Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls steady, steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifer calves and bull calves sharply lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.05/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$115.05

64 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$17.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	405	129.05	523	13thin
Medium and Large 3	513	111.48	572	51

One grade step is worth $17.57/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale64 hd

115.05

—

GA average16 barns · 1,398 hd

118.89

−3.84

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	1,595	75.86	1,210	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,540	63.15	973	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,157	62.71	725	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	52.48	514	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2	—	570	123.03/cwt	120.00–126.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	127.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	112.78/cwt	110.00–115.00	688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	117.03/cwt	115.00–119.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	149.90/cwt	145.00–155.00	492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	462	134.20/cwt	129.00–139.00	620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	154.03/cwt	149.00–159.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	134.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	147.98/cwt	139.00–149.00	644	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	168.64/cwt	164.00–173.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	121.33/cwt	115.00–123.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	111.77/cwt	109.00–114.00	583	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	99.86/cwt	99.00–104.00	630	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	103.01/cwt	100.00–106.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	132.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	140.66/cwt	135.00–145.00	734	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	63.15/cwt	59.00–66.00	973	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	52.48/cwt	50.00–55.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	111.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	387	122.75/cwt	120.00–129.00	475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	134.44/cwt	131.00–141.00	449	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	261	134.18/cwt	129.00–139.00	350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	759	90.68/cwt	86.00–95.00	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	618	91.99/cwt	90.00–100.00	568	7
Bulls	—	—	1,415	81.77/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,157	2
Bulls	—	—	1,667	73.50/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,225	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	65.97/cwt	65.00–67.00	810	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	61.40/cwt	58.00–64.00	693	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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 169Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	120.00–126.00	123.03
5	—	518	120.00–130.00	127.59
5	—	610	110.00–115.00	112.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	115.00–119.00	117.03
3	—	328	145.00–155.00	149.90
3	—	462	129.00–139.00	134.20
3	—	759	86.00–95.00	90.68
7	—	618	90.00–100.00	91.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	149.00–159.00	154.03
2	—	485	130.00–140.00	134.95
9	—	435	139.00–149.00	147.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	164.00–173.00	168.64
14	—	522	135.00–145.00	140.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	419	115.00–123.00	121.33
15	—	522	109.00–114.00	111.77
17	—	631	99.00–104.00	99.86
3	—	473	110.00–115.00	111.99
6	—	387	120.00–129.00	122.75
2	—	261	129.00–139.00	134.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	100.00–106.00	103.01
3	—	390	130.00–136.00	132.05
8	—	334	131.00–141.00	134.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	59.00–66.00	63.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	980	50.00–55.00	52.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	65.00–67.00	65.97
5	—	1,128	58.00–64.00	61.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	80.00–85.00	81.77
5	—	1,667	70.00–77.00	73.50

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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