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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, steer calves and heifer calves sharply higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.58/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$128.58

138 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$14.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.94

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	130.58	594	99
Medium and Large 2	358	126.61	454	28
Medium and Large 3	333	115.69	385	11thin

One grade step is worth $14.88/cwt here — about $208 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 sale138 hd

128.58

—

GA average16 barns · 1,413 hd

113.64

+14.94

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	1,698	74.22	1,260	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,393	57.76	805	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,156	56.31	651	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	45.58	469	11

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	375	174.57/cwt	172.00–177.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	126.02/cwt	124.00–128.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	138.64/cwt	132.00–142.00	514	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	117.06/cwt	111.00–120.00	716	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	54.82/cwt	50.00–62.00	661	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	61.00/cwt	59.00–63.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	158.69/cwt	155.00–165.00	673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	164.70/cwt	160.00–170.00	628	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	135.33/cwt	130.00–138.00	586	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	180.02/cwt	177.00–183.00	617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	137.95/cwt	132.00–141.00	730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	169.31/cwt	165.00–173.00	493	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	138.01/cwt	136.00–140.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	130.78/cwt	127.00–136.00	617	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	145.32/cwt	140.00–150.00	682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	127.19/cwt	120.00–130.00	459	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	123.97/cwt	119.00–127.00	776	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	291	132.28/cwt	128.00–138.00	385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	153.08/cwt	150.00–155.00	654	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	132.65/cwt	126.00–136.00	740	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	103.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	160.56/cwt	152.00–162.00	543	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	116.84/cwt	114.00–121.00	594	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	118.73/cwt	114.00–122.00	549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	109.94/cwt	105.00–115.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	129.48/cwt	125.00–134.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	107.06/cwt	104.00–111.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	133.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	121.92/cwt	117.00–126.00	517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	114.38/cwt	110.00–118.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	105.32/cwt	101.00–110.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	120.89/cwt	117.00–125.00	330	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	167.55/cwt	165.00–170.00	410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	127.67/cwt	122.00–132.00	409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	228	136.31/cwt	132.00–140.00	311	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,359	60.28/cwt	58.00–62.00	819	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	49.35/cwt	48.00–51.00	516	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	60.57/cwt	58.00–65.00	687	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	54.89/cwt	50.00–57.00	786	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	42.43/cwt	40.00–47.00	430	6
Bulls	—	—	1,698	74.22/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,260	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	53.87/cwt	50.00–56.00	630	7

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 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 378Last week 211Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 17Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	172.00–177.00	174.57
2	—	560	124.00–128.00	126.02
2	—	343	177.00–183.00	180.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	136.00–140.00	138.01
2	—	538	125.00–134.00	129.48
3	—	625	104.00–111.00	107.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	371	132.00–142.00	138.64
6	—	612	111.00–120.00	117.06
29	—	433	130.00–138.00	135.33
25	—	472	127.00–136.00	130.78
2	—	673	100.00–106.00	103.03
14	—	508	114.00–121.00	116.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	361	120.00–130.00	127.19
5	—	291	128.00–138.00	132.28
3	—	462	114.00–122.00	118.73
7	—	424	117.00–126.00	121.92
5	—	320	122.00–132.00	127.67
2	—	228	132.00–140.00	136.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	110.00–118.00	114.38
2	—	428	101.00–110.00	105.32
5	—	273	117.00–125.00	120.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	424	155.00–165.00	158.69
15	—	381	160.00–170.00	164.70
4	—	529	132.00–141.00	137.95
7	—	291	165.00–173.00	169.31
8	—	469	140.00–150.00	145.32
5	—	626	119.00–127.00	123.97
9	—	558	126.00–136.00	132.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	427	150.00–155.00	153.08
11	—	338	152.00–162.00	160.56
2	—	613	105.00–115.00	109.94
6	—	464	130.00–138.00	133.64
2	—	245	165.00–170.00	167.55

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)	3	—	1,205	50.00–62.00	54.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,053	59.00–63.00	61.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,359	58.00–62.00	60.28
7	—	1,432	50.00–57.00	54.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,046	48.00–51.00	49.35
6	—	1,013	40.00–47.00	42.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	58.00–65.00	60.57
7	—	1,169	50.00–56.00	53.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,698	70.00–77.00	74.22

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

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