Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.39/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$112.39

76 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$1.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.56

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	112.67	603	43
Medium and Large 2	461	112.49	519	21
Medium and Large 3	365	111.18	406	12thin

One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about $197 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 sale76 hd

112.39

—

GA average17 barns · 1,356 hd

112.95

−0.56

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	1,429	71.60	1,023	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,344	51.71	695	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	46.79	568	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	45.18	491	36

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	121.43/cwt	119.00–124.00	454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	115.40/cwt	114.00–120.00	620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	105.78/cwt	104.00–108.00	554	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	100.97/cwt	99.00–103.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	104.48/cwt	101.00–106.00	709	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	138.50/cwt	137.00–140.00	533	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	44.66/cwt	42.00–49.00	485	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	46.79/cwt	45.00–52.00	568	18
Bulls	—	—	1,264	69.44/cwt	69.00–70.00	878	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	48.09/cwt	45.00–52.00	636	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	111.38/cwt	109.00–114.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	106.20/cwt	105.00–109.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	111.01/cwt	109.00–113.00	797	2
Bulls	—	—	1,566	73.40/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,149	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	53.96/cwt	51.00–58.00	580	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	57.13/cwt	53.00–60.00	786	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	106.60/cwt	105.00–109.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	95.48/cwt	94.00–97.00	547	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,117	727.99/cwt	700.00–775.00	8,132	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	109.48/cwt	109.00–110.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	114.98/cwt	113.00–117.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	116.18/cwt	111.00–120.00	383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	96.97/cwt	94.00–100.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	258	120.77/cwt	118.00–128.00	312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	141.15/cwt	140.00–142.00	453	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	118.09/cwt	115.00–120.00	546	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	111.65/cwt	110.00–113.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	733	78.51/cwt	77.00–80.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	105.37/cwt	101.00–110.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	132.22/cwt	129.00–135.00	493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	95.41/cwt	92.00–99.00	456	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	54.46/cwt	50.00–60.00	590	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	52.81/cwt	50.00–59.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	592	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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 292Last week 418Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 66Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 30Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	119.00–124.00	121.43
5	—	524	104.00–108.00	105.78
5	—	469	109.00–114.00	111.38
3	—	437	113.00–117.00	114.98
2	—	583	101.00–102.00	101.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	101.00–106.00	104.48
5	—	589	105.00–109.00	106.20
5	—	625	105.00–109.00	106.60
2	—	788	94.00–100.00	96.97
24	—	462	115.00–120.00	118.09
3	—	523	110.00–113.00	111.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	94.00–97.00	95.48
3	—	330	111.00–120.00	116.18
5	—	258	118.00–128.00	120.77
2	—	478	92.00–99.00	95.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	537	114.00–120.00	115.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	109.00–113.00	111.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	140.00–142.00	141.15
2	—	530	101.00–110.00	105.37
3	—	373	129.00–135.00	132.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	99.00–103.00	100.97
2	—	733	77.00–80.00	78.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	137.00–140.00	138.50
2	—	573	109.00–110.00	109.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,087	42.00–49.00	44.66
2	—	1,075	51.00–58.00	53.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,215	45.00–52.00	46.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,322	45.00–52.00	48.09
8	—	1,376	53.00–60.00	57.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,264	69.00–70.00	69.44
6	—	1,566	71.00–75.00	73.40

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	12	—	1,117	700.00–775.00	727.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,083	50.00–60.00	54.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	993	50.00–59.00	52.81

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