Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.17/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$117.17

139 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$27.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	342	138.53	474	16thin
Medium and Large 2	538	116.42	626	77
Medium and Large 3	482	110.98	535	46

One grade step is worth $27.54/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale139 hd

117.17

—

GA average13 barns · 846 hd

113.98

+3.19

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	1,710	87.00	1,488	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,477	67.02	990	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	63.74	742	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	888	47.48	422	3thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	128.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	732	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	958	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	891	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	121.66/cwt	120.00–125.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	491	109.98/cwt	108.00–118.00	540	26
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	135.51/cwt	134.00–138.00	599	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	128.45/cwt	125.00–135.00	604	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	129.71/cwt	126.00–131.00	662	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	123.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	780	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	160.26/cwt	155.00–163.00	522	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	112.52/cwt	109.00–116.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	122.22/cwt	115.00–124.00	567	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	99.37/cwt	95.00–104.00	619	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	87.00/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,488	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	57.84/cwt	55.00–61.00	658	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	66.69/cwt	62.00–69.00	786	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	109.72/cwt	105.00–115.00	691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	263	145.05/cwt	140.00–150.00	381	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	52.13/cwt	50.00–54.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	152.71/cwt	150.00–156.00	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	142.92/cwt	140.00–150.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	137.92/cwt	133.00–140.00	716	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	274	127.54/cwt	124.00–130.00	349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	107.46/cwt	105.00–109.00	562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	621	101.18/cwt	95.00–104.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	115.41/cwt	108.00–118.00	497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	105.28/cwt	99.00–109.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	114.95/cwt	109.00–116.00	715	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	122.13/cwt	119.00–129.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	125.33/cwt	120.00–130.00	457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	124.38/cwt	120.00–130.00	532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	98.37/cwt	93.00–100.00	720	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	111.88/cwt	110.00–118.00	649	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	117.19/cwt	110.00–120.00	601	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	977	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	66.52/cwt	62.00–69.00	992	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	47.48/cwt	45.00–49.00	422	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	138.61/cwt	134.00–142.00	435	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	138.46/cwt	133.00–140.00	504	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	143.93/cwt	140.00–148.00	403	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 Apr 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 304Last week 121Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 71Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 45Year ago 0

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	120.00–130.00	128.00
18	—	958	93.00	93.00
7	—	510	126.00–131.00	129.71
5	—	326	155.00–163.00	160.26
4	—	378	150.00–156.00	152.71
4	—	420	140.00–150.00	142.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	120.00–125.00	121.66
6	—	442	134.00–138.00	135.51
9	—	470	125.00–135.00	128.45
3	—	630	105.00–115.00	109.72
4	—	263	140.00–150.00	145.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	634	120.00–124.00	123.01
10	—	519	133.00–140.00	137.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	491	108.00–118.00	109.98
4	—	274	124.00–130.00	127.54
5	—	523	105.00–109.00	107.46
5	—	621	95.00–104.00	101.18
6	—	431	108.00–118.00	115.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	99.00–109.00	105.28
14	—	622	109.00–116.00	114.95
4	—	469	119.00–129.00	122.13
6	—	365	120.00–130.00	125.33
8	—	428	120.00–130.00	124.38
8	—	732	93.00–100.00	98.37
9	—	580	110.00–118.00	111.88
22	—	513	110.00–120.00	117.19
3	—	280	140.00–148.00	143.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	314	134.00–142.00	138.61
9	—	364	133.00–140.00	138.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	109.00–116.00	112.52
6	—	464	115.00–124.00	122.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	95.00–104.00	99.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	86.00–88.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,137	55.00–61.00	57.84
6	—	1,178	62.00–69.00	66.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	70.00	70.00
18	—	1,491	62.00–69.00	66.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	888	45.00–49.00	47.48

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)	2	—	865	50.00–54.00	52.13

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle