Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to barn closure for holiday season.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.59/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$145.59

41 head · 370 lb average

Value per head Derived

$539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$221

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

$7.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.44

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	215	152.50	328	2thin
Medium and Large 1	378	145.23	549	39

One grade step is worth $7.27/cwt here — about −$221 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 sale41 hd

145.59

—

GA average14 barns · 1,681 hd

124.15

+21.44

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	1,346	66.16	890	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,095	52.82	578	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	35.38	328	8thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	188.43/cwt	185.00–195.00	522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	128.66/cwt	128.00–130.00	499	3
Bulls	—	—	1,535	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,167	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	57.61/cwt	48.00–68.00	493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	167.04/cwt	165.00–174.00	628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	387	143.28/cwt	140.00–150.00	554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	172.59/cwt	170.00–178.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	160.22/cwt	155.00–163.00	678	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	293	160.31/cwt	158.00–165.00	470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	133.30/cwt	130.00–140.00	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	180.59/cwt	176.00–186.00	665	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	385	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	150.70/cwt	146.00–154.00	490	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	152.50/cwt	150.00–155.00	328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	189.58/cwt	185.00–195.00	629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	167.62/cwt	163.00–170.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	154.81/cwt	150.00–159.00	748	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	136.97/cwt	134.00–140.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	141.33/cwt	136.00–145.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	117.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	116.48/cwt	114.00–119.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	158.34/cwt	155.00–163.00	462	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	143.06/cwt	140.00–149.00	541	7
Bulls	—	—	1,308	64.19/cwt	60.00–67.00	840	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	42.06/cwt	41.00–43.00	407	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	33.15/cwt	30.00–37.00	303	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	48.96/cwt	48.00–50.00	564	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	54.75/cwt	53.00–58.00	584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	164.04/cwt	163.00–165.00	385	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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 252Last week 239Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 73Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 13Year ago 0

No trend due to barn closure for holiday season.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	185.00–195.00	188.43
3	—	368	176.00–186.00	180.59
4	—	332	185.00–195.00	189.58
3	—	417	163.00–170.00	167.62
9	—	483	150.00–159.00	154.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	165.00–174.00	167.04
2	—	510	134.00–140.00	136.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	140.00–150.00	143.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	128.00–130.00	128.66
3	—	333	130.00–140.00	133.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	170.00–178.00	172.59
5	—	423	155.00–163.00	160.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	293	158.00–165.00	160.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	325	146.00–154.00	150.70
7	—	430	136.00–145.00	141.33
2	—	463	130.00–132.00	131.01
2	—	575	115.00–120.00	117.41
2	—	620	114.00–119.00	116.48
7	—	292	155.00–163.00	158.34
7	—	378	140.00–149.00	143.06
2	—	235	163.00–165.00	164.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	215	150.00–155.00	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	76.00	76.00
5	—	1,308	60.00–67.00	64.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	41.00–43.00	42.06
6	—	913	30.00–37.00	33.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	48.00–50.00	48.96
6	—	1,066	53.00–58.00	54.75

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	855	48.00–68.00	57.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	770	50.00	50.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	68.00	68.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle