Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.94/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$113.94

64 head · 431 lb average

Value per head Derived

$491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$0.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	114.44	564	19thin
Medium and Large 3	405	113.73	461	45

One grade step is worth $0.72/cwt here — about $103 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 sale64 hd

113.94

—

GA average18 barns · 2,117 hd

113.95

−0.01

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	1,676	74.27	1,245	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	53.76	739	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,150	51.28	590	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	49.68	531	6thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,531	69.76/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,068	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	45.68/cwt	45.00–46.00	467	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	53.68/cwt	53.00–54.00	597	3
Bulls	—	—	1,777	77.40/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,375	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	48.70/cwt	46.00–51.00	546	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	53.61/cwt	52.00–58.00	630	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	103.89/cwt	100.00–108.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	134.09/cwt	134.00–135.00	577	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	134.17/cwt	130.00–135.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	107.45/cwt	106.00–109.00	618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	119.65/cwt	118.00–120.00	499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	143.85/cwt	140.00–150.00	515	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	144.06/cwt	140.00–148.00	454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	163.05/cwt	160.00–166.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	97.52/cwt	95.00–100.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	154.79/cwt	150.00–160.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	96.97/cwt	95.00–99.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	116.33/cwt	114.00–118.00	434	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	102.95/cwt	98.00–108.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	127.35/cwt	124.00–130.00	474	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	61.81/cwt	45.00–79.00	653	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	155.50/cwt	153.00–158.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	117.88/cwt	113.00–123.00	371	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	114.32/cwt	109.00–116.00	494	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	152.00/cwt	150.00–153.00	464	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	112.75/cwt	106.00–116.00	595	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,308	55.38/cwt	54.00–57.00	724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	414	142.44/cwt	140.00–148.00	590	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	50.52/cwt	47.00–53.00	762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	326	153.27/cwt	150.00–160.00	500	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	867	716.35/cwt	700.00–725.00	6,211	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	55.17/cwt	50.00–59.00	499	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	73.08/cwt	65.00–81.00	785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	156.39/cwt	154.00–160.00	579	3

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 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 340Last week 595Year ago 239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 73Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 33Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,531	65.00–72.00	69.76
13	—	1,777	73.00–80.00	77.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	45.00–46.00	45.68
3	—	1,113	53.00–54.00	53.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,122	46.00–51.00	48.70
10	—	1,175	52.00–58.00	53.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,308	54.00–57.00	55.38
4	—	1,508	47.00–53.00	50.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	100.00–108.00	103.89
6	—	481	130.00–135.00	134.17
4	—	326	150.00–160.00	153.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	134.00–135.00	134.09
2	—	315	140.00–148.00	144.06
2	—	455	120.00–124.00	122.00
3	—	528	106.00–116.00	112.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	575	106.00–109.00	107.45
6	—	417	118.00–120.00	119.65
3	—	372	124.00–130.00	127.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	95.00–99.00	96.97
11	—	373	114.00–118.00	116.33
5	—	522	98.00–108.00	102.95
12	—	315	113.00–123.00	117.88
15	—	432	109.00–116.00	114.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	358	140.00–150.00	143.85
2	—	660	95.00–100.00	97.52
3	—	305	150.00–153.00	152.00
9	—	414	140.00–148.00	142.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	160.00–166.00	163.05
2	—	475	150.00–160.00	154.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	153.00–158.00	155.50
3	—	370	154.00–160.00	156.39

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,056	45.00–79.00	61.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	904	50.00–59.00	55.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,074	65.00–81.00	73.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	867	700.00–725.00	716.35

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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