Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

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 $112.20/cwt on 179 head.

Average price

$112.20

179 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$2.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.64

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	501	113.03	566	127
Medium and Large 3	445	110.17	490	52

One grade step is worth $2.86/cwt here — about $76 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 sale179 hd

112.20

—

GA average17 barns · 1,673 hd

112.84

−0.64

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	1,650	83.27	1,374	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,324	63.74	844	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,032	60.24	621	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	996	51.84	516	5thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	528	118.34/cwt	115.00–122.00	625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	661	112.90/cwt	105.00–115.00	746	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	117.23/cwt	114.00–120.00	713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	108.74/cwt	105.00–110.00	626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	108.99/cwt	105.00–113.00	574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	403	137.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	469	125.23/cwt	120.00–130.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	131.04/cwt	126.00–136.00	443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	124.48/cwt	120.00–129.00	466	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	106.77/cwt	104.00–110.00	613	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	104.89/cwt	104.00–110.00	660	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	117.59/cwt	113.00–121.00	507	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	114.08/cwt	110.00–118.00	543	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	504	112.39/cwt	107.00–115.00	566	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	125.60/cwt	120.00–130.00	333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	98.32/cwt	95.00–100.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	389	117.74/cwt	115.00–119.00	458	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	105.94/cwt	100.00–108.00	517	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	119.44/cwt	115.00–122.00	406	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	514	103.57/cwt	95.00–105.00	532	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	126.84/cwt	126.00–127.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	148.99/cwt	145.00–151.00	578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	264	165.57/cwt	163.00–169.00	437	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	162.12/cwt	158.00–168.00	516	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	134.92/cwt	131.00–136.00	649	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	134.54/cwt	133.00–140.00	589	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	127.62/cwt	126.00–130.00	678	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	145.09/cwt	140.00–150.00	414	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	109.99/cwt	109.00–111.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	145.18/cwt	140.00–150.00	491	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	139.11/cwt	135.00–144.00	511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	120.01/cwt	115.00–125.00	623	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	123.63/cwt	120.00–128.00	582	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	128.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	566	21
Bulls	—	—	1,478	78.47/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,160	2
Bulls	—	—	1,688	84.34/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,424	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	967	66.23/cwt	64.00–68.00	640	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,056	57.99/cwt	55.00–61.00	612	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	70.02/cwt	69.00–71.00	926	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	59.03/cwt	58.00–60.00	782	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	51.84/cwt	50.00–56.00	516	5

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 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 597Last week 238Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 52Year ago 55

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	528	115.00–122.00	118.34
18	—	661	105.00–115.00	112.90
4	—	576	105.00–110.00	108.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	114.00–120.00	117.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	105.00–113.00	108.99
4	—	403	130.00–140.00	137.46
7	—	469	120.00–130.00	125.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	126.00–136.00	131.04
11	—	374	120.00–129.00	124.48
19	—	574	104.00–110.00	106.77
19	—	629	104.00–110.00	104.89
22	—	431	113.00–121.00	117.59
27	—	476	110.00–118.00	114.08
27	—	504	107.00–115.00	112.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	265	120.00–130.00	125.60
3	—	565	95.00–100.00	98.32
7	—	389	115.00–119.00	117.74
8	—	488	100.00–108.00	105.94
11	—	340	115.00–122.00	119.44
20	—	514	95.00–105.00	103.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	122.00–124.00	123.00
6	—	569	126.00–127.00	126.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	145.00–151.00	148.99
5	—	264	163.00–169.00	165.57
5	—	578	120.00–124.00	121.99
6	—	318	158.00–168.00	162.12
14	—	481	131.00–136.00	134.92
16	—	438	133.00–140.00	134.54
22	—	531	126.00–130.00	127.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	140.00–150.00	145.09
2	—	590	109.00–111.00	109.99
5	—	338	140.00–150.00	145.18
6	—	367	135.00–144.00	139.11
8	—	519	115.00–125.00	120.01
9	—	471	120.00–128.00	123.63
21	—	439	120.00–130.00	128.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	78.00–79.00	78.47
9	—	1,688	82.00–87.00	84.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	64.00–68.00	66.23
8	—	1,056	55.00–61.00	57.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	69.00–71.00	70.02
4	—	1,325	58.00–60.00	59.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	996	50.00–56.00	51.84

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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