Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.59/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$111.59

44 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$8.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.51

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	461	112.71	519	38
Medium and Large 3	383	104.50	400	6thin

One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $119 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 sale44 hd

111.59

—

GA average14 barns · 1,195 hd

115.10

−3.51

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	1,385	74.00	1,025	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,690	52.54	888	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	49.30	587	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	988	42.08	416	13

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	425	127.96/cwt	127.00–129.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	116.97/cwt	115.00–120.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	104.00/cwt	100.00–106.00	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	133.49/cwt	129.00–139.00	497	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	105.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	117.16/cwt	114.00–118.00	424	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	113.26/cwt	110.00–117.00	475	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	111.75/cwt	110.00–116.00	527	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	112.10/cwt	110.00–114.00	587	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	102.01/cwt	100.00–104.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	105.75/cwt	105.00–107.00	331	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	114.04/cwt	112.00–116.00	779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	120.67/cwt	120.00–121.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	125.50/cwt	122.00–130.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	140.03/cwt	135.00–141.00	550	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	59.05/cwt	52.00–62.00	637	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	52.24/cwt	51.00–55.00	652	3
Bulls	—	—	1,385	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,025	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	44.55/cwt	42.00–47.00	492	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	51.46/cwt	49.00–54.00	632	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	52.54/cwt	51.00–54.00	888	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	37.78/cwt	34.00–41.00	345	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	44.77/cwt	42.00–47.00	463	8

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 Sep 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 160Last week 329Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 45Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 26Year 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	—	425	127.00–129.00	127.96
2	—	523	110.00–115.00	112.51
3	—	483	115.00–120.00	116.97
6	—	642	100.00–106.00	104.00
7	—	372	129.00–139.00	133.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	110.00–120.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	100.00–110.00	105.59
7	—	362	114.00–118.00	117.16
9	—	419	110.00–117.00	113.26
9	—	472	110.00–116.00	111.75
10	—	524	110.00–114.00	112.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	100.00–104.00	102.01
4	—	313	105.00–107.00	105.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	112.00–116.00	114.04
3	—	646	120.00–121.00	120.67
4	—	474	122.00–130.00	125.50
6	—	393	135.00–141.00	140.03

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)	7	—	1,079	52.00–62.00	59.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,248	51.00–55.00	52.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,104	42.00–47.00	44.55
11	—	1,229	49.00–54.00	51.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	51.00–54.00	52.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	914	34.00–41.00	37.78
8	—	1,034	42.00–47.00	44.77

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