Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-06-26

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 26

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

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Feeder Cattle receipts

150 head

▼ 114 vs last sale 264▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 40▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 21▲ 27 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 and bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer,bull,and heifer calves steady, replacement cows was 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 $119.48/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$119.48

49 head · 413 lb average

Value per head Derived

$494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$11.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.75

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	453	126.08	571	10thin
Medium and Large 2	430	119.30	513	27
Medium and Large 3	342	114.40	392	12thin

One grade step is worth $11.68/cwt here — about $180 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 sale49 hd

119.48

—

GA average16 barns · 1,262 hd

113.74

+5.75

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	1,670	76.21	1,273	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,101	58.59	645	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	883	51.64	456	2thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	144.48/cwt	143.00–146.00	549	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	134.87/cwt	130.00–140.00	624	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	139.69/cwt	138.00–143.00	715	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	117.30/cwt	116.00–120.00	619	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	265	115.44/cwt	114.00–117.00	306	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	329	115.24/cwt	111.00–120.00	379	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	341	128.55/cwt	126.00–129.00	438	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	130.77/cwt	130.00–131.00	490	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	377	118.57/cwt	115.00–122.00	447	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	401	105.00/cwt	101.00–109.00	421	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	121.50/cwt	120.00–123.00	510	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	127.95/cwt	124.00–130.00	544	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	464	112.97/cwt	110.00–115.00	524	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	125.28/cwt	123.00–128.00	583	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	110.27/cwt	108.00–113.00	582	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	292	138.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	404	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	551	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	437	130.28/cwt	127.00–137.00	569	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	489	125.64/cwt	120.00–129.00	614	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	128.25/cwt	125.00–130.00	654	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	525	116.57/cwt	110.00–120.00	612	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	562	120.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	680	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	615	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	658	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,120	1
Bulls	—	—	1,693	78.28/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,325	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	883	51.64/cwt	50.00–53.00	456	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,101	58.59/cwt	56.00–61.00	645	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	405	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,077	54.24/cwt	49.00–61.00	584	3

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 Jun 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 264Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 40Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 21Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	144.00–146.00	144.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	106.00–108.00	107.01
3	—	292	135.00–140.00	138.40
3	—	437	127.00–137.00	130.28
3	—	562	118.00–124.00	120.97
4	—	510	125.00–130.00	128.25
6	—	489	120.00–129.00	125.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	110.00–120.00	116.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	124.00–130.00	127.95
7	—	465	123.00–128.00	125.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	120.00–123.00	121.50
4	—	375	130.00–131.00	130.77
4	—	528	108.00–113.00	110.27
6	—	341	126.00–129.00	128.55
11	—	464	110.00–115.00	112.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	114.00–117.00	115.44
2	—	401	101.00–109.00	105.00
3	—	377	115.00–122.00	118.57
5	—	329	111.00–120.00	115.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	138.00–143.00	139.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	143.00–146.00	144.48
2	—	463	130.00–140.00	134.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	116.00–120.00	117.30

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)	3	—	1,077	49.00–61.00	54.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,693	75.00–80.00	78.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,101	56.00–61.00	58.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	883	50.00–53.00	51.64

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.