Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.29/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$125.29

101 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	572	125.61	718	96
Medium and Large 3	422	119.16	503	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.45/cwt here — about $215 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 sale101 hd

125.29

—

GA average15 barns · 903 hd

127.64

−2.35

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	1,533	73.08	1,120	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,408	59.29	835	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	42.16	448	6thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	288	159.32/cwt	159.00–160.00	459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	147.59/cwt	145.00–153.00	494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	118.42/cwt	117.00–119.00	629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	116.41/cwt	110.00–119.00	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	138.08/cwt	133.00–140.00	533	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	120.73/cwt	119.00–122.00	567	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	129.36/cwt	128.00–132.00	545	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	125.56/cwt	124.00–127.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	131.68/cwt	129.00–134.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	125.33/cwt	125.00–126.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	501	111.33/cwt	110.00–112.00	558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	704	103.66/cwt	103.00–105.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	281	134.60/cwt	133.00–135.00	378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	113.58/cwt	110.00–119.00	528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	116.32/cwt	113.00–123.00	501	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	131.12/cwt	128.00–136.00	447	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	108.50/cwt	108.00–109.00	690	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	111.87/cwt	111.00–113.00	640	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	104.56/cwt	100.00–110.00	592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	135.93/cwt	130.00–140.00	507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	138.22/cwt	134.00–140.00	644	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	129.57/cwt	126.00–132.00	687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	117.17/cwt	116.00–119.00	799	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	136.44/cwt	134.00–138.00	579	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	125.93/cwt	120.00–127.00	722	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	118.07/cwt	117.00–120.00	720	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	116.48/cwt	110.00–118.00	837	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	119.16/cwt	115.00–125.00	503	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	61.65/cwt	56.00–68.00	731	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	62.78/cwt	57.00–68.00	678	2
Bulls	—	—	1,533	73.08/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,120	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	59.29/cwt	55.00–62.00	835	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	42.16/cwt	40.00–47.00	448	6

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 Aug 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 429Last week 338Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 44Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	288	159.00–160.00	159.32
3	—	335	145.00–153.00	147.59
5	—	531	117.00–119.00	118.42
5	—	553	110.00–119.00	116.41
10	—	386	133.00–140.00	138.08
14	—	470	119.00–122.00	120.73
16	—	421	128.00–132.00	129.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	124.00–127.00	125.56
4	—	369	129.00–134.00	131.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	125.00–126.00	125.33
3	—	501	110.00–112.00	111.33
3	—	704	103.00–105.00	103.66
5	—	281	133.00–135.00	134.60
6	—	465	110.00–119.00	113.58
9	—	431	113.00–123.00	116.32
11	—	341	128.00–136.00	131.12
12	—	636	108.00–109.00	108.50
30	—	572	111.00–113.00	111.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	100.00–110.00	104.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	130.00–140.00	135.93
10	—	466	134.00–140.00	138.22
10	—	530	126.00–132.00	129.57
10	—	682	116.00–119.00	117.17
13	—	424	134.00–138.00	136.44
13	—	573	120.00–127.00	125.93
14	—	610	117.00–120.00	118.07
20	—	719	110.00–118.00	116.48
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	115.00–125.00	119.16

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)	2	—	1,185	56.00–68.00	61.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	57.00–68.00	62.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,533	70.00–76.00	73.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,408	55.00–62.00	59.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	40.00–47.00	42.16

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

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

Slaughter Cattle