Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-03-18

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Mar 18

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Mar 11Mar 18Apr 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

79 head

▼ 171 vs last sale 250▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

61 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 33▲ 61 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 steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifer calves 5.00 lower, bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

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 $145.59/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$145.59

21 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$24.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.94

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	460	159.51	734	2thin
Medium and Large 2	435	157.24	684	8thin
Medium and Large 3	467	134.58	628	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.93/cwt here — about $106 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 sale21 hd

145.59

—

GA average12 barns · 758 hd

122.64

+22.94

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	—	High	1,761	78.64	1,385	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	76.59	1,106	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,041	70.02	729	25

Every lot

21 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	161.31/cwt	159.00–166.00	682	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	431	141.02/cwt	138.00–148.00	608	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	159.51/cwt	159.00–160.00	734	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	145.02/cwt	143.00–147.00	682	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	133.03/cwt	130.00–136.00	632	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	125.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	650	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	127.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	417	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	136.95/cwt	135.00–138.00	504	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	118.61/cwt	114.00–122.00	460	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	94.34/cwt	90.00–99.00	542	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	88.46/cwt	87.00–90.00	646	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	142.04/cwt	141.00–143.00	597	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	463	132.97/cwt	128.00–137.00	616	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	532	117.81/cwt	115.00–120.00	627	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	573	112.93/cwt	110.00–116.00	647	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,670	74.52/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,244	3
Bulls	—	—	2,035	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,852	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	996	62.49/cwt	60.00–66.00	622	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,049	71.45/cwt	68.00–75.00	750	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	78.64/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,123	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	71.67/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,064	5

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 Mar 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 250Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	141.00–143.00	142.04
2	—	573	110.00–116.00	112.93
3	—	463	128.00–137.00	132.97
5	—	532	115.00–120.00	117.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	159.00–160.00	159.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	143.00–147.00	145.02
6	—	423	159.00–166.00	161.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	130.00–136.00	133.03
3	—	518	120.00–130.00	125.40
5	—	431	138.00–148.00	141.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	87.00–90.00	88.46
2	—	328	124.00–130.00	127.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	90.00–99.00	94.34
3	—	388	114.00–122.00	118.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	135.00–138.00	136.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,035	91.00	91.00
3	—	1,670	74.00–76.00	74.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	996	60.00–66.00	62.49
21	—	1,049	68.00–75.00	71.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,484	70.00–73.00	71.67
12	—	1,428	75.00–81.00	78.64

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.