Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers steady,feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.59/cwt on 106 head.

Average price

$135.59

106 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$14.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.64

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	138.33	656	80
Medium and Large 2	522	128.32	670	20
Medium and Large 3	363	123.41	448	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.92/cwt here — about $208 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 sale106 hd

135.59

—

GA average16 barns · 1,767 hd

127.95

+7.64

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	—	Low	1,649	68.35	1,127	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	60.73	910	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,231	53.60	660	9thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 2	—	628	105.10/cwt	100.00–110.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	126.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	134.57/cwt	132.00–137.00	505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	164.31/cwt	161.00–171.00	777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	135.69/cwt	134.00–139.00	896	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	131.56/cwt	127.00–136.00	967	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	131.99/cwt	130.00–134.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	130.71/cwt	128.00–134.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	141.47/cwt	140.00–143.00	818	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	605	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	197.43/cwt	195.00–200.00	569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	172.57/cwt	170.00–175.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	146.68/cwt	143.00–148.00	904	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	157.01/cwt	151.00–160.00	824	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	131.23/cwt	130.00–135.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	154.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	166.70/cwt	160.00–170.00	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	175.43/cwt	175.00–178.00	654	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	163.21/cwt	161.00–164.00	751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	111.02/cwt	109.00–113.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	158.50/cwt	155.00–162.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	145.10/cwt	140.00–150.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	158.54/cwt	152.00–162.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	126.82/cwt	125.00–129.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	261	135.18/cwt	130.00–140.00	353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	414	117.52/cwt	110.00–120.00	487	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	133.53/cwt	130.00–136.00	705	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	143.13/cwt	140.00–147.00	605	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	154.51/cwt	150.00–159.00	513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	131.35/cwt	130.00–135.00	764	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	135.46/cwt	133.00–139.00	658	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	144.40/cwt	140.00–148.00	566	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	122.65/cwt	122.00–129.00	758	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	775	2
Bulls	—	—	1,485	65.70/cwt	61.00–68.00	976	3
Bulls	—	—	1,812	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,287	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	48.98/cwt	47.00–50.00	628	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	55.91/cwt	54.00–58.00	674	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	60.73/cwt	58.00–64.00	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	237	166.99/cwt	165.00–168.00	396	3

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 273Last week 362Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 44Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	100.00–110.00	105.10
2	—	533	125.00–129.00	126.95
2	—	375	132.00–137.00	134.57
2	—	665	109.00–113.00	111.02
4	—	290	152.00–162.00	158.54
6	—	574	125.00–129.00	126.82
2	—	718	107.00–109.00	107.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	261	130.00–140.00	135.18
4	—	414	110.00–120.00	117.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	528	130.00–136.00	133.53
16	—	423	140.00–147.00	143.13
6	—	332	150.00–159.00	154.51
7	—	582	130.00–135.00	131.35
10	—	486	133.00–139.00	135.46
12	—	392	140.00–148.00	144.40
12	—	618	122.00–129.00	122.65
3	—	237	165.00–168.00	166.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	161.00–171.00	164.31
3	—	660	134.00–139.00	135.69
2	—	735	127.00–136.00	131.56
2	—	288	195.00–200.00	197.43
12	—	616	143.00–148.00	146.68
4	—	525	151.00–160.00	157.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	130.00–134.00	131.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	128.00–134.00	130.71
2	—	578	140.00–143.00	141.47
2	—	335	170.00–175.00	172.57
2	—	375	155.00–162.00	158.50
2	—	485	140.00–150.00	145.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	130.00–135.00	131.23
4	—	479	150.00–160.00	154.84
3	—	343	160.00–170.00	166.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	373	175.00–178.00	175.43
5	—	460	161.00–164.00	163.21
2	—	265	170.00–180.00	175.00

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)	1	—	890	68.00	68.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	88.00	88.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	61.00–68.00	65.70
3	—	1,812	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,282	47.00–50.00	48.98
6	—	1,205	54.00–58.00	55.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,498	58.00–64.00	60.73

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

Slaughter Cattle