Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2021-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.39/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$123.39

73 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	125.97	681	23
Medium and Large 2	464	125.64	583	35
Medium and Large 3	485	114.16	554	15thin

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about $127 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 sale73 hd

123.39

—

GA average15 barns · 1,469 hd

122.56

+0.82

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	1,233	83.46	1,029	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,346	63.76	858	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	976	55.40	541	13

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	—	—	1,233	83.46/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,029	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	64.48/cwt	62.00–68.00	858	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	59.90/cwt	59.00–61.00	854	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	64.96/cwt	63.00–68.00	607	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	46.58/cwt	43.00–49.00	448	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	57.94/cwt	57.00–59.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	132.91/cwt	130.00–137.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	130.44/cwt	130.00–131.00	612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	127.04/cwt	124.00–130.00	548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	119.04/cwt	115.00–123.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	114.97/cwt	111.00–119.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	128.21/cwt	125.00–130.00	610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	155.21/cwt	150.00–160.00	515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	332	142.04/cwt	138.00–148.00	472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	123.37/cwt	120.00–124.00	653	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	124.70/cwt	119.00–129.00	586	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	138.14/cwt	135.00–143.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	139.78/cwt	135.00–144.00	528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	131.48/cwt	130.00–133.00	414	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	133.71/cwt	129.00–139.00	572	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	119.74/cwt	118.00–126.00	637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	135.59/cwt	130.00–138.00	721	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	111.36/cwt	108.00–118.00	595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	119.48/cwt	115.00–124.00	430	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	122.79/cwt	120.00–123.00	712	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	111.84/cwt	105.00–115.00	649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	142.48/cwt	140.00–145.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	157.96/cwt	156.00–160.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	133.73/cwt	130.00–135.00	828	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	70.26/cwt	68.00–73.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	122.74/cwt	120.00–127.00	565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	638	104.75/cwt	104.00–105.00	668	4

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 Jun 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 267Last week 268Year ago 337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 24Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 27Year ago 20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	81.00–86.00	83.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,331	62.00–68.00	64.48
3	—	1,425	59.00–61.00	59.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	935	63.00–68.00	64.96
6	—	961	43.00–49.00	46.58
2	—	1,125	57.00–59.00	57.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	370	130.00–137.00	132.91
2	—	608	114.00–115.00	114.51
4	—	431	124.00–130.00	127.04
8	—	529	120.00–124.00	123.37
14	—	470	119.00–129.00	124.70
2	—	315	130.00–133.00	131.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	130.00–135.00	132.54
7	—	469	130.00–131.00	130.44
14	—	580	120.00–123.00	122.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	108.00–118.00	111.36
5	—	360	115.00–124.00	119.48
3	—	580	105.00–115.00	111.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	115.00–123.00	119.04
2	—	590	111.00–119.00	114.97
5	—	460	120.00–127.00	122.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	125.00–130.00	128.21
3	—	332	138.00–148.00	142.04
5	—	378	135.00–144.00	139.78
11	—	428	129.00–139.00	133.71
7	—	532	118.00–126.00	119.74
4	—	638	104.00–105.00	104.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	150.00–160.00	155.21
5	—	474	135.00–143.00	138.14
2	—	795	108.00–110.00	108.99
13	—	532	130.00–138.00	135.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	140.00–145.00	142.48
3	—	373	156.00–160.00	157.96
4	—	619	130.00–135.00	133.73

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)	3	—	893	68.00–73.00	70.26

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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