Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-10-02

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 238▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 55▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 7▲ 18 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 and bulls steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, steer calves steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.76/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$104.76
97 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.18
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1586111.1765113thin
Medium and Large 2528105.2555568
Medium and Large 346197.4344916thin
One grade step is worth $13.74/cwt here — about $202 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 sale97 hd
104.76
—
GA average16 barns · 1,534 hd
105.94
−1.18
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—Average1,65270.811,1703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22244.3354113
CowsLean 85-90%Low92835.543304thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2263142.52/cwt140.00–145.003752
Steers—Medium and Large 1356155.97/cwt154.00–158.005552
Steers—Medium and Large 2434124.22/cwt120.00–128.005396
Steers—Medium and Large 2482120.19/cwt117.00–126.005795
Steers—Medium and Large 2513122.38/cwt121.00–125.006283
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280117.04/cwt115.00–119.003282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2301113.50/cwt112.00–115.003422
Heifers—Medium and Large 336898.39/cwt90.00–100.003626
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386114.50/cwt110.00–120.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419115.30/cwt113.00–119.004837
Heifers—Medium and Large 342595.06/cwt90.00–100.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472109.67/cwt106.00–116.0051811
Heifers—Medium and Large 348395.13/cwt90.00–100.004592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517108.83/cwt105.00–115.0056311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525101.01/cwt99.00–104.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 258598.62/cwt96.00–106.0057717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586111.17/cwt109.00–114.0065113
Heifers—Medium and Large 362592.05/cwt90.00–94.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 263599.51/cwt95.00–105.006326
Heifers—Medium and Large 267497.00/cwt96.00–100.006544
Heifers—Medium and Large 272891.51/cwt90.00–92.006664
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381124.51/cwt120.00–129.004747
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432117.81/cwt115.00–121.005095
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473120.32/cwt119.00–123.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535101.98/cwt100.00–104.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 257097.70/cwt90.00–100.005578
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624102.18/cwt100.00–104.0063811
Bulls—Medium and Large 362895.94/cwt94.00–98.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 267493.64/cwt90.00–99.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 273690.62/cwt89.00–95.006676
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65270.81/cwt70.00–74.001,1703
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92835.54/cwt34.00–38.003304
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13040.19/cwt38.00–42.004543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24945.57/cwt44.00–47.0056910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299844.62/cwt43.00–46.004452
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20052.29/cwt48.00–63.006273

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.