Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-01-15

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jan 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 252▲ 362 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 32▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 16▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers ,bulls,and heifers steady, steer calves steady to 6.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, 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 $138.10/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$138.10
92 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.83
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1390144.6556562
Medium and Large 2510124.8363726
Medium and Large 3307122.813764thin
One grade step is worth $21.85/cwt here — about $188 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 sale92 hd
138.10
—
GA average15 barns · 1,479 hd
127.27
+10.83
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—Low1,75068.001,1902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09751.0956014
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05738.6540912

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268194.32/cwt190.00–200.005214
Steers—Medium and Large 1305193.60/cwt190.00–198.005905
Steers—Medium and Large 2367158.27/cwt155.00–165.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 1373173.60/cwt170.00–180.006484
Steers—Medium and Large 1415170.41/cwt167.00–174.007079
Steers—Medium and Large 3426144.77/cwt143.00–148.006174
Steers—Medium and Large 2433155.14/cwt150.00–160.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 2453151.99/cwt150.00–154.006892
Steers—Medium and Large 1468164.45/cwt160.00–168.007708
Steers—Medium and Large 1521163.04/cwt159.00–164.008495
Steers—Medium and Large 2523143.12/cwt140.00–149.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 2588136.47/cwt134.00–139.008022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273144.95/cwt140.00–150.003962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285159.17/cwt155.00–165.0045411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3290123.05/cwt120.00–126.003572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322151.26/cwt148.00–154.0048712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323122.56/cwt120.00–125.003962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345135.00/cwt130.00–140.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357147.15/cwt142.00–152.0052512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418128.78/cwt128.00–130.005384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431139.25/cwt138.00–143.006007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479134.16/cwt133.00–138.0064313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525125.65/cwt125.00–126.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526131.10/cwt130.00–134.006907
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568121.51/cwt119.00–125.0069011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2634114.26/cwt113.00–116.007244
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1240197.55/cwt195.00–200.004742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1276183.91/cwt180.00–190.005084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323182.57/cwt180.00–185.005906
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324171.29/cwt170.00–175.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388167.52/cwt165.00–170.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486151.01/cwt150.00–152.007344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517137.03/cwt135.00–138.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518146.58/cwt143.00–148.007598
Bulls—Medium and Large 2631123.14/cwt122.00–125.007776
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44566.00/cwt66.00–66.009541
Bulls——2,05570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,4391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01846.68/cwt42.00–49.004756
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03644.80/cwt42.00–48.004644
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06835.57/cwt33.00–37.003808
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15654.40/cwt52.00–58.006298
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,8382
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,48056.00/cwt56.00–56.008291

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.