Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

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 $120.10/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$120.10

109 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$14.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	122.45	613	72
Medium and Large 2	446	115.94	517	35
Medium and Large 3	423	108.36	458	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about $155 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 sale109 hd

120.10

—

GA average15 barns · 1,421 hd

119.35

+0.75

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	1,658	70.47	1,168	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,336	57.88	773	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	52.24	613	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,007	40.89	412	5thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1	—	434	129.88/cwt	128.00–131.00	564	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	136.06/cwt	133.00–137.00	778	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	139.49/cwt	139.00–140.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	119.02/cwt	117.00–121.00	667	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	48.46/cwt	45.00–51.00	554	6
Bulls	—	—	1,658	70.47/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,168	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,336	57.88/cwt	56.00–60.00	773	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	40.89/cwt	40.00–42.00	412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	116.51/cwt	115.00–118.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	122.69/cwt	121.00–124.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	133.29/cwt	127.00–136.00	525	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	56.77/cwt	54.00–59.00	687	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	59.29/cwt	54.00–63.00	601	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	56.92/cwt	51.00–62.00	644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	147.60/cwt	144.00–149.00	707	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	162.44/cwt	160.00–168.00	682	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	104.80/cwt	101.00–109.00	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	105.26/cwt	100.00–110.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	112.65/cwt	108.00–114.00	687	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	136.64/cwt	130.00–140.00	450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	140.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	119.70/cwt	117.00–121.00	618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	118.75/cwt	118.00–120.00	572	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	139.16/cwt	136.00–140.00	751	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	170.93/cwt	170.00–173.00	569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	151.31/cwt	148.00–155.00	489	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	61.02/cwt	52.00–71.00	575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	107.16/cwt	105.00–113.00	554	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	119.89/cwt	115.00–125.00	447	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	108.36/cwt	105.00–112.00	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	166.45/cwt	163.00–168.00	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	125.08/cwt	120.00–128.00	395	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	46.00/cwt	45.00–48.00	513	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	168.30/cwt	162.00–171.00	626	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,400	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,250	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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 359Last week 342Year ago 383

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 62Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 68Year ago 9

No trend available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	434	128.00–131.00	129.88
2	—	558	115.00–118.00	116.51
3	—	470	121.00–124.00	122.69
10	—	394	127.00–136.00	133.29
5	—	677	101.00–109.00	104.80
20	—	610	108.00–114.00	112.65
6	—	329	130.00–140.00	136.64
9	—	516	117.00–121.00	119.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	100.00–110.00	105.26
2	—	610	100.00–104.00	102.02
8	—	482	118.00–120.00	118.75
6	—	517	105.00–113.00	107.16
7	—	373	115.00–125.00	119.89
8	—	316	120.00–128.00	125.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	105.00–112.00	108.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	133.00–137.00	136.06
18	—	479	144.00–149.00	147.60
9	—	420	160.00–168.00	162.44
14	—	540	136.00–140.00	139.16
3	—	333	170.00–173.00	170.93
8	—	372	162.00–171.00	168.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	117.00–121.00	119.02
3	—	473	140.00–142.00	140.68
5	—	315	163.00–168.00	166.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	148.00–155.00	151.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	139.00–140.00	139.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,143	45.00–51.00	48.46
5	—	1,210	54.00–59.00	56.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,336	56.00–60.00	57.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,007	40.00–42.00	40.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	70.00–71.00	70.47

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,013	54.00–63.00	59.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,132	51.00–62.00	56.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	943	52.00–71.00	61.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,115	45.00–48.00	46.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,400	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	750.00	750.00

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