Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves 4.00 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 $118.70/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$118.70

58 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$4.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	119.51	674	48
Medium and Large 2	525	114.81	603	10thin

One grade step is worth $4.70/cwt here — about $71 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

118.70

—

GA average17 barns · 1,324 hd

117.98

+0.71

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	—	Low	1,490	79.58	1,186	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,146	71.36	818	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,449	64.19	930	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	56.94	594	3thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	492	128.79/cwt	125.00–130.00	634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	136.93/cwt	135.00–139.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	120.52/cwt	119.00–122.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	115.97/cwt	114.00–118.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	171.92/cwt	168.00–178.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	127.68/cwt	125.00–135.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	364	165.57/cwt	164.00–166.00	603	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	115.97/cwt	114.00–119.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	127.76/cwt	126.00–133.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	134.83/cwt	133.00–138.00	778	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	56.41/cwt	51.00–61.00	685	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	67.51/cwt	62.00–72.00	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	119.46/cwt	118.00–125.00	699	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	118.24/cwt	115.00–125.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	116.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	134.14/cwt	128.00–136.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	142.96/cwt	139.00–147.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	141.31/cwt	139.00–145.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	97.99/cwt	97.00–99.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	135.48/cwt	134.00–137.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	112.95/cwt	110.00–116.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	99.50/cwt	99.00–100.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	110.71/cwt	105.00–112.00	751	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	126.03/cwt	124.00–129.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	123.83/cwt	120.00–125.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	105.31/cwt	101.00–109.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	122.76/cwt	118.00–125.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	129.29/cwt	126.00–130.00	534	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	118.37/cwt	115.00–122.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	110.04/cwt	105.00–115.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	753	97.49/cwt	95.00–100.00	734	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	71.36/cwt	70.00–76.00	818	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	59.04/cwt	57.00–60.00	809	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	69.34/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,059	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	56.94/cwt	56.00–58.00	594	3
Bulls	—	—	1,291	77.25/cwt	75.00–79.00	997	4
Bulls	—	—	1,689	81.91/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,383	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	145.51/cwt	145.00–146.00	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	130.60/cwt	126.00–135.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	593	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	706	103.02/cwt	100.00–106.00	727	2

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 354Last week 257Year ago 218

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 63Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 22Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	492	125.00–130.00	128.79
2	—	753	95.00–100.00	97.49
2	—	360	145.00–146.00	145.51
2	—	430	126.00–135.00	130.60
2	—	593	117.00–120.00	118.51
2	—	706	100.00–106.00	103.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	135.00–139.00	136.93
2	—	620	119.00–122.00	120.52
3	—	668	114.00–118.00	115.97
4	—	323	168.00–178.00	171.92
8	—	523	125.00–135.00	127.68
9	—	364	164.00–166.00	165.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	778	114.00–119.00	115.97
4	—	646	126.00–133.00	127.76
5	—	577	133.00–138.00	134.83
5	—	715	115.00–125.00	118.24
2	—	535	139.00–147.00	142.96
3	—	478	139.00–145.00	141.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	115.00–118.00	116.54
5	—	481	128.00–136.00	134.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	585	118.00–125.00	119.46
2	—	375	134.00–137.00	135.48
2	—	615	110.00–116.00	112.95
2	—	797	99.00–100.00	99.50
6	—	678	105.00–112.00	110.71
7	—	471	124.00–129.00	126.03
3	—	740	101.00–109.00	105.31
4	—	519	118.00–125.00	122.76
6	—	413	126.00–130.00	129.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	692	97.00–99.00	97.99
4	—	433	120.00–125.00	123.83
2	—	478	115.00–122.00	118.37
2	—	590	105.00–115.00	110.04

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	—	1,215	51.00–61.00	56.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,080	62.00–72.00	67.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,146	70.00–76.00	71.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	57.00–60.00	59.04
3	—	1,527	69.00–70.00	69.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,043	56.00–58.00	56.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,291	75.00–79.00	77.25
4	—	1,689	80.00–84.00	81.91

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle