Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-02-05

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Feb 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 234▲ 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 52▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 19▲ 15 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 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves unevenly steady, bull calves and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.21/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$142.21
71 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.96
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581145.1984337
Medium and Large 2565138.9678634
One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $58 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 sale71 hd
142.21
—
GA average16 barns · 697 hd
143.16
−0.96
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—Low1,42572.461,0337thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42863.449063thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06356.1959712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01247.604823thin

Every lot

35 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 2278172.40/cwt170.00–175.004793
Steers—Medium and Large 2378156.48/cwt155.00–160.005916
Steers—Medium and Large 2416152.11/cwt150.00–155.006336
Steers—Medium and Large 1466156.04/cwt154.00–162.007274
Steers—Medium and Large 1523146.99/cwt145.00–150.007695
Steers—Medium and Large 2577140.20/cwt139.00–141.008095
Steers—Medium and Large 1588146.20/cwt144.00–147.0086020
Steers—Medium and Large 1620136.19/cwt134.00–140.008444
Steers—Medium and Large 2643126.33/cwt124.00–130.008123
Steers—Medium and Large 1693136.00/cwt136.00–136.009424
Steers—Medium and Large 2764116.25/cwt110.00–120.008884
Steers—Medium and Large 2822115.86/cwt110.00–119.009527
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1281157.00/cwt155.00–160.004414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2292151.46/cwt150.00–153.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340135.31/cwt131.00–138.004603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368144.31/cwt139.00–149.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2409131.80/cwt130.00–135.0053911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431123.04/cwt118.00–128.005307
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468124.60/cwt119.00–127.005838
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473114.36/cwt110.00–118.005413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536119.21/cwt118.00–120.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567116.82/cwt114.00–119.006626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677112.79/cwt110.00–114.007645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2677104.69/cwt100.00–109.007093
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2291163.55/cwt158.00–168.004763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411153.85/cwt150.00–160.006324
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483149.66/cwt148.00–151.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519139.71/cwt138.00–141.007253
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32867.85/cwt64.00–71.009013
Bulls——1,49875.91/cwt73.00–78.001,1374
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01247.60/cwt45.00–52.004823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05859.64/cwt56.00–62.006316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06752.73/cwt48.00–55.005636
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42863.44/cwt60.00–65.009063
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,225634.16/cwt560.00–740.007,7688

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.