Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers,bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and bull calves steady to 5.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.98/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$108.98

48 head · 438 lb average

Value per head Derived

$477

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$17.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.66

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	463	117.51	544	2thin
Medium and Large 2	437	111.29	487	35
Medium and Large 3	435	100.08	435	11thin

One grade step is worth $17.43/cwt here — about $109 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 sale48 hd

108.98

—

GA average16 barns · 912 hd

108.32

+0.66

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	1,293	63.87	826	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	53.16	698	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	42.67	468	15

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	508	112.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	119.58/cwt	116.00–125.00	511	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	132.79/cwt	129.00–139.00	498	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	97.44/cwt	95.00–100.00	404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	633	88.48/cwt	85.00–90.00	560	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	487	96.02/cwt	95.00–100.00	468	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	556	93.99/cwt	88.00–97.00	523	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	516	104.13/cwt	100.00–108.00	537	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	115.52/cwt	113.00–118.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	102.32/cwt	100.00–107.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	101.24/cwt	100.00–104.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	108.71/cwt	107.00–113.00	503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	114.24/cwt	112.00–116.00	473	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	119.58/cwt	116.00–123.00	402	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	101.61/cwt	93.00–110.00	376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	104.02/cwt	100.00–108.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	98.52/cwt	95.00–105.00	454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	139.34/cwt	139.00–140.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	131.79/cwt	127.00–137.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	115.32/cwt	110.00–117.00	661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	143.26/cwt	140.00–150.00	546	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	114.03/cwt	110.00–118.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	100.00/cwt	95.00–105.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	116.21/cwt	110.00–120.00	495	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	57.32/cwt	50.00–65.00	608	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	53.91/cwt	50.00–56.00	636	3
Bulls	—	—	1,293	63.87/cwt	60.00–68.00	826	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,406	58.76/cwt	55.00–62.00	826	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	49.60/cwt	47.00–53.00	622	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	49.86/cwt	49.00–51.00	588	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	40.87/cwt	38.00–45.00	439	12

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 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 202Last week 429Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 28Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 8Year 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	—	508	110.00–114.00	112.03
5	—	427	116.00–125.00	119.58
6	—	375	129.00–139.00	132.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	95.00–100.00	97.44
4	—	633	85.00–90.00	88.48
5	—	487	95.00–100.00	96.02
5	—	556	88.00–97.00	93.99
7	—	516	100.00–108.00	104.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	117.00–118.00	117.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	113.00–118.00	115.52
2	—	618	100.00–101.00	100.51
3	—	554	100.00–107.00	102.32
4	—	512	100.00–104.00	101.24
7	—	463	107.00–113.00	108.71
8	—	414	112.00–116.00	114.24
9	—	336	116.00–123.00	119.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	93.00–110.00	101.61
2	—	408	100.00–108.00	104.02
7	—	461	95.00–105.00	98.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	139.00–140.00	139.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	127.00–137.00	131.79
4	—	573	110.00–117.00	115.32
14	—	381	140.00–150.00	143.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	110.00–118.00	114.03
2	—	560	95.00–105.00	100.00
5	—	426	110.00–120.00	116.21

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	2	—	1,250	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,060	50.00–65.00	57.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,180	50.00–56.00	53.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	60.00–68.00	63.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,406	55.00–62.00	58.76
11	—	1,255	47.00–53.00	49.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	49.00–51.00	49.86
12	—	1,075	38.00–45.00	40.87

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