Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.32/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$113.32

68 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$208

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

$22.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	459	118.17	542	46
Medium and Large 3	466	103.89	484	20
Medium and Large 1	782	95.96	750	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.21/cwt here — about −$208 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 sale68 hd

113.32

—

GA average17 barns · 1,362 hd

115.97

−2.65

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	1,541	78.98	1,217	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,354	62.62	848	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,097	59.55	653	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	54.82	537	9thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	140.23/cwt	135.00–145.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	122.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	117.34/cwt	117.00–118.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	99.97/cwt	99.00–101.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	493	113.68/cwt	111.00–115.00	560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	541	111.57/cwt	109.00–114.00	604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	119.48/cwt	119.00–120.00	694	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	825.00/cwt	725.00–1,025.00	9,900	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	78.31/cwt	71.00–86.00	836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	115.41/cwt	110.00–120.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	123.28/cwt	118.00–128.00	521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	140.65/cwt	138.00–146.00	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	113.49/cwt	113.00–114.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	144.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	132.50/cwt	130.00–140.00	566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	577	92.46/cwt	90.00–95.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	95.96/cwt	94.00–98.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	122.50/cwt	120.00–130.00	463	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	136.42/cwt	135.00–138.00	382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	135.08/cwt	130.00–140.00	432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	120.67/cwt	118.00–123.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	105.64/cwt	100.00–109.00	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	129.97/cwt	124.00–132.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	115.12/cwt	108.00–117.00	602	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	411	111.53/cwt	110.00–113.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	116.48/cwt	110.00–120.00	373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	98.32/cwt	95.00–105.00	508	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	58.03/cwt	56.00–60.00	826	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	63.54/cwt	61.00–68.00	851	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	48.30/cwt	47.00–49.00	495	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	60.04/cwt	58.00–61.00	567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	105.07/cwt	100.00–110.00	483	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	119.01/cwt	115.00–125.00	499	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	309	139.69/cwt	139.00–143.00	432	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	125.02/cwt	120.00–129.00	528	7
Bulls	—	—	1,573	82.03/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,290	4
Bulls	—	—	1,508	75.92/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,145	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	55.48/cwt	52.00–59.00	619	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	62.45/cwt	61.00–66.00	677	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 Jul 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 257Last week 551Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 70Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 22Year 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	—	373	135.00–145.00	140.23
2	—	480	120.00–125.00	122.55
3	—	528	117.00–118.00	117.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	99.00–101.00	99.97
3	—	493	111.00–115.00	113.68
5	—	541	109.00–114.00	111.57
6	—	309	139.00–143.00	139.69
7	—	422	120.00–129.00	125.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	581	119.00–120.00	119.48
2	—	675	113.00–114.00	113.49
8	—	371	140.00–150.00	144.04
8	—	427	130.00–140.00	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	110.00–120.00	115.41
4	—	423	118.00–128.00	123.28
2	—	280	135.00–138.00	136.42
2	—	320	130.00–140.00	135.08
3	—	485	118.00–123.00	120.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	484	138.00–146.00	140.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	577	90.00–95.00	92.46
2	—	411	110.00–113.00	111.53
3	—	320	110.00–120.00	116.48
3	—	517	95.00–105.00	98.32
8	—	460	100.00–110.00	105.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	782	94.00–98.00	95.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	378	120.00–130.00	122.50
4	—	566	100.00–109.00	105.64
5	—	328	124.00–132.00	129.97
21	—	523	108.00–117.00	115.12
4	—	419	115.00–125.00	119.01

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	6	—	1,200	725.00–1,025.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,068	71.00–86.00	78.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	56.00–60.00	58.03
10	—	1,340	61.00–68.00	63.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	47.00–49.00	48.30
5	—	944	58.00–61.00	60.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,116	52.00–59.00	55.48
7	—	1,084	61.00–66.00	62.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,573	80.00–85.00	82.03
4	—	1,508	72.00–78.00	75.92

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