Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady. steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.08/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$127.08

52 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$11.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	136.28	702	12thin
Medium and Large 2	501	124.32	622	40

One grade step is worth $11.96/cwt here — about $80 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 sale52 hd

127.08

—

GA average15 barns · 707 hd

124.18

+2.89

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	—	Average	1,785	64.57	1,153	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	49.48	607	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	37.23	399	11

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	424	128.63/cwt	128.00–130.00	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	558	85.49/cwt	85.00–86.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	93.33/cwt	90.00–100.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	114.46/cwt	111.00–117.00	387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	115.24/cwt	111.00–119.00	423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	103.39/cwt	100.00–110.00	437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	101.60/cwt	100.00–104.00	484	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	96.78/cwt	93.00–100.00	264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	104.61/cwt	103.00–108.00	381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	97.43/cwt	92.00–100.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	107.16/cwt	103.00–110.00	339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	94.74/cwt	90.00–99.00	462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	123.03/cwt	121.00–124.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	158.80/cwt	153.00–163.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	126.21/cwt	125.00–127.00	789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	137.02/cwt	134.00–140.00	470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	133.41/cwt	128.00–138.00	511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	128.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	117.17/cwt	110.00–120.00	662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	116.74/cwt	112.00–120.00	844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	125.53/cwt	120.00–130.00	575	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	121.32/cwt	116.00–124.00	644	9
Bulls	—	—	2,075	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,453	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	61.85/cwt	60.00–64.00	1,014	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	52.64/cwt	50.00–54.00	614	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	46.31/cwt	45.00–48.00	595	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	39.19/cwt	38.00–42.00	428	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	35.60/cwt	31.00–38.00	375	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 Oct 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 215Last week 297Year ago 210

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 36Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	424	128.00–130.00	128.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	85.00–86.00	85.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	90.00–100.00	93.33
4	—	338	111.00–117.00	114.46
5	—	367	111.00–119.00	115.24
6	—	423	100.00–110.00	103.39
6	—	476	100.00–104.00	101.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	93.00–100.00	96.78
3	—	364	103.00–108.00	104.61
3	—	530	92.00–100.00	97.43
4	—	316	103.00–110.00	107.16
5	—	488	90.00–99.00	94.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	121.00–124.00	123.03
4	—	328	153.00–163.00	158.80
5	—	625	125.00–127.00	126.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	134.00–140.00	137.02
5	—	383	128.00–138.00	133.41
5	—	416	120.00–130.00	128.07
5	—	565	110.00–120.00	117.17
5	—	723	112.00–120.00	116.74
9	—	458	120.00–130.00	125.53
9	—	531	116.00–124.00	121.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,075	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,640	60.00–64.00	61.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,167	50.00–54.00	52.64
3	—	1,285	45.00–48.00	46.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	38.00–42.00	39.19
6	—	1,053	31.00–38.00	35.60

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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