Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-05-01

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 1

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Apr 24May 1May 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

125 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 274▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 43▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 8▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.77/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$134.77

34 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$64

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

$23.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.32

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	433	140.79	610	10thin
Medium and Large 2	445	133.60	594	22
Medium and Large 3	573	117.49	673	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.30/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale34 hd

134.77

—

GA average16 barns · 1,643 hd

130.44

+4.32

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	1,838	81.96	1,506	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,146	54.80	628	12

Every lot

22 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	154.77/cwt	150.00–160.00	503	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	159.98/cwt	158.00–164.00	696	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	163.66/cwt	162.00–164.00	748	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	155.54/cwt	153.00–158.00	720	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	146.68/cwt	146.00–148.00	833	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	585	135.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	790	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	618	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	766	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	314	143.76/cwt	140.00–145.00	451	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	135.17/cwt	130.00–140.00	504	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	140.79/cwt	140.00–143.00	610	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	132.71/cwt	130.00–138.00	576	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	138.35/cwt	136.00–140.00	664	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	125.51/cwt	125.00–126.00	663	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	573	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	673	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	592	123.46/cwt	122.00–128.00	731	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	358	144.38/cwt	140.00–150.00	517	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	364	166.71/cwt	163.00–168.00	607	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,838	81.96/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,506	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,146	56.07/cwt	54.00–59.00	643	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,147	50.99/cwt	50.00–53.00	585	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,106	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	448	1

This sale against other markets

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 May 1, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 274Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 43Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	364	163.00–168.00	166.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	358	140.00–150.00	144.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	433	140.00–143.00	140.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	125.00–126.00	125.51
3	—	480	136.00–140.00	138.35
4	—	314	140.00–145.00	143.76
4	—	373	130.00–140.00	135.17
4	—	592	122.00–128.00	123.46
5	—	434	130.00–138.00	132.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	115.00–120.00	117.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	162.00–164.00	163.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	153.00–158.00	155.54
3	—	435	158.00–164.00	159.98
6	—	568	146.00–148.00	146.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	150.00–160.00	154.77
2	—	585	130.00–140.00	135.04
2	—	618	120.00–128.00	123.92

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	53.00	53.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,838	80.00–84.00	81.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	50.00–53.00	50.99
9	—	1,146	54.00–59.00	56.07

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.