Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steers calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifer calves and bulls calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.94/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$139.94

58 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$16.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.30

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	465	141.07	655	38
Medium and Large 2	363	141.07	512	16thin
Medium and Large 3	371	124.74	463	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about $193 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 sale58 hd

139.94

—

GA average13 barns · 1,217 hd

132.64

+7.30

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	1,487	84.26	1,253	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,283	72.55	931	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,104	60.53	668	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	910	46.34	422	2thin

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 1	—	247	192.52/cwt	190.00–195.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	186.59/cwt	185.00–188.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	148.74/cwt	148.00–150.00	772	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	591	130.49/cwt	130.00–132.00	771	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	189.34/cwt	187.00–190.00	600	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	169.08/cwt	167.00–175.00	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	156.34/cwt	154.00–160.00	668	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	62.70/cwt	58.00–68.00	571	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	66.84/cwt	66.00–68.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	154.89/cwt	150.00–160.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	143.30/cwt	140.00–150.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.40/cwt	149.00–158.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	161.77/cwt	159.00–165.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	220.01/cwt	215.00–225.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	125.28/cwt	120.00–129.00	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	152.39/cwt	150.00–156.00	581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	131.81/cwt	126.00–136.00	699	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	146.87/cwt	140.00–149.00	627	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	132.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	144.77/cwt	140.00–149.00	488	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	60.52/cwt	56.00–63.00	680	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,283	72.55/cwt	71.00–74.00	931	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	46.34/cwt	44.00–49.00	422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	143.39/cwt	140.00–149.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	124.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	138.92/cwt	134.00–144.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	172.91/cwt	170.00–178.00	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	135.76/cwt	130.00–140.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	164.88/cwt	160.00–170.00	622	6
Bulls	—	—	1,487	84.26/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,253	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	52.55/cwt	50.00–55.00	551	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	65.11/cwt	64.00–68.00	723	7

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 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 172Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 68Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	247	190.00–195.00	192.52
2	—	377	185.00–188.00	186.59
4	—	519	148.00–150.00	148.74
4	—	591	130.00–132.00	130.49
6	—	317	187.00–190.00	189.34
6	—	475	150.00–160.00	156.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	316	170.00–178.00	172.91
3	—	470	130.00–140.00	135.76
6	—	377	160.00–170.00	164.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	167.00–175.00	169.08
2	—	568	149.00–158.00	153.40
2	—	640	138.00–140.00	139.01
4	—	458	159.00–165.00	161.77
5	—	313	215.00–225.00	220.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	154.00–160.00	156.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	150.00–160.00	154.89
3	—	358	140.00–150.00	143.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	120.00–129.00	125.28
6	—	381	150.00–156.00	152.39
9	—	530	126.00–136.00	131.81
15	—	427	140.00–149.00	146.87
4	—	478	134.00–144.00	138.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	130.00–138.00	132.02
6	—	337	140.00–149.00	144.77
6	—	360	140.00–149.00	143.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	120.00–130.00	124.74

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	—	910	58.00–68.00	62.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	66.00–68.00	66.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,124	56.00–63.00	60.52
4	—	1,048	50.00–55.00	52.55
7	—	1,110	64.00–68.00	65.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	71.00–74.00	72.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	44.00–49.00	46.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,487	80.00–87.00	84.26

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle