Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-05-29

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 29

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← May 22May 29Jun 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

242 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 290▲ 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 55▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 20▲ 6 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 lightly tested, bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, 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 $128.73/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$128.73

96 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$10.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.36

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	476	132.28	629	60
Medium and Large 2	441	123.08	543	29
Medium and Large 3	341	121.64	415	7thin

One grade step is worth $10.64/cwt here — about $214 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 sale96 hd

128.73

—

GA average15 barns · 1,107 hd

123.36

+5.36

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	—	Low	1,408	72.50	1,020	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,247	49.68	620	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,001	39.45	395	5thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	152.51/cwt	150.00–157.00	586	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	139.77/cwt	136.00–145.00	806	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	138.89/cwt	135.00–140.00	875	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	133.78/cwt	130.00–138.00	368	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	323	125.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	404	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	136.61/cwt	134.00–139.00	451	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	365	117.00/cwt	111.00–120.00	427	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	135.37/cwt	134.00–140.00	500	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	120.55/cwt	120.00–124.00	476	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	141.69/cwt	139.00–144.00	589	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	123.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	529	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	133.31/cwt	130.00–134.00	633	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	493	122.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	605	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	130.79/cwt	130.00–131.00	671	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	121.30/cwt	120.00–124.00	623	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	113.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	650	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	119.08/cwt	119.00–120.00	699	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	111.33/cwt	110.00–114.00	688	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	149.54/cwt	146.00–154.00	486	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	393	131.40/cwt	130.00–135.00	516	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	147.37/cwt	146.00–148.00	628	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	440	120.86/cwt	120.00–126.00	532	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	458	145.99/cwt	145.00–148.00	669	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	483	120.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	584	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	493	137.51/cwt	135.00–140.00	678	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	556	120.59/cwt	119.00–124.00	670	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,270	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	889	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,159	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	39.45/cwt	35.00–42.00	395	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	45.22/cwt	41.00–48.00	542	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	54.14/cwt	51.00–58.00	702	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	51.86/cwt	50.00–54.00	609	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	55.36/cwt	52.00–59.00	667	4

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 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 290Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 55Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,175	50.00–54.00	51.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,205	52.00–59.00	55.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,545	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,198	41.00–48.00	45.22
6	—	1,296	51.00–58.00	54.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,001	35.00–42.00	39.45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	145.00–148.00	145.99
8	—	426	146.00–148.00	147.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	135.00–140.00	137.51
5	—	556	119.00–124.00	120.59
7	—	325	146.00–154.00	149.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	393	130.00–135.00	131.40
6	—	483	120.00–125.00	120.84
7	—	440	120.00–126.00	120.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	369	134.00–140.00	135.37
10	—	475	130.00–134.00	133.31
12	—	587	119.00–120.00	119.08
14	—	513	130.00–131.00	130.79
15	—	416	139.00–144.00	141.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	130.00–138.00	133.78
2	—	575	110.00–116.00	113.03
3	—	493	120.00–125.00	122.68
3	—	514	120.00–124.00	121.30
3	—	618	110.00–114.00	111.33
4	—	330	134.00–139.00	136.61
5	—	427	120.00–130.00	123.91
7	—	395	120.00–124.00	120.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	111.00–120.00	117.00
4	—	323	120.00–130.00	125.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	384	150.00–157.00	152.51
9	—	630	135.00–140.00	138.89
13	—	577	136.00–145.00	139.77

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.