Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-06-17

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 17
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▼ 215 vs last sale 630▲ 151 vs year ago 264 · +57.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 90▼ 7 vs year ago 40 · −17.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 42▼ 5 vs year ago 21 · −23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 4.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.40/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$123.40
138 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$582
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.29
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525124.2165252
Medium and Large 2467123.4257668
Medium and Large 3337120.9640818thin
One grade step is worth $3.24/cwt here — about $244 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 sale138 hd
123.40
—
GA average17 barns · 1,929 hd
120.11
+3.29
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—Average1,80192.931,6745thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52979.071,2094thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12868.6477418

Every lot

40 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1282162.17/cwt157.00–167.004573
Steers—Medium and Large 2326156.09/cwt152.00–160.005096
Steers—Medium and Large 2371141.58/cwt138.00–148.005254
Steers—Medium and Large 1375156.04/cwt152.00–159.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 2423135.50/cwt130.00–140.0057313
Steers—Medium and Large 3437123.84/cwt120.00–125.005418
Steers—Medium and Large 3473120.49/cwt118.00–123.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 2475130.40/cwt126.00–136.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 3517114.47/cwt110.00–119.005924
Steers—Medium and Large 1530137.87/cwt132.00–139.0073121
Steers—Medium and Large 2566116.02/cwt115.00–120.006575
Steers—Medium and Large 1590129.88/cwt127.00–134.0076617
Steers—Medium and Large 1617128.29/cwt121.00–131.0079211
Steers—Medium and Large 1675119.97/cwt119.00–122.008103
Steers—Medium and Large 2684113.01/cwt110.00–118.007734
Steers—Medium and Large 1718115.48/cwt100.00–117.0082911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3241127.12/cwt125.00–128.003068
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320120.16/cwt115.00–125.003852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321132.96/cwt128.00–138.004277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370140.98/cwt138.00–148.005229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388131.14/cwt128.00–137.005095
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419116.44/cwt112.00–119.004885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429124.61/cwt120.00–130.0053517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436135.06/cwt133.00–143.005899
Heifers—Medium and Large 3469112.63/cwt108.00–118.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476125.27/cwt120.00–130.0059617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521121.38/cwt115.00–125.0063215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568120.96/cwt118.00–125.0068719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578109.75/cwt105.00–114.006345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616111.74/cwt105.00–115.0068815
Heifers—Medium and Large 272594.41/cwt90.00–99.006842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643115.00/cwt114.00–118.007395
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60095.87/cwt93.00–97.001,5343
Bulls——2,10388.52/cwt88.00–89.001,8622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05266.63/cwt64.00–71.007019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11060.67/cwt56.00–63.006733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25075.65/cwt74.00–80.009466
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52979.07/cwt77.00–81.001,2094
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11682.20/cwt77.00–98.009175
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,22681.06/cwt75.00–85.009945

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.