Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-10-16

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 297▲ 5 vs year ago 210 · +2.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 36▲ 19 vs year ago 16 · +118.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady. steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.08/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$127.08
52 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.89
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515136.2870212thin
Medium and Large 2501124.3262240
One grade step is worth $11.96/cwt here — about $80 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 sale52 hd
127.08
—
GA average15 barns · 707 hd
124.18
+2.89
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—Average1,78564.571,1533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22649.486076thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07137.2339911

Every lot

28 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 1328158.80/cwt153.00–163.005214
Steers—Medium and Large 2343137.02/cwt134.00–140.004702
Steers—Medium and Large 2383133.41/cwt128.00–138.005115
Steers—Medium and Large 2416128.07/cwt120.00–130.005335
Steers—Medium and Large 2458125.53/cwt120.00–130.005759
Steers—Medium and Large 2531121.32/cwt116.00–124.006449
Steers—Medium and Large 2565117.17/cwt110.00–120.006625
Steers—Medium and Large 1582123.03/cwt121.00–124.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 1625126.21/cwt125.00–127.007895
Steers—Medium and Large 2723116.74/cwt112.00–120.008445
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 327396.78/cwt93.00–100.002642
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316107.16/cwt103.00–110.003394
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338114.46/cwt111.00–117.003874
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364104.61/cwt103.00–108.003813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367115.24/cwt111.00–119.004235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423103.39/cwt100.00–110.004376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476101.60/cwt100.00–104.004846
Heifers—Medium and Large 348894.74/cwt90.00–99.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 353097.43/cwt92.00–100.005163
Heifers—Medium and Large 261093.33/cwt90.00–100.005693
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424128.63/cwt128.00–130.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 355885.49/cwt85.00–86.004772
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64061.85/cwt60.00–64.001,0142
Bulls——2,07570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,4531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05335.60/cwt31.00–38.003756
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09239.19/cwt38.00–42.004285
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16752.64/cwt50.00–54.006143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28546.31/cwt45.00–48.005953

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.