Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-02-26

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

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

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Feb 19Feb 26Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

191 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 201▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 33▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 8▲ 4 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 steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

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 $135.22/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$135.22

47 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.86

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	137.56	692	27
Medium and Large 3	330	136.92	452	2thin
Medium and Large 2	474	131.52	624	18thin

One grade step is worth $6.05/cwt here — about $68 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 sale47 hd

135.22

—

GA average14 barns · 1,323 hd

130.36

+4.86

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	1,490	75.91	1,131	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	71.62	1,067	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,126	63.17	711	11

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 2	337	171.43/cwt	170.00–178.00	578	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	155.68/cwt	150.00–160.00	654	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	439	170.78/cwt	167.00–172.00	750	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	454	152.30/cwt	150.00–156.00	691	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	167.02/cwt	165.00–169.00	818	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	158.65/cwt	152.00–162.00	811	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	144.48/cwt	140.00–149.00	751	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	135.61/cwt	134.00–136.00	872	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	213	152.28/cwt	147.00–157.00	324	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	322	150.20/cwt	146.00–155.00	484	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	136.92/cwt	132.00–142.00	452	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	149.35/cwt	147.00–150.00	581	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	140.03/cwt	135.00–145.00	620	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	142.19/cwt	141.00–146.00	681	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	136.04/cwt	132.00–140.00	701	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	124.66/cwt	120.00–130.00	646	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	130.52/cwt	126.00–133.00	731	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	119.76/cwt	118.00–120.00	704	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	116.92/cwt	114.00–120.00	787	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	512	141.03/cwt	139.00–143.00	722	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	590	134.97/cwt	130.00–138.00	796	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	678	128.38/cwt	124.00–133.00	870	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,490	75.91/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,131	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,121	61.23/cwt	57.00–64.00	686	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	71.90/cwt	71.00–73.00	827	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	71.62/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,067	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	68.80/cwt	64.00–76.00	695	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	732	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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 201Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last 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
2	—	678	124.00–133.00	128.38
3	—	590	130.00–138.00	134.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	139.00–143.00	141.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	643	134.00–136.00	135.61
6	—	511	152.00–162.00	158.65
2	—	490	165.00–169.00	167.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	170.00–178.00	171.43
6	—	520	140.00–149.00	144.48
7	—	454	150.00–156.00	152.30
4	—	439	167.00–172.00	170.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	150.00–160.00	155.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	560	126.00–133.00	130.52
2	—	515	132.00–140.00	136.04
2	—	673	114.00–120.00	116.92
6	—	389	147.00–150.00	149.35
8	—	479	141.00–146.00	142.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	213	147.00–157.00	152.28
2	—	443	135.00–145.00	140.03
3	—	322	146.00–155.00	150.20
8	—	588	118.00–120.00	119.76
3	—	518	120.00–130.00	124.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	132.00–142.00	136.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	74.00–78.00	75.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	71.00–73.00	71.90
9	—	1,121	57.00–64.00	61.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	69.00–75.00	71.62

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	—	1,010	64.00–76.00	68.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	70.00	70.00

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.