Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to holidays the last two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.67/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$228.67

40 head · 413 lb average

Value per head Derived

$944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$38.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.12

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	395	243.60	963	19thin
Medium and Large 2	375	234.64	880	7thin
Medium and Large 3	456	205.42	937	14thin

One grade step is worth $38.18/cwt here — about $26 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 sale40 hd

228.67

—

GA average16 barns · 1,155 hd

220.54

+8.12

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	1,666	104.12	1,734	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,568	105.01	1,647	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	97.42	1,096	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	864	76.86	664	5thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	409	211.73/cwt	210.00–215.00	866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	221.30/cwt	220.00–225.00	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	243.23/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,265	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	253.76/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	216.59/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	213.37/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	247.95/cwt	242.50–252.50	920	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	221.24/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,162	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	250.85/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,074	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	272.54/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	262.47/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	180.06/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,122	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	233.70/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,098	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	234.17/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,180	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	214.65/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,228	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	198.27/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,324	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	205.07/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	224.99/cwt	222.50–227.50	1,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	242.50/cwt	240.00–247.50	679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	254.96/cwt	253.00–257.00	846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	232.50/cwt	230.00–235.00	953	2
Bulls	—	—	1,638	107.74/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,765	2
Bulls	—	—	1,693	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,240	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	103.96/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,280	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	105.01/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,647	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	72.76/cwt	70.00–75.00	620	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,005	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	503	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	90.24/cwt	88.00–92.00	893	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 Jan 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 260Year ago 490

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 61Year ago 132

No trend available due to holidays the last two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	409	210.00–215.00	211.73
4	—	360	220.00–225.00	221.30
4	—	623	175.00–185.00	180.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	210.00–217.50	213.37
13	—	371	242.50–252.50	247.95
3	—	332	253.00–257.00	254.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	222.50–227.50	224.99
3	—	280	240.00–247.50	242.50
2	—	410	230.00–235.00	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	240.00–247.50	243.23
3	—	630	215.00–220.00	216.59
2	—	430	260.00–265.00	262.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	252.50–255.00	253.76
2	—	408	270.00–275.00	272.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	220.00–222.50	221.24
3	—	428	250.00–252.50	250.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	230.00–240.00	233.70
2	—	568	200.00–210.00	205.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	504	232.50–235.00	234.17
11	—	572	211.00–215.00	214.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	195.00–200.00	198.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	105.00–111.00	107.74
2	—	1,693	100.00–101.00	100.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	100.00	100.00
4	—	1,231	101.00–108.00	103.96
4	—	990	88.00–92.00	90.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	102.00–108.00	105.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	852	70.00–75.00	72.76
1	—	1,025	98.00	98.00
1	—	740	68.00	68.00

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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