Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.01/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$230.01

54 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$198

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

$44.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	424	250.99	1,065	26
Medium and Large 3	460	213.61	982	16thin
Medium and Large 2	612	206.45	1,263	12thin

One grade step is worth $44.54/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale54 hd

230.01

—

GA average15 barns · 2,096 hd

219.79

+10.23

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	1,532	114.00	1,746	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,584	104.14	1,650	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	92.44	1,099	11

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	230	323.47/cwt	322.00–325.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	263.45/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,133	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	638	188.48/cwt	187.00–190.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	696	204.56/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,424	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	238.68/cwt	237.50–245.00	761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	180.06/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,197	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	253.82/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	310.00/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,209	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	264.37/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,097	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	232.80/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,422	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	328.69/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	274.34/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,180	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	259.50/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,243	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	216.38/cwt	214.00–217.00	1,426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	277.42/cwt	275.00–280.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	192.25/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	232.52/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,209	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	298.26/cwt	295.00–300.00	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	287.47/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,035	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	297.47/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	301	291.67/cwt	290.00–295.00	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	228	318.99/cwt	318.00–320.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	211.86/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	226.31/cwt	220.00–230.00	822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	244.23/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,067	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	262.59/cwt	260.00–265.00	966	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	102.76/cwt	101.00–105.00	948	2
Bulls	—	—	1,465	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,582	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,831	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	89.58/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,095	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	105.33/cwt	104.00–106.00	1,309	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	84.33/cwt	83.00–86.00	909	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,525	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	106.78/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,720	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,234	1

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 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 191Year ago 420

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 28Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 0Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	322.00–325.00	323.47
3	—	430	260.00–270.00	263.45
11	—	696	200.00–205.00	204.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	187.00–190.00	188.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	319	237.50–245.00	238.68
6	—	665	175.00–185.00	180.06
4	—	363	220.00–230.00	226.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	311	275.00–280.00	277.42
10	—	672	190.00–195.00	192.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	230.00–235.00	232.52
3	—	301	290.00–295.00	291.67
2	—	228	318.00–320.00	318.99
4	—	554	210.00–217.50	211.86
13	—	437	240.00–250.00	244.23
2	—	368	260.00–265.00	262.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	250.00–257.50	253.82
4	—	390	305.00–315.00	310.00
8	—	611	230.00–237.50	232.80
4	—	334	325.00–335.00	328.69
4	—	430	270.00–280.00	274.34
4	—	479	258.00–260.00	259.50
5	—	659	214.00–217.00	216.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	415	260.00–265.00	264.37
2	—	360	295.00–300.00	297.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	317	295.00–300.00	298.26
4	—	360	285.00–290.00	287.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	85.00	85.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	923	101.00–105.00	102.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	108.00	108.00
2	—	1,565	117.00	117.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,222	87.00–91.00	89.58
3	—	1,243	104.00–106.00	105.33
3	—	1,078	83.00–86.00	84.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	100.00	100.00
10	—	1,611	103.00–108.00	106.78
1	—	1,435	86.00	86.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle