Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-12-11

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Dec 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
302 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 383▲ 302 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 49▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 9▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull 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 $114.80/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$114.80
86 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.42
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518115.7359935
Medium and Large 2430115.2049542
Medium and Large 3359109.353939thin
One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $207 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 sale86 hd
114.80
—
GA average15 barns · 1,735 hd
111.39
+3.42
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—Low1,72272.711,2524thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09651.5956612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32651.266808thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04043.5145213

Every lot

40 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335173.05/cwt170.00–175.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 1377166.97/cwt165.00–168.006295
Steers—Medium and Large 1430158.09/cwt150.00–160.006809
Steers—Medium and Large 1476143.37/cwt140.00–148.0068215
Steers—Medium and Large 1515136.70/cwt130.00–140.007046
Steers—Medium and Large 1560134.11/cwt130.00–138.0075110
Steers—Medium and Large 2562122.94/cwt118.00–126.006913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3235117.04/cwt115.00–118.002753
Heifers—Medium and Large 3293105.04/cwt100.00–110.003082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2309123.78/cwt120.00–129.003826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368122.21/cwt119.00–126.004507
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436117.04/cwt116.00–120.0051017
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459112.04/cwt110.00–115.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472118.71/cwt117.00–120.0056010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485105.74/cwt100.00–109.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513102.80/cwt100.00–106.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524116.38/cwt110.00–119.0061018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568109.80/cwt104.00–114.006247
Heifers—Medium and Large 262593.10/cwt90.00–99.005823
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308168.53/cwt167.00–170.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378164.86/cwt160.00–170.006235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425153.82/cwt149.00–159.006542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437132.46/cwt131.00–134.005792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490123.40/cwt120.00–130.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512122.18/cwt120.00–130.0062610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568122.98/cwt120.00–129.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615122.02/cwt120.00–124.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628112.32/cwt111.00–113.007053
Bulls—Medium and Large 272295.94/cwt91.00–101.006933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32867.65/cwt64.00–71.008982
Bulls——2,11577.76/cwt74.00–81.001,6452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97850.69/cwt49.00–53.004962
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05142.21/cwt38.00–45.0044411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08550.37/cwt47.00–54.0054711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22065.00/cwt65.00–65.007931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31355.01/cwt54.00–56.007222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33050.01/cwt48.00–52.006656
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294044.66/cwt40.00–48.004204
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297861.31/cwt52.00–72.006002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12161.06/cwt56.00–70.0068410

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.