Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cattle steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 1.00 to 5.00 lower, replacements mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.53/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$115.53

97 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	468	122.15	572	37
Medium and Large 2	465	111.46	518	60

One grade step is worth $10.69/cwt here — about $54 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 sale97 hd

115.53

—

GA average16 barns · 1,769 hd

113.38

+2.16

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	1,313	50.97	669	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	48.70	597	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	45.85	466	11

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	123.03/cwt	120.00–125.00	443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	116.97/cwt	116.00–120.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	117.03/cwt	114.00–118.00	682	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	125.06/cwt	124.00–127.00	516	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	123.97/cwt	122.00–125.00	567	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	110.74/cwt	110.00–112.00	394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	112.55/cwt	110.00–115.00	472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	120.72/cwt	119.00–123.00	391	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	110.90/cwt	104.00–114.00	573	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	110.86/cwt	107.00–113.00	512	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	133.52/cwt	132.00–135.00	618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	122.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	834	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	125.87/cwt	121.00–131.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	139.65/cwt	138.00–143.00	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	133.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	158.48/cwt	155.00–163.00	412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	110.53/cwt	110.00–116.00	816	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	48.98/cwt	47.00–50.00	459	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	52.28/cwt	50.00–55.00	593	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	994	41.54/cwt	40.00–45.00	413	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,078	46.45/cwt	45.00–50.00	501	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,289	46.52/cwt	44.00–49.00	600	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	42.30/cwt	40.00–44.00	560	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	51.03/cwt	48.00–55.00	608	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	50.97/cwt	50.00–52.00	669	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	45.85/cwt	43.00–50.00	466	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	421	120.61/cwt	120.00–123.00	508	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	332	126.63/cwt	120.00–130.00	420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	120.58/cwt	115.00–122.00	627	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	127.28/cwt	125.00–130.00	485	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	113.31/cwt	110.00–116.00	528	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	309	144.17/cwt	140.00–150.00	445	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	276	153.99/cwt	150.00–155.00	425	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	678	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	122.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	520	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	130.70/cwt	128.00–134.00	531	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	133.11/cwt	128.00–134.00	678	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	127.72/cwt	127.00–130.00	617	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 Aug 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 313Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 126Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	120.00–125.00	123.03
4	—	535	116.00–120.00	116.97
7	—	583	114.00–118.00	117.03
11	—	413	124.00–127.00	125.06
12	—	457	122.00–125.00	123.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	105.00–106.00	105.50
2	—	660	100.00–101.00	100.50
3	—	562	107.00–109.00	107.99
4	—	356	110.00–112.00	110.74
4	—	419	110.00–115.00	112.55
7	—	324	119.00–123.00	120.72
14	—	517	104.00–114.00	110.90
24	—	462	107.00–113.00	110.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	132.00–135.00	133.52
13	—	678	120.00–125.00	122.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	121.00–131.00	125.87
3	—	318	138.00–143.00	139.65
3	—	370	130.00–136.00	133.05
4	—	260	155.00–163.00	158.48
11	—	738	110.00–116.00	110.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	120.00–123.00	120.61
3	—	332	120.00–130.00	126.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	520	115.00–122.00	120.58
9	—	381	125.00–130.00	127.28
7	—	466	110.00–116.00	113.31
7	—	309	140.00–150.00	144.17
5	—	276	150.00–155.00	153.99
4	—	560	120.00–122.00	121.01
3	—	425	120.00–125.00	122.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	406	128.00–134.00	130.70
7	—	509	128.00–134.00	133.11
4	—	483	127.00–130.00	127.72

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	—	937	47.00–50.00	48.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,135	50.00–55.00	52.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	994	40.00–45.00	41.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,078	45.00–50.00	46.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,289	44.00–49.00	46.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,323	40.00–44.00	42.30
11	—	1,191	48.00–55.00	51.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	50.00–52.00	50.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,017	43.00–50.00	45.85

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