Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2023-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trend available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.15/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$158.15

25 head · 429 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$8.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.51

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	430	163.68	704	3thin
Medium and Large 1	527	163.15	860	7thin
Medium and Large 3	383	154.70	592	15thin

One grade step is worth $8.98/cwt here — about $112 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 sale25 hd

158.15

—

GA average12 barns · 1,084 hd

150.63

+7.51

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	—	Average	1,635	88.73	1,450	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,421	79.94	1,136	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	78.78	913	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	67.60	708	3thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	163.68/cwt	163.00–165.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	149.30/cwt	148.00–150.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	152.12/cwt	150.00–158.00	647	6
Bulls	—	—	1,529	87.51/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,338	8
Bulls	—	—	1,768	96.67/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,709	4
Bulls	—	—	1,738	81.38/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,414	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	77.34/cwt	72.00–79.00	880	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	76.79/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,060	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	67.60/cwt	64.00–70.00	708	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	83.71/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,001	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	65.28/cwt	63.00–69.00	723	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	83.09/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	187.02/cwt	185.00–188.00	804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	168.81/cwt	165.00–175.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	151.63/cwt	150.00–155.00	488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	204.00/cwt	200.00–208.00	969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	208.37/cwt	205.00–210.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	189.95/cwt	185.00–195.00	902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	196.56/cwt	190.00–200.00	839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	199.32/cwt	195.00–205.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	173.12/cwt	168.00–175.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	202.40/cwt	200.00–205.00	866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	159.00/cwt	158.00–160.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	165.65/cwt	164.00–168.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	163.54/cwt	162.00–165.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	168.35/cwt	165.00–170.00	460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	884	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 Jan 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 357Year ago 227

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 72Year ago 27

Compared to a week ago: No trend available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	163.00–165.00	163.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	148.00–150.00	149.30
6	—	425	150.00–158.00	152.12
3	—	322	150.00–155.00	151.63
3	—	273	165.00–170.00	168.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	158.00–160.00	159.00
3	—	482	164.00–168.00	165.65
2	—	533	162.00–165.00	163.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	185.00–188.00	187.02
4	—	471	165.00–175.00	168.81
2	—	580	150.00–155.00	152.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	200.00–208.00	204.00
3	—	425	205.00–210.00	208.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	185.00–195.00	189.95
3	—	427	190.00–200.00	196.56
5	—	313	195.00–205.00	199.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	168.00–175.00	173.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	200.00–205.00	202.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,529	84.00–91.00	87.51
4	—	1,768	94.00–99.00	96.67
3	—	1,738	80.00–83.00	81.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,138	72.00–79.00	77.34
12	—	1,196	80.00–87.00	83.71
3	—	1,107	63.00–69.00	65.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,381	72.00–79.00	76.79
8	—	1,460	80.00–86.00	83.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	64.00–70.00	67.60

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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