Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers ,bulls,and heifers steady, steer calves steady to 6.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.10/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$138.10

92 head · 421 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$21.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.83

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	390	144.65	565	62
Medium and Large 2	510	124.83	637	26
Medium and Large 3	307	122.81	376	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.85/cwt here — about $188 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 sale92 hd

138.10

—

GA average15 barns · 1,479 hd

127.27

+10.83

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	1,750	68.00	1,190	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,097	51.09	560	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,057	38.65	409	12

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	134.16/cwt	133.00–138.00	643	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	147.15/cwt	142.00–152.00	525	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	151.99/cwt	150.00–154.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	170.41/cwt	167.00–174.00	707	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	164.45/cwt	160.00–168.00	770	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	163.04/cwt	159.00–164.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	144.77/cwt	143.00–148.00	617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	143.12/cwt	140.00–149.00	749	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	155.14/cwt	150.00–160.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	193.60/cwt	190.00–198.00	590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	173.60/cwt	170.00–180.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	158.27/cwt	155.00–165.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	136.47/cwt	134.00–139.00	802	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	146.58/cwt	143.00–148.00	759	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	182.57/cwt	180.00–185.00	590	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	151.01/cwt	150.00–152.00	734	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	276	183.91/cwt	180.00–190.00	508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	167.52/cwt	165.00–170.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	240	197.55/cwt	195.00–200.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	144.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	135.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	128.78/cwt	128.00–130.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	194.32/cwt	190.00–200.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	131.10/cwt	130.00–134.00	690	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	151.26/cwt	148.00–154.00	487	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	114.26/cwt	113.00–116.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	121.51/cwt	119.00–125.00	690	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	123.05/cwt	120.00–126.00	357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	122.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	396	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	35.57/cwt	33.00–37.00	380	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,018	46.68/cwt	42.00–49.00	475	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	54.40/cwt	52.00–58.00	629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	159.17/cwt	155.00–165.00	454	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.65/cwt	125.00–126.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	139.25/cwt	138.00–143.00	600	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	137.03/cwt	135.00–138.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	171.29/cwt	170.00–175.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	123.14/cwt	122.00–125.00	777	6
Bulls	—	—	1,445	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	954	1
Bulls	—	—	2,055	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,439	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	44.80/cwt	42.00–48.00	464	4

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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 252Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	479	133.00–138.00	134.16
12	—	357	142.00–152.00	147.15
7	—	526	130.00–134.00	131.10
12	—	322	148.00–154.00	151.26
11	—	285	155.00–165.00	159.17
7	—	431	138.00–143.00	139.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	140.00–150.00	144.95
2	—	345	130.00–140.00	135.00
4	—	418	128.00–130.00	128.78
4	—	634	113.00–116.00	114.26
11	—	568	119.00–125.00	121.51
3	—	525	125.00–126.00	125.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	120.00–126.00	123.05
2	—	323	120.00–125.00	122.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	150.00–154.00	151.99
6	—	523	140.00–149.00	143.12
2	—	433	150.00–160.00	155.14
3	—	367	155.00–165.00	158.27
2	—	588	134.00–139.00	136.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	415	167.00–174.00	170.41
8	—	468	160.00–168.00	164.45
5	—	521	159.00–164.00	163.04
5	—	305	190.00–198.00	193.60
4	—	373	170.00–180.00	173.60
4	—	268	190.00–200.00	194.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	143.00–148.00	144.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	518	143.00–148.00	146.58
6	—	323	180.00–185.00	182.57
4	—	486	150.00–152.00	151.01
4	—	276	180.00–190.00	183.91
2	—	388	165.00–170.00	167.52
2	—	240	195.00–200.00	197.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	135.00–138.00	137.03
4	—	324	170.00–175.00	171.29
6	—	631	122.00–125.00	123.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,480	56.00	56.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,068	33.00–37.00	35.57
4	—	1,036	42.00–48.00	44.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,018	42.00–49.00	46.68
8	—	1,156	52.00–58.00	54.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	66.00	66.00
1	—	2,055	70.00	70.00

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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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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