Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.21/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$142.21

71 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$6.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	145.19	843	37
Medium and Large 2	565	138.96	786	34

One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $58 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 sale71 hd

142.21

—

GA average16 barns · 697 hd

143.16

−0.96

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	1,425	72.46	1,033	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	63.44	906	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,063	56.19	597	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	47.60	482	3thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	519	139.71/cwt	138.00–141.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	153.85/cwt	150.00–160.00	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	291	163.55/cwt	158.00–168.00	476	3
Bulls	—	—	1,328	67.85/cwt	64.00–71.00	901	3
Bulls	—	—	1,498	75.91/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,137	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	126.33/cwt	124.00–130.00	812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	116.25/cwt	110.00–120.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	156.04/cwt	154.00–162.00	727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	136.19/cwt	134.00–140.00	844	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	149.66/cwt	148.00–151.00	723	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,225	634.16/cwt	560.00–740.00	7,768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	822	115.86/cwt	110.00–119.00	952	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	140.20/cwt	139.00–141.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	146.99/cwt	145.00–150.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	146.20/cwt	144.00–147.00	860	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	119.21/cwt	118.00–120.00	639	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	135.31/cwt	131.00–138.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	114.36/cwt	110.00–118.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	123.04/cwt	118.00–128.00	530	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	156.48/cwt	155.00–160.00	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	152.11/cwt	150.00–155.00	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	144.31/cwt	139.00–149.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	104.69/cwt	100.00–109.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	116.82/cwt	114.00–119.00	662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	124.60/cwt	119.00–127.00	583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	131.80/cwt	130.00–135.00	539	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	151.46/cwt	150.00–153.00	442	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	59.64/cwt	56.00–62.00	631	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	52.73/cwt	48.00–55.00	563	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	63.44/cwt	60.00–65.00	906	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	47.60/cwt	45.00–52.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	157.00/cwt	155.00–160.00	441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	112.79/cwt	110.00–114.00	764	5

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 203Last week 234Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 52Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	519	138.00–141.00	139.71
4	—	411	150.00–160.00	153.85
3	—	483	148.00–151.00	149.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	291	158.00–168.00	163.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	124.00–130.00	126.33
4	—	764	110.00–120.00	116.25
7	—	822	110.00–119.00	115.86
5	—	577	139.00–141.00	140.20
3	—	278	170.00–175.00	172.40
6	—	378	155.00–160.00	156.48
6	—	416	150.00–155.00	152.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	154.00–162.00	156.04
4	—	620	134.00–140.00	136.19
4	—	693	136.00	136.00
5	—	523	145.00–150.00	146.99
20	—	588	144.00–147.00	146.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	536	118.00–120.00	119.21
3	—	368	139.00–149.00	144.31
3	—	677	100.00–109.00	104.69
6	—	567	114.00–119.00	116.82
8	—	468	119.00–127.00	124.60
11	—	409	130.00–135.00	131.80
2	—	292	150.00–153.00	151.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	131.00–138.00	135.31
3	—	473	110.00–118.00	114.36
7	—	431	118.00–128.00	123.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	281	155.00–160.00	157.00
5	—	677	110.00–114.00	112.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	64.00–71.00	67.85
4	—	1,498	73.00–78.00	75.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,058	56.00–62.00	59.64
6	—	1,067	48.00–55.00	52.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	60.00–65.00	63.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,012	45.00–52.00	47.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,225	560.00–740.00	634.16

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