Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2023-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $243.76/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$243.76

189 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$105

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

$5.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.62

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	442	244.92	1,083	147
Medium and Large 1	575	239.75	1,379	33
Medium and Large 2	496	239.53	1,188	9thin

One grade step is worth $5.39/cwt here — about −$105 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 sale189 hd

243.76

—

GA average16 barns · 1,197 hd

245.38

−1.62

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	1,568	111.95	1,756	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,345	101.17	1,361	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,083	97.49	1,056	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	894	86.34	772	51

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	935	$996	10

Every lot, as filed

41 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 3	—	482	228.32/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,101	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	404	234.00/cwt	232.00–235.00	945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	221.85/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,198	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	230.92/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,055	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	236.53/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,034	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	211.42/cwt	210.00–217.00	924	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	211.01/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,329	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	263.27/cwt	260.00–270.00	953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	228.50/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,259	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	243.48/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	243.35/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,368	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	263.37/cwt	262.00–267.00	882	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	245.15/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,059	63
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	178.49/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	221.13/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	253.66/cwt	252.00–255.00	946	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	199.71/cwt	198.00–200.00	911	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	237.54/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,278	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	199.36/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,250	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	344	222.79/cwt	220.00–225.00	766	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	188.95/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	174.75/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,054	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	253.92/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,338	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	224.85/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,408	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	1,076.23/head	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,076	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	876.72/head	750.00–975.00	877	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	98.52/cwt	92.00–110.00	902	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,688	114.47/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,932	2
Bulls	—	—	1,492	104.62/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,561	3
Bulls	—	—	1,563	120.44/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,882	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	100.20/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,125	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	93.03/cwt	90.00–96.00	984	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	101.79/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,416	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,266	112.14/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,420	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	94.00/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,289	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	80.46/cwt	78.00–84.00	702	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	95.30/cwt	92.00–99.00	876	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	113.73/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,269	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	88.00/cwt	85.00–91.00	795	24

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 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 580Last week 290Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 78Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 3Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	482	220.00–230.00	228.32
3	—	404	232.00–235.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	540	220.00–222.00	221.85
21	—	457	225.00–232.00	230.92
33	—	437	234.00–240.00	236.53
12	—	627	198.00–200.00	199.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	437	210.00–217.00	211.42
7	—	456	198.00–200.00	199.71
36	—	344	220.00–225.00	222.79
8	—	603	173.00–175.00	174.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	609	185.00–191.00	188.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	210.00–212.00	211.01
3	—	362	260.00–270.00	263.27
2	—	551	227.00–230.00	228.50
2	—	508	242.00–245.00	243.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	240.00–245.00	243.35
15	—	527	250.00–256.00	253.92
15	—	626	222.00–232.00	224.85
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	335	262.00–267.00	263.37
63	—	432	240.00–250.00	245.15
2	—	725	177.00–180.00	178.49
9	—	562	220.00–225.00	221.13
30	—	373	252.00–255.00	253.66
28	—	538	235.00–239.00	237.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	952	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,076.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	910	750.00–975.00	876.72
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	95.00	95.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	916	92.00–110.00	98.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	92.00	92.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	114.00–115.00	114.47
3	—	1,492	101.00–107.00	104.62
2	—	1,563	119.00–122.00	120.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,123	98.00–104.00	100.20
20	—	1,058	90.00–96.00	93.03
4	—	1,116	109.00–116.00	113.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,391	98.00–105.00	101.79
5	—	1,266	109.00–115.00	112.14
8	—	1,371	90.00–97.00	94.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	872	78.00–84.00	80.46
8	—	919	92.00–99.00	95.30
24	—	903	85.00–91.00	88.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

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