Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.60/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$144.60

64 head · 444 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$323

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

$14.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.64

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	146.46	706	41
Medium and Large 2	423	146.03	618	15thin
Medium and Large 3	290	132.37	383	8thin

One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about $323 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 sale64 hd

144.60

—

GA average13 barns · 373 hd

140.95

+3.64

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	1,885	74.00	1,395	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,455	52.86	769	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	50.00	565	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	978	41.04	401	14

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	481	129.15/cwt	125.00–135.00	621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	314	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	447	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	125.42/cwt	120.00–130.00	522	4
Bulls	—	—	1,885	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,395	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	54.60/cwt	54.00–56.00	626	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	48.75/cwt	46.00–53.00	548	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	160.03/cwt	153.00–163.00	672	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	147.98/cwt	144.00–149.00	696	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	47.67/cwt	40.00–53.00	475	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	46.67/cwt	42.00–52.00	480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	146.54/cwt	140.00–150.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	139.45/cwt	134.00–142.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	123.75/cwt	120.00–130.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	158.95/cwt	157.00–160.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	176.12/cwt	172.00–180.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	131.90/cwt	129.00–135.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	115.08/cwt	110.00–118.00	491	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	128.84/cwt	125.00–133.00	481	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	138.99/cwt	135.00–143.00	723	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	162.68/cwt	158.00–168.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	133.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	240	131.83/cwt	130.00–140.00	316	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	125.64/cwt	123.00–128.00	346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	115.09/cwt	112.00–118.00	426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	123.54/cwt	119.00–128.00	409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	106.84/cwt	100.00–110.00	395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	121.87/cwt	118.00–128.00	596	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	304	106.60/cwt	100.00–110.00	324	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	48.60/cwt	46.00–53.00	746	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	55.30/cwt	55.00–56.00	779	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	41.04/cwt	38.00–45.00	401	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	116.56/cwt	115.00–118.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	133.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	370	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	130.03/cwt	125.00–131.00	566	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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 302Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 66Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	125.00–135.00	129.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	314	140.00–145.00	142.43
4	—	416	120.00–130.00	125.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	420	153.00–163.00	160.03
11	—	470	144.00–149.00	147.98
2	—	311	172.00–180.00	176.12
2	—	580	129.00–135.00	131.90
19	—	520	135.00–143.00	138.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	140.00–150.00	146.54
3	—	475	134.00–142.00	139.45
3	—	533	120.00–130.00	123.75
4	—	373	157.00–160.00	158.95
2	—	273	158.00–168.00	162.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	130.00–140.00	133.27
5	—	240	130.00–140.00	131.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	110.00–118.00	115.08
2	—	275	123.00–128.00	125.64
3	—	370	112.00–118.00	115.09
6	—	331	119.00–128.00	123.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	373	125.00–133.00	128.84
13	—	489	118.00–128.00	121.87
2	—	521	115.00–118.00	116.56
5	—	278	130.00–140.00	133.27
8	—	435	125.00–131.00	130.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	100.00–110.00	106.84
3	—	304	100.00–110.00	106.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	54.00–56.00	54.60
11	—	1,125	46.00–53.00	48.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,536	46.00–53.00	48.60
7	—	1,408	55.00–56.00	55.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	978	38.00–45.00	41.04

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)	3	—	997	40.00–53.00	47.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,028	42.00–52.00	46.67

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

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle