Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.68/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$115.68

59 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$9.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.66

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	116.77	570	52
Medium and Large 2	490	107.56	527	7thin

One grade step is worth $9.21/cwt here — about $44 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 sale59 hd

115.68

—

GA average15 barns · 922 hd

114.01

+1.66

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	1,515	74.54	1,129	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,330	63.53	845	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,198	44.15	529	3thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	668	87.49/cwt	85.00–90.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	124.19/cwt	118.00–126.00	535	16
Bulls	—	—	1,360	65.59/cwt	65.00–66.00	892	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	44.15/cwt	42.00–45.00	529	3
Bulls	—	—	1,510	75.23/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,136	4
Bulls	—	—	1,678	82.10/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,378	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	63.53/cwt	63.00–64.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	156.00/cwt	153.00–159.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	108.50/cwt	105.00–112.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	110.29/cwt	109.00–113.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	125.86/cwt	124.00–129.00	486	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	149.21/cwt	145.00–155.00	639	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	142.50/cwt	139.00–146.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	130.30/cwt	127.00–133.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	123.55/cwt	122.00–125.00	389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	113.30/cwt	110.00–120.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	119.66/cwt	119.00–120.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	161.50/cwt	160.00–165.00	554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	157.24/cwt	153.00–163.00	579	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	104.41/cwt	100.00–106.00	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	132.80/cwt	131.00–136.00	765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	137.26/cwt	132.00–139.00	719	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	117.81/cwt	116.00–121.00	550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	111.15/cwt	110.00–113.00	566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	109.55/cwt	107.00–110.00	621	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 Nov 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 127Year ago 262

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 21Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 6Year ago 2

No trend available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	85.00–90.00	87.49
3	—	487	109.00–113.00	110.29
2	—	315	122.00–125.00	123.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	431	118.00–126.00	124.19
6	—	386	124.00–129.00	125.86
5	—	623	100.00–106.00	104.41
7	—	467	116.00–121.00	117.81
7	—	509	110.00–113.00	111.15
11	—	567	107.00–110.00	109.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	153.00–159.00	156.00
2	—	605	105.00–112.00	108.50
2	—	445	139.00–146.00	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	145.00–155.00	149.21
3	—	628	127.00–133.00	130.30
4	—	343	160.00–165.00	161.50
13	—	368	153.00–163.00	157.24
8	—	576	131.00–136.00	132.80
7	—	524	132.00–139.00	137.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	592	110.00–120.00	113.30
3	—	635	119.00–120.00	119.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	65.00–66.00	65.59
4	—	1,510	73.00–77.00	75.23
2	—	1,678	80.00–85.00	82.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	42.00–45.00	44.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	63.00–64.00	63.53

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	—	1,400	1,000.00	1,000.00

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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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