.49/cwt	112.00–115.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	132.26/cwt	129.00–138.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	117.35/cwt	115.00–121.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	121.51/cwt	120.00–126.00	594	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	122.50/cwt	121.00–124.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	123.03/cwt	122.00–126.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	105.61/cwt	100.00–109.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	121.78/cwt	120.00–124.00	398	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	122.04/cwt	115.00–125.00	456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	118.10/cwt	115.00–119.00	659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	113.16/cwt	110.00–118.00	592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	116.32/cwt	110.00–120.00	499	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	116.23/cwt	112.00–119.00	539	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	143.50/cwt	141.00–146.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	156.20/cwt	153.00–158.00	442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	151.13/cwt	150.00–152.00	565	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	143.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	672	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	120.59/cwt	118.00–125.00	831	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	767	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	122.16/cwt	118.00–126.00	753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	124.17/cwt	121.00–128.00	656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	149.26/cwt	145.00–150.00	503	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	125.48/cwt	125.00–127.00	738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	397	144.43/cwt	144.00–145.00	573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	137.13/cwt	130.00–140.00	587	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	120.57/cwt	120.00–123.00	578	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	71.16/cwt	60.00–79.00	788	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	68.41/cwt	63.00–73.00	702	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	69.13/cwt	66.00–75.00	788	5
Bulls	—	—	1,425	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,354	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	52.88/cwt	50.00–56.00	661	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	64.97/cwt	61.00–68.00	822	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	67.50/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,096	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	43.33/cwt	39.00–46.00	446	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	52.04/cwt	49.00–55.00	552	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 Jul 31, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 338Last week 218Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 41Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	117.00–121.00	118.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	112.00–115.00	113.49
3	—	430	129.00–138.00	132.26
5	—	532	115.00–121.00	117.35
11	—	489	120.00–126.00	121.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	112.00–115.00	113.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	551	121.00–124.00	122.50
4	—	405	122.00–126.00	123.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	100.00–109.00	105.61
5	—	327	120.00–124.00	121.78
6	—	374	115.00–125.00	122.04
9	—	558	115.00–119.00	118.10
10	—	523	110.00–118.00	113.16
20	—	429	110.00–120.00	116.32
32	—	464	112.00–119.00	116.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	129.00–130.00	129.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	141.00–146.00	143.50
6	—	283	153.00–158.00	156.20
7	—	374	150.00–152.00	151.13
8	—	469	140.00–145.00	143.30
8	—	689	118.00–125.00	120.59
25	—	568	130.00–140.00	135.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	118.00–126.00	122.16
5	—	528	121.00–128.00	124.17
6	—	337	145.00–150.00	149.26
6	—	588	125.00–127.00	125.48
7	—	397	144.00–145.00	144.43
16	—	428	130.00–140.00	137.13
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	120.00–123.00	120.57

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)	3	—	1,107	60.00–79.00	71.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,026	63.00–73.00	68.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,140	66.00–75.00	69.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	50.00–56.00	52.88
9	—	1,265	61.00–68.00	64.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	67.00–68.00	67.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	39.00–46.00	43.33
11	—	1,060	49.00–55.00	52.04

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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Steers · 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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