Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-10-09

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 9
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
297 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 284▲ 297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 28▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 21 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 unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $106.65/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$106.65
73 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$512
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.33
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2485108.0452461
Medium and Large 345399.5845112thin
One grade step is worth $8.46/cwt here — about $74 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 sale73 hd
106.65
—
GA average16 barns · 1,327 hd
105.32
+1.33
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—Average1,63560.509892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18247.885668thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60740.336483thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368148.95/cwt148.00–150.005482
Steers—Medium and Large 2381125.80/cwt121.00–131.004793
Steers—Medium and Large 3392113.36/cwt110.00–120.004443
Steers—Medium and Large 2428127.14/cwt120.00–130.005449
Steers—Medium and Large 1479131.54/cwt130.00–136.0063011
Steers—Medium and Large 2520120.38/cwt118.00–126.006265
Steers—Medium and Large 2568113.83/cwt110.00–120.006475
Steers—Medium and Large 1708124.33/cwt124.00–125.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 3740111.99/cwt110.00–114.008292
Steers—Medium and Large 2799119.40/cwt117.00–120.009545
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278116.59/cwt115.00–119.003243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328115.22/cwt110.00–118.0037812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353114.50/cwt114.00–115.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358102.12/cwt100.00–108.003664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416111.63/cwt105.00–114.0046410
Heifers—Medium and Large 343397.63/cwt90.00–100.004234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488107.49/cwt101.00–109.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2504110.17/cwt110.00–111.005556
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508102.01/cwt100.00–104.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582102.55/cwt100.00–109.005979
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624102.50/cwt100.00–107.006406
Heifers—Medium and Large 362595.98/cwt95.00–97.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 267298.54/cwt94.00–100.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 278491.60/cwt90.00–95.007183
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1293157.60/cwt157.00–158.004625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1329150.99/cwt149.00–153.004974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376136.37/cwt135.00–139.005135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417125.55/cwt122.00–130.0052413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483111.62/cwt110.00–115.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522113.37/cwt111.00–119.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623108.43/cwt106.00–111.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2733100.02/cwt96.00–104.007334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56561.00/cwt61.00–61.009551
Bulls——1,70560.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09840.24/cwt38.00–43.004423
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19858.68/cwt58.00–59.007033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28343.14/cwt42.00–44.005532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60740.33/cwt40.00–41.006483
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-282860.81/cwt55.00–70.005046
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299558.40/cwt50.00–68.005815
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05353.80/cwt53.00–55.005672

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.