Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-09-11

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 11
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 160▲ 390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 35▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 19▲ 17 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 steady to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 lower,feeder heifers steady,steer and heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $101.94/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$101.94
101 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.00
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453118.005352thin
Medium and Large 2580103.1059865
Medium and Large 341198.7740634
One grade step is worth $19.23/cwt here — about $128 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 sale101 hd
101.94
—
GA average16 barns · 1,333 hd
104.94
−3.00
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—Low1,44562.539042thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52351.747884thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27148.5561736
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15239.3445315

Every lot

48 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2280158.98/cwt158.00–160.004452
Steers—Medium and Large 2365136.03/cwt135.00–137.004972
Steers—Medium and Large 2420125.21/cwt124.00–129.005265
Steers—Medium and Large 3478112.98/cwt112.00–114.005402
Steers—Medium and Large 3527110.66/cwt110.00–112.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 2570110.99/cwt110.00–112.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 2605110.35/cwt110.00–116.0066817
Steers—Medium and Large 3625104.53/cwt101.00–108.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 2658114.41/cwt114.00–117.0075322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3222104.21/cwt100.00–110.002313
Heifers—Medium and Large 3279102.97/cwt100.00–109.002874
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322103.69/cwt100.00–110.003345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371109.97/cwt109.00–112.004084
Heifers—Medium and Large 337396.86/cwt94.00–100.003612
Heifers—Medium and Large 340891.97/cwt90.00–94.003752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1453118.00/cwt117.00–119.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 346797.85/cwt93.00–102.0045711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487106.10/cwt103.00–112.0051711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522111.05/cwt107.00–114.0058011
Heifers—Medium and Large 352791.94/cwt90.00–96.004853
Heifers—Medium and Large 357896.31/cwt90.00–99.005574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2587100.68/cwt100.00–106.0059120
Heifers—Medium and Large 262199.76/cwt98.00–100.006208
Heifers—Medium and Large 276696.51/cwt94.00–100.0073911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1277145.05/cwt142.00–150.004023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2287136.74/cwt130.00–140.003923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320147.46/cwt145.00–150.004722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367131.26/cwt128.00–134.004828
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385120.00/cwt119.00–121.004622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410130.33/cwt130.00–131.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433111.45/cwt109.00–115.004834
Bulls—Medium and Large 3458104.97/cwt100.00–110.004814
Bulls—Medium and Large 352499.60/cwt92.00–104.005226
Bulls—Medium and Large 356091.25/cwt90.00–95.005114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582101.61/cwt99.00–104.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 362891.36/cwt90.00–94.005743
Bulls—Medium and Large 263598.98/cwt96.00–104.006293
Bulls—Medium and Large 267296.73/cwt96.00–98.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 369288.66/cwt88.00–90.006143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,44562.53/cwt60.00–65.009042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13941.86/cwt40.00–46.0047710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17734.29/cwt30.00–37.004045
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25744.00/cwt41.00–48.0055318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28553.09/cwt49.00–56.0068218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52351.74/cwt50.00–54.007884
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2975710.00/cwt710.00–710.006,9232
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16745.83/cwt43.00–52.005355
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19846.80/cwt42.00–52.005616

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.