Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2022-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.02/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$164.02

73 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$23.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.17

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	176.85	867	33
Medium and Large 2	560	153.44	859	40

One grade step is worth $23.41/cwt here — about $7 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

164.02

—

GA average15 barns · 748 hd

169.20

−5.17

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	1,577	84.02	1,325	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	64.04	672	4thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	373	172.98/cwt	170.00–176.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	163.01/cwt	160.00–164.00	667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	153.99/cwt	152.00–156.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	166.64/cwt	164.00–168.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	141.99/cwt	140.00–146.00	723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	136.08/cwt	129.00–139.00	931	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	164.11/cwt	160.00–168.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	184.00/cwt	180.00–188.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	172.08/cwt	166.00–173.00	958	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	126.51/cwt	125.00–128.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	176.04/cwt	174.00–180.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	186.88/cwt	186.00–190.00	589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	289	185.96/cwt	180.00–188.00	537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	173.99/cwt	170.00–178.00	739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	183.95/cwt	178.00–188.00	673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	145.06/cwt	142.00–150.00	676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	144.77/cwt	142.00–148.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	143.94/cwt	140.00–146.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	147.65/cwt	140.00–150.00	636	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	134.11/cwt	130.00–139.00	793	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	137.88/cwt	130.00–139.00	717	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	145.18/cwt	140.00–150.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	526	133.72/cwt	132.00–136.00	703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	132.42/cwt	130.00–138.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	131.18/cwt	128.00–134.00	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	293	140.66/cwt	140.00–142.00	412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	134.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	414	4
Bulls	—	—	1,577	84.02/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,325	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	64.04/cwt	62.00–66.00	672	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 Jul 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 298Last week 340Year ago 615

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 58Year ago 79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	170.00–176.00	172.98
2	—	525	150.00–152.00	150.98
4	—	409	160.00–164.00	163.01
5	—	461	152.00–156.00	153.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	164.00–168.00	166.64
6	—	509	140.00–146.00	141.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	140.00–150.00	145.18
4	—	526	132.00–136.00	133.72
5	—	482	130.00–138.00	132.42
6	—	573	128.00–134.00	131.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	684	129.00–139.00	136.08
2	—	468	160.00–168.00	164.11
4	—	289	180.00–188.00	185.96
4	—	425	170.00–178.00	173.99
6	—	366	178.00–188.00	183.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	407	180.00–188.00	184.00
19	—	557	166.00–173.00	172.08
3	—	525	174.00–180.00	176.04
5	—	315	186.00–190.00	186.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	125.00–128.00	126.51
9	—	520	130.00–139.00	137.88
3	—	293	140.00–142.00	140.66
4	—	308	130.00–140.00	134.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	466	142.00–150.00	145.06
3	—	368	142.00–148.00	144.77
4	—	516	140.00–146.00	143.94
10	—	431	140.00–150.00	147.65
11	—	591	130.00–139.00	134.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	80.00–87.00	84.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	62.00–66.00	64.04

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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