Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls lightly tested. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.06/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$123.06

93 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$10.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	128.80	738	20
Medium and Large 2	487	124.94	608	37
Medium and Large 3	449	117.93	529	36

One grade step is worth $10.87/cwt here — about $209 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 sale93 hd

123.06

—

GA average16 barns · 1,344 hd

121.83

+1.23

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	1,592	85.22	1,356	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,060	60.41	640	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	892	57.09	509	9thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,535	82.07/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,260	2
Bulls	—	—	1,648	88.37/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,456	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	65.69/cwt	65.00–67.00	715	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,018	52.49/cwt	50.00–55.00	534	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	56.93/cwt	54.00–59.00	507	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	65.12/cwt	63.00–67.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	119.49/cwt	118.00–121.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	121.62/cwt	120.00–126.00	561	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	125.54/cwt	120.00–129.00	604	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	117.69/cwt	117.00–119.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	130.50/cwt	130.00–133.00	504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	126.45/cwt	122.00–129.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	142.76/cwt	140.00–145.00	680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	136.01/cwt	130.00–139.00	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	155.95/cwt	154.00–158.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	493	112.95/cwt	110.00–118.00	557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	278	133.80/cwt	130.00–136.00	372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	114.64/cwt	110.00–119.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	124.90/cwt	123.00–126.00	416	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	609	107.28/cwt	107.00–110.00	653	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	122.04/cwt	120.00–126.00	624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	136.48/cwt	135.00–138.00	632	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	814	519.74/cwt	500.00–625.00	4,231	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	123.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	113.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	134.47/cwt	130.00–139.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	134.76/cwt	130.00–140.00	712	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	45.35/cwt	43.00–47.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	138.51/cwt	138.00–139.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	127.72/cwt	120.00–129.00	751	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	150.40/cwt	150.00–152.00	699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	134.17/cwt	130.00–136.00	845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	154.00/cwt	153.00–159.00	641	9

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 May 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 244Year ago 517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 50Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 68Year ago 9

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	79.00–84.00	82.07
2	—	1,648	86.00–90.00	88.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	65.00–67.00	65.69
2	—	1,018	50.00–55.00	52.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	891	54.00–59.00	56.93
3	—	922	63.00–67.00	65.12
2	—	848	43.00–47.00	45.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	118.00–121.00	119.49
7	—	461	120.00–126.00	121.62
10	—	559	110.00–120.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	493	110.00–118.00	112.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	481	120.00–129.00	125.54
3	—	675	117.00–119.00	117.69
6	—	386	130.00–133.00	130.50
9	—	434	122.00–129.00	126.45
2	—	718	115.00–117.00	116.00
5	—	511	120.00–126.00	122.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	130.00–136.00	133.80
3	—	475	110.00–119.00	114.64
11	—	333	123.00–126.00	124.90
11	—	609	107.00–110.00	107.28
4	—	374	120.00–125.00	123.54
4	—	508	110.00–114.00	113.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	138.00–139.00	138.51
18	—	588	120.00–129.00	127.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	140.00–145.00	142.76
9	—	568	130.00–139.00	136.01
4	—	528	130.00–140.00	134.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	154.00–158.00	155.95
5	—	465	150.00–152.00	150.40
6	—	630	130.00–136.00	134.17
9	—	416	153.00–159.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	135.00–138.00	136.48
3	—	313	135.00–140.00	138.35
2	—	443	130.00–139.00	134.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	814	500.00–625.00	519.74

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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