Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-09-25

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 25

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

238 head

▼ 202 vs last sale 440▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 77▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 22▲ 7 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 to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 lower,bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, 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 $106.57/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$106.57

75 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$490

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.64

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	483	108.31	524	59
Medium and Large 3	373	100.16	373	16thin

One grade step is worth $8.15/cwt here — about $150 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 sale75 hd

106.57

—

GA average16 barns · 1,761 hd

104.93

+1.64

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	1,368	64.47	882	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,151	44.36	511	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	35.28	347	19

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	473	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	122.76/cwt	119.00–126.00	579	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	117.40/cwt	117.00–119.00	664	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	611	118.17/cwt	115.00–119.00	722	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	270	97.22/cwt	93.00–103.00	262	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	273	117.83/cwt	115.00–123.00	322	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	322	117.66/cwt	111.00–121.00	379	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	331	104.10/cwt	100.00–107.00	345	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	371	103.74/cwt	101.00–106.00	385	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	109.39/cwt	108.00–112.00	408	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	416	111.00/cwt	106.00–115.00	462	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	432	99.06/cwt	97.00–103.00	428	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	452	112.40/cwt	112.00–113.00	508	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	108.37/cwt	104.00–110.00	564	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	523	91.21/cwt	86.00–96.00	477	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	101.72/cwt	100.00–106.00	589	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	717	89.67/cwt	89.00–90.00	643	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	315	126.06/cwt	120.00–130.00	397	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	332	103.27/cwt	100.00–110.00	343	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	368	124.57/cwt	120.00–130.00	458	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	434	117.64/cwt	116.00–119.00	511	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	481	103.25/cwt	100.00–110.00	497	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	517	104.67/cwt	103.00–107.00	541	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	582	100.41/cwt	100.00–102.00	584	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	630	97.54/cwt	93.00–102.00	615	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	677	90.20/cwt	90.00–91.00	611	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,137	61.58/cwt	59.00–65.00	700	5
Bulls	—	—	1,945	71.69/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,394	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	961	33.48/cwt	30.00–37.00	322	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	39.18/cwt	38.00–40.00	405	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,082	39.87/cwt	36.00–43.00	431	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	46.81/cwt	44.00–50.00	557	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	578	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 Sep 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 440Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 77Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 22Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	93.00–102.00	97.54
3	—	517	103.00–107.00	104.67
5	—	315	120.00–130.00	126.06
5	—	677	90.00–91.00	90.20
6	—	434	116.00–119.00	117.64
10	—	582	100.00–102.00	100.41
11	—	368	120.00–130.00	124.57
12	—	481	100.00–110.00	103.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	100.00–110.00	103.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	115.00–123.00	117.83
3	—	373	108.00–112.00	109.39
3	—	717	89.00–90.00	89.67
5	—	322	111.00–121.00	117.66
5	—	452	112.00–113.00	112.40
8	—	416	106.00–115.00	111.00
10	—	579	100.00–106.00	101.72
22	—	520	104.00–110.00	108.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	86.00–96.00	91.21
3	—	270	93.00–103.00	97.22
3	—	432	97.00–103.00	99.06
4	—	331	100.00–107.00	104.10
4	—	371	101.00–106.00	103.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	117.00–119.00	117.40
5	—	611	115.00–119.00	118.17
12	—	472	119.00–126.00	122.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	124.00–125.00	124.49

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	48.00	48.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,945	69.00–74.00	71.69
5	—	1,137	59.00–65.00	61.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,082	36.00–43.00	39.87
11	—	1,189	44.00–50.00	46.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,033	38.00–40.00	39.18
13	—	961	30.00–37.00	33.48

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.