Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2022-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls lightly tested. Feeder steers,feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves lightly tested. Heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.93/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$163.93

70 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$6.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	165.90	924	37
Medium and Large 2	460	162.79	749	22
Medium and Large 3	372	159.60	594	11thin

One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $330 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 sale70 hd

163.93

—

GA average15 barns · 626 hd

159.74

+4.19

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	1,570	70.49	1,107	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,259	66.71	840	4thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	394	172.00/cwt	170.00–173.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	517	138.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	138.27/cwt	135.00–140.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	151.51/cwt	150.00–153.00	573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	143.93/cwt	138.00–148.00	818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	125.94/cwt	124.00–128.00	791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	164.92/cwt	160.00–170.00	805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	162.11/cwt	158.00–168.00	838	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	168.23/cwt	165.00–170.00	940	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	151.99/cwt	150.00–153.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	162.90/cwt	158.00–168.00	546	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	153.59/cwt	148.00–158.00	730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	161.71/cwt	160.00–165.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	166.19/cwt	162.00–168.00	710	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.43/cwt	133.00–138.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	136.45/cwt	130.00–140.00	433	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	174.43/cwt	170.00–178.00	738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	151.37/cwt	148.00–158.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	156.96/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	174.93/cwt	170.00–180.00	927	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	146.31/cwt	143.00–150.00	534	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	136.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	132.81/cwt	130.00–138.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	145.04/cwt	142.00–148.00	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	109.96/cwt	105.00–115.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	124.00/cwt	120.00–128.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	151.46/cwt	148.00–158.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	141.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	140.33/cwt	138.00–143.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	121.61/cwt	120.00–125.00	574	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	66.71/cwt	65.00–70.00	840	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	70.49/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,107	2

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 Oct 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 230Last week 263Year ago 292

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 52Year ago 61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	394	170.00–173.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	135.00–140.00	138.32
4	—	378	150.00–153.00	151.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	135.00–140.00	138.27
6	—	568	138.00–148.00	143.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	124.00–128.00	125.94
4	—	473	133.00–138.00	135.43
5	—	365	143.00–150.00	146.31
2	—	575	120.00–128.00	124.00
3	—	420	138.00–143.00	140.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	317	130.00–140.00	136.45
3	—	365	130.00–138.00	132.81
2	—	675	105.00–115.00	109.96
3	—	472	120.00–125.00	121.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	607	135.00–140.00	136.60
4	—	578	142.00–148.00	145.04
3	—	525	148.00–158.00	151.46
9	—	478	140.00–145.00	141.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	488	160.00–170.00	164.92
17	—	559	165.00–170.00	168.23
3	—	423	170.00–178.00	174.43
3	—	608	148.00–158.00	151.37
6	—	658	152.00–158.00	156.96
4	—	530	170.00–180.00	174.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	517	158.00–168.00	162.11
4	—	475	148.00–158.00	153.59
12	—	427	162.00–168.00	166.19
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	150.00–153.00	151.99
5	—	335	158.00–168.00	162.90
3	—	385	160.00–165.00	161.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,259	65.00–70.00	66.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	69.00–72.00	70.49

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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