Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.22/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$148.22

62 head · 416 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$201

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

$21.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.75

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	389	153.01	596	42
Medium and Large 3	381	142.66	544	12thin
Medium and Large 1	606	131.44	796	8thin

One grade step is worth $21.57/cwt here — about −$201 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 sale62 hd

148.22

—

GA average16 barns · 1,478 hd

132.47

+15.75

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	1,513	71.54	1,082	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,420	58.79	835	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,103	56.86	627	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	978	44.48	435	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,563	66.87/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,045	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	51.80/cwt	50.00–55.00	839	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	44.48/cwt	43.00–50.00	435	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	60.25/cwt	57.00–64.00	698	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,003	50.76/cwt	50.00–53.00	509	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	60.01/cwt	58.00–63.00	831	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	116.07/cwt	110.00–119.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	111.65/cwt	109.00–114.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	116.45/cwt	115.00–118.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	135.98/cwt	135.00–140.00	635	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	65.29/cwt	53.00–71.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	163.36/cwt	160.00–165.00	529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	123.42/cwt	120.00–127.00	475	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	166.97/cwt	166.00–168.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	155.24/cwt	150.00–158.00	585	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	130.09/cwt	128.00–132.00	306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	129.02/cwt	124.00–130.00	419	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	151.80/cwt	148.00–153.00	730	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	279	159.62/cwt	158.00–160.00	445	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	102.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	574	105.39/cwt	102.00–109.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	94.92/cwt	90.00–100.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	116.54/cwt	110.00–120.00	489	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	114.79/cwt	110.00–120.00	362	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	112.76/cwt	109.00–114.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	127.26/cwt	124.00–129.00	781	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,400	768.45/cwt	700.00–875.00	10,758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	142.18/cwt	138.00–148.00	601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	143.32/cwt	140.00–150.00	463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	112.37/cwt	108.00–117.00	533	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	995.26/cwt	950.00–1,075.00	14,431	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	111.02/cwt	106.00–116.00	581	2
Bulls	—	—	1,493	73.41/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,096	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	64.70/cwt	60.00–68.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	137.72/cwt	134.00–140.00	789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	120.96/cwt	118.00–124.00	800	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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 445Year ago 273

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 33Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 45Year ago 6

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	64.00–69.00	66.87
5	—	1,493	70.00–77.00	73.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,620	50.00–55.00	51.80
23	—	1,385	58.00–63.00	60.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	978	43.00–50.00	44.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,158	57.00–64.00	60.25
5	—	1,003	50.00–53.00	50.76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	110.00–119.00	116.07
5	—	385	120.00–127.00	123.42
2	—	235	128.00–132.00	130.09
11	—	325	124.00–130.00	129.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	109.00–114.00	111.65
2	—	575	115.00–118.00	116.45
4	—	656	109.00–114.00	112.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	420	110.00–120.00	116.54
8	—	315	110.00–120.00	114.79
7	—	474	108.00–117.00	112.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	135.00–140.00	135.98
3	—	638	100.00–105.00	102.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	166.00–168.00	166.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	574	102.00–109.00	105.39
2	—	665	90.00–100.00	94.92
2	—	523	106.00–116.00	111.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	110.00–112.00	110.99
5	—	324	160.00–165.00	163.36
9	—	377	150.00–158.00	155.24
8	—	481	148.00–153.00	151.80
15	—	279	158.00–160.00	159.62
3	—	614	124.00–129.00	127.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	423	138.00–148.00	142.18
5	—	323	140.00–150.00	143.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	134.00–140.00	137.72
3	—	661	118.00–124.00	120.96

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	979	53.00–71.00	65.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,127	60.00–68.00	64.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,400	700.00–875.00	768.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,450	950.00–1,075.00	995.26

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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