Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and heifers steady, feeder bulls steady to 1.00 higher, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.95/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$106.95

69 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$2.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.03

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	572	107.42	615	54
Medium and Large 3	426	105.26	448	15thin

One grade step is worth $2.16/cwt here — about $166 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 sale69 hd

106.95

—

GA average17 barns · 1,079 hd

119.98

−13.03

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	870	65.91	573	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,378	65.48	902	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,095	63.84	699	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	679	111.75/cwt	110.00–114.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	783	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	108.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	799	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	113.62/cwt	111.00–116.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	119.54/cwt	116.00–125.00	624	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	63.84/cwt	62.00–66.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	112.52/cwt	109.00–118.00	713	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	65.83/cwt	54.00–86.00	540	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	71.94/cwt	70.00–75.00	723	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	75.08/cwt	66.00–86.00	707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	102.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	142.00/cwt	139.00–145.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	122.01/cwt	120.00–125.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	147.99/cwt	143.00–150.00	556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.79/cwt	117.00–120.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	98.51/cwt	97.00–100.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	92.51/cwt	90.00–95.00	516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	131.55/cwt	128.00–135.00	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	564	110.97/cwt	104.00–114.00	626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	511	117.15/cwt	115.00–119.00	599	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	126.02/cwt	124.00–128.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	103.91/cwt	100.00–105.00	700	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	103.40/cwt	100.00–105.00	650	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	116.30/cwt	112.00–120.00	383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	104.52/cwt	100.00–110.00	435	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	115.03/cwt	113.00–119.00	490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	112.17/cwt	110.00–114.00	526	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	61.62/cwt	60.00–65.00	847	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	69.33/cwt	69.00–70.00	957	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	65.91/cwt	64.00–68.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	124.47/cwt	123.00–126.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	108.01/cwt	105.00–110.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	107.42/cwt	105.00–110.00	576	11

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 Sep 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 566Year ago 390

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 41Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 15Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	110.00–114.00	111.75
5	—	783	102.00–104.00	103.00
6	—	733	106.00–110.00	108.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	111.00–116.00	113.62
7	—	522	116.00–125.00	119.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	634	109.00–118.00	112.52
2	—	778	100.00–105.00	102.44
3	—	512	120.00–125.00	122.01
4	—	376	143.00–150.00	147.99
4	—	575	117.00–120.00	118.79
2	—	460	124.00–128.00	126.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	139.00–145.00	142.00
6	—	504	129.00–130.00	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	128.00–135.00	131.55
6	—	564	104.00–114.00	110.97
7	—	511	115.00–119.00	117.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	97.00–100.00	98.51
2	—	558	90.00–95.00	92.51
4	—	329	112.00–120.00	116.30
7	—	416	100.00–110.00	104.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	674	100.00–105.00	103.91
15	—	629	100.00–105.00	103.40
5	—	426	113.00–119.00	115.03
5	—	469	110.00–114.00	112.17
2	—	373	123.00–126.00	124.47
5	—	588	105.00–110.00	108.01
11	—	536	105.00–110.00	107.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,095	62.00–66.00	63.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,375	60.00–65.00	61.62
3	—	1,380	69.00–70.00	69.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	64.00–68.00	65.91

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	821	54.00–86.00	65.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,005	70.00–75.00	71.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	942	66.00–86.00	75.08

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