Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-05-27

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 27
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
517 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 207▲ 275 vs year ago 242 · +113.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 30▲ 4 vs year ago 31 · +12.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 17▲ 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady to 5.00 higher, steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.67/cwt on 173 head.
Average price
$125.67
173 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.23
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598128.2876783
Medium and Large 2524125.3065771
Medium and Large 3393115.6245419thin
One grade step is worth $12.66/cwt here — about $313 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 sale173 hd
125.67
—
GA average15 barns · 1,294 hd
118.44
+7.23
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—Average1,63285.991,4037thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51070.591,06614
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03956.875919thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91048.414413thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1306166.48/cwt165.00–168.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 2331146.23/cwt140.00–150.004848
Steers—Medium and Large 2378144.33/cwt140.00–148.005463
Steers—Medium and Large 2433138.31/cwt135.00–140.005997
Steers—Medium and Large 1439146.72/cwt145.00–147.0064410
Steers—Medium and Large 1457148.99/cwt141.00–151.006815
Steers—Medium and Large 2491134.03/cwt128.00–138.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 2514130.82/cwt126.00–133.006725
Steers—Medium and Large 1525146.87/cwt141.00–151.007715
Steers—Medium and Large 2561125.72/cwt124.00–129.007053
Steers—Medium and Large 1575142.56/cwt135.00–145.0082035
Steers—Medium and Large 3575112.43/cwt110.00–115.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 2630108.02/cwt106.00–110.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1647132.02/cwt127.00–137.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1673133.01/cwt125.00–135.008959
Steers—Medium and Large 1708129.58/cwt125.00–130.0091712
Steers—Medium and Large 1769131.65/cwt127.00–133.001,01227
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3243133.05/cwt128.00–138.003232
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270128.40/cwt125.00–130.003473
Heifers—Medium and Large 3317119.93/cwt115.00–125.003803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384136.61/cwt136.00–140.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408112.26/cwt110.00–114.004587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421132.86/cwt128.00–138.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467138.00/cwt138.00–138.0064413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2493126.79/cwt126.00–131.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509127.92/cwt124.00–131.0065124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534133.45/cwt133.00–135.0071313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560131.35/cwt126.00–134.0073615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3563107.52/cwt104.00–111.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567122.41/cwt117.00–124.0069422
Heifers—Medium and Large 361892.43/cwt90.00–95.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2621113.04/cwt109.00–117.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635122.20/cwt119.00–126.0077619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682126.02/cwt120.00–127.0085918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685107.75/cwt100.00–113.007383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775111.61/cwt110.00–112.008655
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3383125.03/cwt120.00–130.004792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1461135.66/cwt135.00–141.0062524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1542130.66/cwt130.00–138.0070812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580115.13/cwt110.00–120.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1676121.25/cwt117.00–123.0082019
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48382.93/cwt79.00–86.001,2304
Bulls——1,83090.08/cwt88.00–91.001,6483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91048.41/cwt46.00–50.004413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02254.21/cwt52.00–56.005543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04758.20/cwt57.00–59.006096
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38264.77/cwt62.00–67.008956
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60674.95/cwt74.00–76.001,2048
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296067.24/cwt57.00–76.006462
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,23566.00/cwt66.00–66.008151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24077.00/cwt77.00–77.009551

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.