Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.54/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$108.54

41 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$12.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.17

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	431	117.91	508	9thin
Medium and Large 2	514	105.90	545	32

One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale41 hd

108.54

—

GA average16 barns · 987 hd

106.37

+2.17

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	1,352	69.43	939	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,053	57.98	611	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	53.35	759	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	47.55	449	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	—	1,352	69.43/cwt	67.00–73.00	939	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	57.98/cwt	57.00–59.00	611	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	53.35/cwt	51.00–56.00	759	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	47.55/cwt	46.00–49.00	449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	144.90/cwt	140.00–150.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	113.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	581	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	131.19/cwt	126.00–135.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	114.67/cwt	113.00–118.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	125.99/cwt	124.00–129.00	591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	137.02/cwt	136.00–139.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	119.95/cwt	118.00–122.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	100.51/cwt	98.00–103.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	103.49/cwt	100.00–109.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	121.83/cwt	120.00–124.00	443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	82.48/cwt	80.00–85.00	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	123.04/cwt	122.00–125.00	410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	130.95/cwt	129.00–135.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	114.16/cwt	110.00–117.00	478	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,700	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	10,625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	147.49/cwt	143.00–150.00	398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	91.61/cwt	90.00–95.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	110.37/cwt	105.00–114.00	534	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	145.10/cwt	140.00–148.00	463	4

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 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 390Year ago 410

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 33Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 30Year ago 8

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	67.00–73.00	69.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	57.00–59.00	57.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,423	51.00–56.00	53.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	46.00–49.00	47.55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	140.00–150.00	144.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	126.00–135.00	131.19
3	—	505	113.00–118.00	114.67
4	—	469	124.00–129.00	125.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	112.00–115.00	113.00
5	—	364	120.00–124.00	121.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	100.00–109.00	103.49
4	—	725	80.00–85.00	82.48
5	—	333	122.00–125.00	123.04
7	—	419	110.00–117.00	114.16
5	—	664	90.00–95.00	91.61
7	—	484	105.00–114.00	110.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	136.00–139.00	137.02
2	—	718	98.00–103.00	100.51
4	—	676	105.00–107.00	106.00
3	—	270	143.00–150.00	147.49
4	—	319	140.00–148.00	145.10
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	118.00–122.00	119.95
4	—	428	129.00–135.00	130.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,700	625.00	625.00

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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Donalsonville

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle