Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.80/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$114.80

86 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$6.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.42

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	115.73	599	35
Medium and Large 2	430	115.20	495	42
Medium and Large 3	359	109.35	393	9thin

One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $207 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 sale86 hd

114.80

—

GA average15 barns · 1,735 hd

111.39

+3.42

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	1,722	72.71	1,252	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,096	51.59	566	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,326	51.26	680	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	43.51	452	13

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1	—	308	168.53/cwt	167.00–170.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	153.82/cwt	149.00–159.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	122.02/cwt	120.00–124.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	164.86/cwt	160.00–170.00	623	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	132.46/cwt	131.00–134.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	123.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	166.97/cwt	165.00–168.00	629	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	44.66/cwt	40.00–48.00	420	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	61.06/cwt	56.00–70.00	684	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	61.31/cwt	52.00–72.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	158.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	680	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	134.11/cwt	130.00–138.00	751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	143.37/cwt	140.00–148.00	682	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	122.94/cwt	118.00–126.00	691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	136.70/cwt	130.00–140.00	704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	173.05/cwt	170.00–175.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	117.04/cwt	116.00–120.00	510	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	293	105.04/cwt	100.00–110.00	308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	117.04/cwt	115.00–118.00	275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	105.74/cwt	100.00–109.00	513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	116.38/cwt	110.00–119.00	610	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	93.10/cwt	90.00–99.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	109.80/cwt	104.00–114.00	624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	118.71/cwt	117.00–120.00	560	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	102.80/cwt	100.00–106.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	112.04/cwt	110.00–115.00	514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	309	123.78/cwt	120.00–129.00	382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	122.21/cwt	119.00–126.00	450	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	793	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	50.37/cwt	47.00–54.00	547	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	55.01/cwt	54.00–56.00	722	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	50.01/cwt	48.00–52.00	665	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	50.69/cwt	49.00–53.00	496	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	42.21/cwt	38.00–45.00	444	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	722	95.94/cwt	91.00–101.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	122.18/cwt	120.00–130.00	626	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	122.98/cwt	120.00–129.00	699	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	112.32/cwt	111.00–113.00	705	3
Bulls	—	—	1,328	67.65/cwt	64.00–71.00	898	2
Bulls	—	—	2,115	77.76/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,645	2

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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 383Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 49Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	167.00–170.00	168.53
2	—	425	149.00–159.00	153.82
2	—	615	120.00–124.00	122.02
5	—	378	160.00–170.00	164.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	437	131.00–134.00	132.46
3	—	490	120.00–130.00	123.40
3	—	722	91.00–101.00	95.94
10	—	512	120.00–130.00	122.18
3	—	568	120.00–129.00	122.98
3	—	628	111.00–113.00	112.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	165.00–168.00	166.97
9	—	430	150.00–160.00	158.09
10	—	560	130.00–138.00	134.11
15	—	476	140.00–148.00	143.37
6	—	515	130.00–140.00	136.70
4	—	335	170.00–175.00	173.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	118.00–126.00	122.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	436	116.00–120.00	117.04
3	—	625	90.00–99.00	93.10
4	—	513	100.00–106.00	102.80
5	—	459	110.00–115.00	112.04
6	—	309	120.00–129.00	123.78
7	—	368	119.00–126.00	122.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	293	100.00–110.00	105.04
3	—	235	115.00–118.00	117.04
4	—	485	100.00–109.00	105.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	524	110.00–119.00	116.38
7	—	568	104.00–114.00	109.80
10	—	472	117.00–120.00	118.71

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)	4	—	940	40.00–48.00	44.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,121	56.00–70.00	61.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	978	52.00–72.00	61.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	65.00	65.00
11	—	1,085	47.00–54.00	50.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	54.00–56.00	55.01
6	—	1,330	48.00–52.00	50.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	978	49.00–53.00	50.69
11	—	1,051	38.00–45.00	42.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	64.00–71.00	67.65
2	—	2,115	74.00–81.00	77.76

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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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

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