Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2022-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.62/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$138.62

65 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$94

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

$0.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	505	138.92	701	23
Medium and Large 2	574	138.46	795	42

One grade step is worth $0.46/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale65 hd

138.62

—

GA average14 barns · 956 hd

135.66

+2.96

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,431	82.79	1,185	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	75.23	910	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	71.63	759	26

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1	—	568	148.04/cwt	146.00–150.00	841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	175.00/cwt	174.00–176.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	142.74/cwt	140.00–150.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	154.37/cwt	150.00–160.00	650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	125.09/cwt	120.00–130.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	176.75/cwt	174.00–180.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	160.80/cwt	158.00–166.00	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	598	135.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	807	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	169.30/cwt	164.00–174.00	728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	175.52/cwt	172.00–180.00	648	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	151.43/cwt	150.00–156.00	801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	131.37/cwt	130.00–134.00	954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	145.00/cwt	144.00–146.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	123.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	609	139.32/cwt	130.00–140.00	848	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	152.62/cwt	150.00–156.00	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	409	147.60/cwt	146.00–148.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	149.37/cwt	148.00–152.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	142.79/cwt	138.00–148.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	119.85/cwt	114.00–123.00	862	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	152.01/cwt	150.00–154.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	141.95/cwt	140.00–146.00	822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	145.12/cwt	140.00–148.00	762	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	81.40/cwt	77.00–83.00	1,131	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	85.46/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,192	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	64.45/cwt	64.00–65.00	570	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	84.81/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,164	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,318	72.39/cwt	70.00–74.00	954	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	78.58/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,069	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	80.77/cwt	78.00–85.00	989	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	85.13/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,251	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	73.30/cwt	71.00–78.00	778	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	85.98/cwt	85.00–87.00	943	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	67.03/cwt	63.00–70.00	703	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	72.46/cwt	69.00–76.00	870	8

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 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 359Year ago 267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 88Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 127Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	146.00–150.00	148.04
2	—	355	174.00–176.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	140.00–150.00	142.74
7	—	421	150.00–160.00	154.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	120.00–130.00	125.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	119.00–120.00	119.50
6	—	598	130.00–136.00	135.00
2	—	630	121.00–125.00	123.00
5	—	409	146.00–148.00	147.60
3	—	365	148.00–152.00	149.37
5	—	460	138.00–148.00	142.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	150.00–156.00	152.62
3	—	613	130.00–134.00	132.01
11	—	719	114.00–123.00	119.85
4	—	429	150.00–154.00	152.01
4	—	579	140.00–146.00	141.95
17	—	525	140.00–148.00	145.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	174.00–180.00	176.75
5	—	464	158.00–166.00	160.80
6	—	430	164.00–174.00	169.30
8	—	369	172.00–180.00	175.52
4	—	529	150.00–156.00	151.43
5	—	726	130.00–134.00	131.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	144.00–146.00	145.00
15	—	609	130.00–140.00	139.32
2	—	560	142.00–146.00	144.00

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	—	1,390	77.00–83.00	81.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,395	85.00–86.00	85.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,373	83.00–88.00	84.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	885	64.00–65.00	64.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,318	70.00–74.00	72.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,361	76.00–81.00	78.58
9	—	1,470	82.00–89.00	85.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,225	78.00–85.00	80.77
8	—	1,201	69.00–76.00	72.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,061	71.00–78.00	73.30
3	—	1,097	85.00–87.00	85.98
13	—	1,049	63.00–70.00	67.03

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle