Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-01-22

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jan 22
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 362▲ 273 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 44▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 9▲ 6 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 steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers steady,feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 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 $135.59/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$135.59
106 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.64
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474138.3365680
Medium and Large 2522128.3267020
Medium and Large 3363123.414486thin
One grade step is worth $14.92/cwt here — about $208 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 sale106 hd
135.59
—
GA average16 barns · 1,767 hd
127.95
+7.64
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—Low1,64968.351,1276thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49860.739103thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23153.606609thin

Every lot

42 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 1288197.43/cwt195.00–200.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 2335172.57/cwt170.00–175.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 2375158.50/cwt155.00–162.005942
Steers—Medium and Large 1473164.31/cwt161.00–171.007774
Steers—Medium and Large 3473131.99/cwt130.00–134.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 2485145.10/cwt140.00–150.007042
Steers—Medium and Large 1525157.01/cwt151.00–160.008244
Steers—Medium and Large 2578141.47/cwt140.00–143.008182
Steers—Medium and Large 1616146.68/cwt143.00–148.0090412
Steers—Medium and Large 2627130.71/cwt128.00–134.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1660135.69/cwt134.00–139.008963
Steers—Medium and Large 1735131.56/cwt127.00–136.009672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1237166.99/cwt165.00–168.003963
Heifers—Medium and Large 3261135.18/cwt130.00–140.003532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290158.54/cwt152.00–162.004604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332154.51/cwt150.00–159.005136
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375134.57/cwt132.00–137.005052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392144.40/cwt140.00–148.0056612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414117.52/cwt110.00–120.004874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423143.13/cwt140.00–147.0060516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486135.46/cwt133.00–139.0065810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528133.53/cwt130.00–136.0070514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533126.95/cwt125.00–129.006772
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574126.82/cwt125.00–129.007286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582131.35/cwt130.00–135.007647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618122.65/cwt122.00–129.0075812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628105.10/cwt100.00–110.006602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665111.02/cwt109.00–113.007382
Heifers—Medium and Large 2718107.99/cwt107.00–109.007752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265175.00/cwt170.00–180.004642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2343166.70/cwt160.00–170.005723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373175.43/cwt175.00–178.006547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460163.21/cwt161.00–164.007515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479154.84/cwt150.00–160.007424
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564131.23/cwt130.00–135.007404
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48565.70/cwt61.00–68.009763
Bulls——1,81271.00/cwt71.00–71.001,2873
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20555.91/cwt54.00–58.006746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28248.98/cwt47.00–50.006283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49860.73/cwt58.00–64.009103
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289068.00/cwt68.00–68.006051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09588.00/cwt88.00–88.009641

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.