Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-02-19

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Feb 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 172▲ 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 68▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▲ 8 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 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steers calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifer calves and bulls calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.94/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$139.94
58 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.30
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465141.0765538
Medium and Large 2363141.0751216thin
Medium and Large 3371124.744634thin
One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about $193 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 sale58 hd
139.94
—
GA average13 barns · 1,217 hd
132.64
+7.30
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—Average1,48784.261,2535thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28372.559312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10460.5366820
CowsLean 85-90%Low91046.344222thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1313220.01/cwt215.00–225.006895
Steers—Medium and Large 3328154.89/cwt150.00–160.005082
Steers—Medium and Large 3358143.30/cwt140.00–150.005133
Steers—Medium and Large 2427156.34/cwt154.00–160.006683
Steers—Medium and Large 1428169.08/cwt167.00–175.007245
Steers—Medium and Large 1458161.77/cwt159.00–165.007414
Steers—Medium and Large 1568153.40/cwt149.00–158.008712
Steers—Medium and Large 1640139.01/cwt138.00–140.008902
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2337144.77/cwt140.00–149.004886
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360143.39/cwt140.00–149.005166
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371124.74/cwt120.00–130.004634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381152.39/cwt150.00–156.005816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2406132.02/cwt130.00–138.005364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427146.87/cwt140.00–149.0062715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478138.92/cwt134.00–144.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530131.81/cwt126.00–136.006999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570125.28/cwt120.00–129.007144
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1247192.52/cwt190.00–195.004762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2316172.91/cwt170.00–178.005463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317189.34/cwt187.00–190.006006
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377186.59/cwt185.00–188.007032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377164.88/cwt160.00–170.006226
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470135.76/cwt130.00–140.006383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475156.92/cwt150.00–160.007456
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519148.74/cwt148.00–150.007724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1591130.49/cwt130.00–132.007714
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,48784.26/cwt80.00–87.001,2535
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91046.34/cwt44.00–49.004222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04852.55/cwt50.00–55.005514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11065.11/cwt64.00–68.007237
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12460.52/cwt56.00–63.006809
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28372.55/cwt71.00–74.009312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291062.70/cwt58.00–68.005713
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12566.84/cwt66.00–68.007522

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.