Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-09-18

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 18
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 390▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 79▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 17▲ 22 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 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady, steer, bull, and heifer calves unevenly steady, 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 $99.06/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$99.06
119 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.34
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386116.804515thin
Medium and Large 2551102.5656583
Medium and Large 353586.8346431
One grade step is worth $29.97/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale119 hd
99.06
—
GA average16 barns · 1,472 hd
106.40
−7.34
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—Low1,75569.031,2113thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29741.7154130
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02838.2539322

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 2405120.00/cwt117.00–126.004863
Steers—Medium and Large 3435108.80/cwt108.00–110.004735
Steers—Medium and Large 2520120.15/cwt116.00–123.006255
Steers—Medium and Large 3528102.44/cwt100.00–106.005414
Steers—Medium and Large 2567121.15/cwt115.00–124.0068712
Steers—Medium and Large 2631119.30/cwt114.00–122.0075310
Steers—Medium and Large 2679111.46/cwt110.00–114.0075715
Steers—Medium and Large 2713107.89/cwt100.00–110.0076919
Steers—Medium and Large 2799108.44/cwt108.00–109.008669
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316117.01/cwt116.00–119.003707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368117.66/cwt117.00–118.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387111.94/cwt109.00–115.004337
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411105.16/cwt100.00–110.004325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413115.50/cwt115.00–116.004772
Heifers—Medium and Large 346487.43/cwt85.00–95.0040612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467103.17/cwt100.00–107.0048211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512103.06/cwt102.00–106.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 352784.00/cwt80.00–90.004435
Heifers—Medium and Large 357590.98/cwt88.00–98.005236
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577104.20/cwt99.00–107.0060115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616101.80/cwt99.00–105.0062710
Heifers—Medium and Large 361684.57/cwt80.00–90.005218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2657100.54/cwt100.00–103.0066113
Heifers—Medium and Large 274486.27/cwt86.00–87.0064211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278148.66/cwt148.00–150.004133
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318109.05/cwt108.00–110.003474
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322147.71/cwt145.00–150.004763
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325131.77/cwt130.00–135.004283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368130.71/cwt128.00–136.004813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381136.50/cwt133.00–143.005204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2439118.80/cwt118.00–120.005225
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475107.22/cwt100.00–110.0050913
Bulls—Medium and Large 348788.71/cwt86.00–96.004325
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515110.73/cwt110.00–113.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 255495.61/cwt94.00–98.005305
Bulls—Medium and Large 361894.14/cwt89.00–99.005822
Bulls—Medium and Large 262096.77/cwt90.00–100.006008
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54564.00/cwt64.00–64.009891
Bulls——1,86071.54/cwt69.00–74.001,3312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00235.81/cwt31.00–38.0035910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04940.29/cwt39.00–44.0042312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28639.17/cwt35.00–42.0050418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31345.51/cwt44.00–49.0059812
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3975700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,8252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,450800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,6002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-271575.17/cwt65.00–85.005374
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-273361.36/cwt55.00–70.004503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-279764.08/cwt57.00–70.005113

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.