Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-09-04

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 4
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 169 vs last sale 329▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 45▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 26▲ 19 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, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, steer, bull, and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.59/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$111.59
44 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$502
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.51
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2461112.7151938
Medium and Large 3383104.504006thin
One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $119 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 sale44 hd
111.59
—
GA average14 barns · 1,195 hd
115.10
−3.51
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—Low1,38574.001,0251thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69052.548882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19049.3058716
CowsLean 85-90%Low98842.0841613

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2393140.03/cwt135.00–141.005506
Steers—Medium and Large 2474125.50/cwt122.00–130.005954
Steers—Medium and Large 2646120.67/cwt120.00–121.007803
Steers—Medium and Large 2683114.04/cwt112.00–116.007792
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313105.75/cwt105.00–107.003314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362117.16/cwt114.00–118.004247
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419113.26/cwt110.00–117.004759
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472111.75/cwt110.00–116.005279
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523102.01/cwt100.00–104.005342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524112.10/cwt110.00–114.0058710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570105.59/cwt100.00–110.006023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372133.49/cwt129.00–139.004977
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390115.00/cwt110.00–120.004492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425127.96/cwt127.00–129.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483116.97/cwt115.00–120.005653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523112.51/cwt110.00–115.005882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2642104.00/cwt100.00–106.006686
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,38574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91437.78/cwt34.00–41.003455
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03444.77/cwt42.00–47.004638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10444.55/cwt42.00–47.004925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22951.46/cwt49.00–54.0063211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69052.54/cwt51.00–54.008882
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07959.05/cwt52.00–62.006377
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24852.24/cwt51.00–55.006523

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.