Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.63/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$143.63

72 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$7.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.59

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	145.57	701	54
Medium and Large 2	350	137.82	483	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.75/cwt here — about $219 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 sale72 hd

143.63

—

GA average17 barns · 1,818 hd

119.04

+24.59

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	—	High	1,794	88.63	1,590	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,350	66.65	900	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,098	63.06	692	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	56.67	550	5thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	568	125.93/cwt	123.00–129.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	148.52/cwt	140.00–150.00	636	12
Bulls	—	—	1,794	88.63/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,590	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	63.06/cwt	59.00–66.00	692	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	70.51/cwt	67.00–74.00	920	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	64.07/cwt	61.00–66.00	884	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	54.99/cwt	53.00–57.00	505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	146.15/cwt	140.00–150.00	608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	469	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	167.38/cwt	167.00–168.00	571	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	144.22/cwt	137.00–146.00	780	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	573	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	65.22/cwt	64.00–67.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	118.04/cwt	113.00–122.00	810	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	159.89/cwt	156.00–162.00	759	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	151.55/cwt	150.00–153.00	439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	131.02/cwt	129.00–133.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	148.39/cwt	145.00–150.00	561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	145.66/cwt	140.00–150.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	142.12/cwt	137.00–147.00	372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	140.01/cwt	135.00–145.00	459	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	118.48/cwt	116.00–121.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	224	165.17/cwt	162.00–168.00	370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	131.05/cwt	129.00–133.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	134.93/cwt	130.00–140.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	131.42/cwt	128.00–135.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	147.06/cwt	139.00–149.00	691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	162.36/cwt	157.00–163.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	677	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	133.14/cwt	128.00–137.00	563	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	56.67/cwt	53.00–58.00	550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	151.58/cwt	148.00–155.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	129.29/cwt	127.00–133.00	727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	120.99/cwt	115.00–125.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	113.21/cwt	109.00–119.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	141.66/cwt	136.00–144.00	732	17

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 May 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 207Last week 271Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 81Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 148Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	123.00–129.00	125.93
12	—	428	140.00–150.00	148.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	140.00–150.00	146.15
2	—	290	150.00–153.00	151.55
2	—	525	129.00–133.00	131.02
3	—	378	145.00–150.00	148.39
4	—	465	140.00–150.00	145.66
2	—	595	116.00–121.00	118.48
3	—	224	162.00–168.00	165.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	276	170.00	170.00
8	—	341	167.00–168.00	167.38
9	—	541	137.00–146.00	144.22
3	—	686	113.00–122.00	118.04
11	—	475	156.00–162.00	159.89
3	—	380	167.00	167.00
3	—	574	129.00–133.00	131.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	262	137.00–147.00	142.12
7	—	328	135.00–145.00	140.01
2	—	380	130.00–140.00	134.93
2	—	465	128.00–135.00	131.42
3	—	423	128.00–137.00	133.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	139.00–149.00	147.06
9	—	372	157.00–163.00	162.36
11	—	426	159.00	159.00
2	—	308	148.00–155.00	151.58
3	—	562	127.00–133.00	129.29
3	—	607	115.00–125.00	120.99
4	—	680	109.00–119.00	113.21
17	—	517	136.00–144.00	141.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,794	87.00–91.00	88.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,098	59.00–66.00	63.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	67.00–74.00	70.51
3	—	1,380	61.00–66.00	64.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	971	53.00–58.00	56.67

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	—	918	53.00–57.00	54.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	61.00	61.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,202	64.00–67.00	65.22

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle