Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-05-13

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 13
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
271 head
▲ 134 vs last sale 137▼ 70 vs year ago 341 · −20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 42▼ 23 vs year ago 104 · −22.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 21▲ 138 vs year ago 10 · +1,380.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder steers and feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves steady, 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 $134.42/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$134.42
77 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.93
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440137.0760350
Medium and Large 2374132.9849821
Medium and Large 3394117.444636thin
One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $140 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 sale77 hd
134.42
—
GA average16 barns · 1,135 hd
117.49
+16.93
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—Average1,57381.371,2803thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39469.3796723
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06764.1068435
CowsLean 85-90%Low89856.4450713

Every lot

48 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2215167.13/cwt163.00–170.003593
Steers—Medium and Large 1293171.49/cwt170.00–173.005022
Steers—Medium and Large 2293160.99/cwt160.00–162.004722
Steers—Medium and Large 1316166.64/cwt163.00–173.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 2321156.41/cwt150.00–160.005028
Steers—Medium and Large 2368149.47/cwt144.00–153.005505
Steers—Medium and Large 1385156.82/cwt155.00–158.006046
Steers—Medium and Large 1413149.90/cwt148.00–154.006197
Steers—Medium and Large 2424139.75/cwt135.00–142.005935
Steers—Medium and Large 1488139.32/cwt139.00–140.006803
Steers—Medium and Large 1515136.50/cwt135.00–140.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1563138.64/cwt137.00–141.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1672122.31/cwt121.00–125.008223
Steers—Medium and Large 1735117.43/cwt114.00–121.008632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220146.14/cwt144.00–148.003222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268150.71/cwt148.00–158.004044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2279142.04/cwt140.00–146.003964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323135.48/cwt132.00–142.004385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338153.07/cwt148.00–158.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364118.68/cwt116.00–120.004323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369143.38/cwt140.00–148.0052910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380132.90/cwt131.00–135.005052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416140.83/cwt138.00–148.005866
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424116.20/cwt112.00–120.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425129.00/cwt128.00–130.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477124.99/cwt120.00–128.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484131.87/cwt129.00–137.006387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514126.93/cwt124.00–131.0065211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571126.71/cwt123.00–132.007247
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613113.49/cwt111.00–116.006962
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437126.54/cwt125.00–128.005532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438145.51/cwt143.00–148.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463137.59/cwt133.00–140.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522135.88/cwt131.00–139.007093
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57381.37/cwt79.00–84.001,2803
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86849.83/cwt48.00–52.004333
Cows—Lean 85-90%90657.02/cwt54.00–60.005177
Cows—Lean 85-90%91061.69/cwt61.00–63.005613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02757.61/cwt56.00–60.005926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06264.51/cwt62.00–67.0068523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12868.99/cwt68.00–70.007786
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33964.74/cwt61.00–67.008674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40570.34/cwt68.00–73.0098819
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01072.37/cwt69.00–75.007312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,236948.16/cwt900.00–1,000.0011,71911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,262879.98/cwt850.00–925.0011,10515
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2361,174.45/cwt1,025.00–1,225.0014,51618
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2891,334.63/cwt1,250.00–1,450.0017,20378

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.