Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.12/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −147.13 against this barn's trailing median of $447.25.

Average price

$300.12

13 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$13.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.89

vs GA average

−10.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	309.22	1,729	4thin
Medium and Large 2	575	296.08	1,702	9thin

One grade step is worth $13.14/cwt here — about $26 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.02, low $359.53, median $447.25 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

300.12

—

GA average13 barns · 243 hd

299.23

+0.89

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−10.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

447.25

−147.13

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	1,552	156.79	2,433	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,115	136.44	1,521	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,433	135.49	1,942	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	101.13	1,009	6thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,703	158.04/cwt	157.00–159.00	2,691	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	136.39/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,463	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	137.64/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,986	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	101.91/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,001	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	144.63/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,673	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	129.15/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	278.72/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	296.08/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,702	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	313.75/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	261.94/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	309	351.28/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	276.71/cwt	275.00–280.00	985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	291.81/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	242.40/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	266.13/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,437	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	317.60/cwt	312.50–320.00	997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	253.72/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	318.10/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	294.10/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	387.56/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	286.56/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,247	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	304.68/cwt	302.00–307.50	1,737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	335.49/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,580	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	296.75/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	273.89/cwt	272.00–277.50	1,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	303.33/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,177	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	272.44/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	319.60/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,361	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	328.01/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,437	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	308.41/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	624	229.92/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	261.00/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,148	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,399	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	95.02/cwt	93.00–97.00	846	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	165.22/cwt	162.00–168.00	2,850	3
Bulls	—	—	1,277	147.52/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,884	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,930	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	132.19/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,837	8

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 Mar 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 185Last week 430Year ago 263

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 56Year ago 42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	157.00–159.00	158.04
3	—	1,725	162.00–168.00	165.22
3	—	1,277	145.00–150.00	147.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,073	134.00–141.00	136.39
9	—	1,157	142.00–149.00	144.63
10	—	1,151	126.00–132.00	129.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,443	135.00–142.00	137.64
1	—	1,595	121.00	121.00
8	—	1,390	129.00–134.00	132.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	982	100.00–105.00	101.91
1	—	1,260	111.00	111.00
2	—	890	93.00–97.00	95.02

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	285.00–295.00	291.81
2	400–450	435	277.50–280.00	278.72
4	500–550	519	250.00–255.00	253.72
3	600–650	637	240.00–247.50	242.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	275.00–280.00	276.71
5	400–450	440	260.00–265.00	261.00
3	600–650	624	225.00–235.00	229.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	314	312.50–320.00	317.60
6	350–400	388	300.00–310.00	303.33
3	400–450	435	285.00–290.00	286.56
3	450–500	462	272.00–277.50	273.89
11	500–550	540	260.00–270.00	266.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	325.00–330.00	328.01
4	450–500	473	317.50–320.00	318.10
9	550–600	575	295.00–300.00	296.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	385.00–390.00	387.56
9	450–500	471	330.00–340.00	335.49
2	500–550	548	312.50–315.00	313.75
2	550–600	570	302.00–307.50	304.68
3	600–650	620	290.00–297.50	294.10
5	650–700	690	260.00–270.00	261.94
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	309	350.00–352.50	351.28
6	400–450	426	317.50–320.00	319.60
2	600–650	630	270.00–275.00	272.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	290.00–300.00	296.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	305.00–310.00	308.41

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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