Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2022-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves sharply higher. Bull calves lightly tested. Heifer calves 7.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.70/cwt on 137 head.

Average price

$181.70

137 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$173

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

$52.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	327	203.37	665	6thin
Medium and Large 1	513	184.58	947	116
Medium and Large 3	556	150.72	838	15thin

One grade step is worth $52.65/cwt here — about −$173 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 sale137 hd

181.70

—

GA average13 barns · 822 hd

168.81

+12.89

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	1,395	96.52	1,346	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	89.28	1,349	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	88.75	1,125	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,056	79.74	842	4thin

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	Medium and Large 2	—	525	140.50/cwt	136.00–145.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	168.74/cwt	165.00–170.00	736	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	167.54/cwt	165.00–170.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	167.08/cwt	160.00–168.00	613	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	156.85/cwt	154.00–157.00	855	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	151.70/cwt	150.00–158.00	470	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	636	137.49/cwt	130.00–140.00	874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	203.37/cwt	200.00–210.00	665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	199.37/cwt	194.00–203.00	740	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	194.27/cwt	190.00–195.00	830	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	181.48/cwt	180.00–183.00	849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	222.43/cwt	220.00–225.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	146.29/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	144.69/cwt	140.00–150.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	193.94/cwt	190.00–198.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	155.05/cwt	150.00–160.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	130.71/cwt	126.00–136.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	143.12/cwt	140.00–148.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	137.83/cwt	137.00–140.00	779	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	152.45/cwt	150.00–155.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	154.00/cwt	150.00–158.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	179.30/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,015	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	284	143.26/cwt	140.00–148.00	407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	135.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	142.69/cwt	138.00–145.00	454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	276	154.49/cwt	150.00–160.00	426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	161.45/cwt	160.00–169.00	704	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	79.54/cwt	79.00–80.00	873	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,113	75.75/cwt	73.00–79.00	843	2
Bulls	—	—	1,395	96.52/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,346	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	85.33/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,093	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	90.12/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,138	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	85.58/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,287	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	92.45/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,402	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	79.74/cwt	79.00–80.00	842	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 Feb 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 251Year ago 247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 36Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 14Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	136.00–145.00	140.50
4	—	436	165.00–170.00	168.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	165.00–170.00	167.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	367	160.00–168.00	167.08
19	—	545	154.00–157.00	156.85
15	—	436	160.00–169.00	161.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	310	150.00–158.00	151.70
5	—	533	140.00–148.00	143.12
12	—	565	137.00–140.00	137.83
2	—	363	150.00–155.00	152.45
2	—	440	150.00–158.00	154.00
4	—	276	150.00–160.00	154.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	126.00–136.00	130.71
4	—	284	140.00–148.00	143.26
2	—	408	130.00–140.00	135.03
2	—	560	125.00–129.00	126.98
3	—	318	138.00–145.00	142.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	130.00–140.00	137.49
7	—	585	140.00–150.00	144.69
2	—	340	190.00–198.00	193.94
2	—	510	150.00–160.00	155.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	327	200.00–210.00	203.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	371	194.00–203.00	199.37
14	—	427	190.00–195.00	194.27
2	—	468	180.00–183.00	181.48
3	—	322	220.00–225.00	222.43
4	—	720	141.00–148.00	146.29
73	—	566	171.00–181.00	179.30

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,098	79.00–80.00	79.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,113	73.00–79.00	75.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	94.00–99.00	96.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	83.00–88.00	85.33
10	—	1,263	86.00–93.00	90.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,504	82.00–89.00	85.58
7	—	1,516	90.00–95.00	92.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,056	79.00–80.00	79.74

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle