Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-08-21

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Aug 21
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
313 head
▲ 111 vs last sale 202▲ 313 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 57▲ 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 16▲ 36 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 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower,steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 6.00 higher, Replacement cows steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.76/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$125.76
74 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.65
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558127.9071347
Medium and Large 2500125.3962722
Medium and Large 3513107.325505thin
One grade step is worth $20.58/cwt here — about $163 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 sale74 hd
125.76
—
GA average14 barns · 601 hd
128.41
−2.65
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,34664.568694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20151.8262232
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53451.587914thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04947.4649844

Every lot

51 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2313142.40/cwt140.00–145.004462
Steers—Medium and Large 2385135.94/cwt131.00–141.005232
Steers—Medium and Large 2419131.91/cwt130.00–138.005534
Steers—Medium and Large 3443109.47/cwt105.00–114.004852
Steers—Medium and Large 2452126.34/cwt124.00–130.005713
Steers—Medium and Large 1487137.33/cwt136.00–140.006693
Steers—Medium and Large 1520129.09/cwt126.00–131.0067116
Steers—Medium and Large 2523116.73/cwt114.00–120.006103
Steers—Medium and Large 2558121.48/cwt120.00–123.006782
Steers—Medium and Large 3559105.89/cwt98.00–110.005923
Steers—Medium and Large 1574128.22/cwt128.00–129.0073618
Steers—Medium and Large 1609122.60/cwt122.00–128.0074710
Steers—Medium and Large 2617118.68/cwt117.00–120.007323
Steers—Medium and Large 2679115.33/cwt112.00–118.007833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318128.74/cwt126.00–131.004094
Heifers—Medium and Large 2334121.25/cwt117.00–124.004054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366122.80/cwt122.00–124.004495
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379118.65/cwt116.00–120.004505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417121.96/cwt121.00–123.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426117.42/cwt115.00–120.0050018
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433104.47/cwt100.00–109.004522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469117.52/cwt114.00–121.005519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512117.16/cwt116.00–118.006006
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520108.32/cwt103.00–112.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 356397.45/cwt95.00–100.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565112.01/cwt109.00–115.006337
Heifers—Medium and Large 262898.90/cwt94.00–104.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 267397.33/cwt96.00–99.006553
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275163.06/cwt158.00–168.004483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317157.53/cwt155.00–160.004993
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370130.35/cwt130.00–131.004823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373143.92/cwt140.00–148.005372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422129.33/cwt125.00–135.005465
Bulls—Medium and Large 2456127.34/cwt126.00–128.005816
Bulls—Medium and Large 3516106.50/cwt100.00–110.005505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566117.49/cwt117.00–118.006652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567107.30/cwt106.00–110.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620103.31/cwt100.00–105.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 378586.01/cwt85.00–87.006752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27061.41/cwt60.00–64.007803
Bulls——1,57574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04144.46/cwt40.00–47.0046324
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05851.06/cwt49.00–56.0054020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16354.93/cwt53.00–58.0063910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21850.40/cwt48.00–53.0061422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50054.98/cwt54.00–56.008252
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56848.19/cwt46.00–50.007562
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00954.28/cwt48.00–58.005483
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05870.65/cwt68.00–73.007472
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06567.36/cwt63.00–73.007174
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,188735.47/cwt690.00–780.008,7374

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.