Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-02-12

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Feb 12

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Feb 5Feb 12Feb 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

172 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 203▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 35▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 15▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.83/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$157.83

41 head · 384 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$7.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.65

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	161.90	706	10thin
Medium and Large 2	388	157.30	610	23
Medium and Large 3	311	154.25	480	8thin

One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about $225 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 sale41 hd

157.83

—

GA average14 barns · 558 hd

146.18

+11.65

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	1,627	75.88	1,235	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,102	58.90	649	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	923	48.30	446	15

Every lot

28 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	277	154.94/cwt	150.00–160.00	429	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	283	169.10/cwt	165.00–175.00	479	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	332	153.83/cwt	150.00–160.00	511	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	165.21/cwt	163.00–170.00	550	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	163.03/cwt	160.00–165.00	683	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	154.02/cwt	150.00–158.00	659	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	160.20/cwt	156.00–165.00	739	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	594	132.14/cwt	129.00–137.00	785	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	231	139.50/cwt	135.00–143.00	322	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	265	127.55/cwt	125.00–130.00	338	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	283	157.04/cwt	150.00–160.00	444	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	313	138.37/cwt	135.00–142.00	433	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	151.48/cwt	146.00–156.00	506	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	146.26/cwt	142.00–149.00	607	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	436	124.45/cwt	120.00–130.00	543	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	128.04/cwt	126.00–130.00	679	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	632	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	120.52/cwt	119.00–122.00	709	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	216	183.73/cwt	180.00–190.00	397	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	290	171.19/cwt	170.00–175.00	496	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	166.44/cwt	165.00–168.00	632	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,365	71.82/cwt	70.00–73.00	980	3
Bulls	—	—	1,824	78.92/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,440	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	919	46.10/cwt	43.00–48.00	424	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	926	50.23/cwt	49.00–53.00	465	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,086	54.65/cwt	51.00–57.00	593	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,139	68.47/cwt	67.00–69.00	780	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	968	65.61/cwt	62.00–70.00	635	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 Feb 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 203Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 35Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 15Year 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	—	380	165.00–168.00	166.44
6	—	216	180.00–190.00	183.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	290	170.00–175.00	171.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	150.00–158.00	154.02
5	—	333	163.00–170.00	165.21
6	—	594	129.00–137.00	132.14
10	—	283	165.00–175.00	169.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	150.00–160.00	154.94
5	—	332	150.00–160.00	153.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	156.00–165.00	160.20
6	—	419	160.00–165.00	163.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	125.00–130.00	127.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	142.00–149.00	146.26
10	—	334	146.00–156.00	151.48
2	—	530	126.00–130.00	128.04
2	—	588	119.00–122.00	120.52
3	—	283	150.00–160.00	157.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	135.00–142.00	138.37
3	—	231	135.00–143.00	139.50
3	—	585	106.00–110.00	108.01
4	—	436	120.00–130.00	124.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	70.00–73.00	71.82
4	—	1,824	74.00–81.00	78.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,139	67.00–69.00	68.47
9	—	1,086	51.00–57.00	54.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	919	43.00–48.00	46.10
8	—	926	49.00–53.00	50.23

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	968	62.00–70.00	65.61

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.