Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2021-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.77/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$112.77

28 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$113

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

$7.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	114.87	561	9thin
Medium and Large 3	424	112.67	478	16thin
Medium and Large 1	630	107.00	674	3thin

One grade step is worth $7.87/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale28 hd

112.77

—

GA average10 barns · 308 hd

111.04

+1.73

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	—	Average	1,627	81.70	1,329	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	79.32	1,157	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,092	67.67	739	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	864	60.58	523	14

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	82.45/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,113	4
Bulls	—	—	1,627	81.70/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,329	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	73.06/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,224	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	58.41/cwt	55.00–61.00	470	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	66.01/cwt	65.00–67.00	667	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	66.96/cwt	64.00–70.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	116.95/cwt	115.00–119.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	103.02/cwt	102.00–104.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	142.05/cwt	138.00–144.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	116.00/cwt	114.00–118.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	282	125.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	141.04/cwt	138.00–144.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	486	107.99/cwt	105.00–113.00	525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	149.00/cwt	146.00–152.00	454	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	12,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,400	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	310	142.03/cwt	140.00–144.00	440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	109.36/cwt	105.00–114.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	111.97/cwt	110.00–114.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	674	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	145.00/cwt	141.00–149.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	93.90/cwt	91.00–97.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	119.08/cwt	115.00–122.00	385	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	76.80/cwt	74.00–78.00	928	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,023	59.02/cwt	56.00–61.00	604	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 Feb 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 118Last week 247Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 44Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 12Year ago 8

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,350	78.00–85.00	82.45
2	—	1,675	72.00–74.00	73.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	805	55.00–61.00	58.41
4	—	1,010	65.00–67.00	66.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	64.00–70.00	66.96
3	—	1,208	74.00–78.00	76.80
3	—	1,023	56.00–61.00	59.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,627	80.00–85.00	81.70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	115.00–119.00	116.95
2	—	633	102.00–104.00	103.02
3	—	527	110.00–114.00	111.97
2	—	305	128.00–130.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	114.00–118.00	116.00
3	—	282	120.00–130.00	125.89
6	—	486	105.00–113.00	107.99
2	—	625	91.00–97.00	93.90
3	—	323	115.00–122.00	119.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	106.00–108.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	138.00–144.00	142.05
2	—	360	138.00–144.00	141.04
2	—	305	146.00–152.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	140.00–144.00	142.03
2	—	578	105.00–114.00	109.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	141.00–149.00	145.00

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	—	1,500	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,400	700.00	700.00

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

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Feeder Cattle

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