Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-07-22

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jul 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 257▲ 136 vs year ago 218 · +62.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 63▲ 4 vs year ago 41 · +9.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 22▼ 20 vs year ago 41 · −48.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves 4.00 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 $118.70/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$118.70
58 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.71
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564119.5167448
Medium and Large 2525114.8160310thin
One grade step is worth $4.70/cwt here — about $71 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
118.70
—
GA average17 barns · 1,324 hd
117.98
+0.71
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—Low1,49079.581,1868thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14671.368187thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44964.199306thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04356.945943thin

Every lot

41 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 1478141.31/cwt139.00–145.006753
Steers—Medium and Large 2481134.14/cwt128.00–136.006455
Steers—Medium and Large 1535142.96/cwt139.00–147.007652
Steers—Medium and Large 1577134.83/cwt133.00–138.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1646127.76/cwt126.00–133.008254
Steers—Medium and Large 2680116.54/cwt115.00–118.007924
Steers—Medium and Large 1715118.24/cwt115.00–125.008455
Steers—Medium and Large 1778115.97/cwt114.00–119.009023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375135.48/cwt134.00–137.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413129.29/cwt126.00–130.005346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433123.83/cwt120.00–125.005364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471126.03/cwt124.00–129.005947
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478118.37/cwt115.00–122.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519122.76/cwt118.00–125.006374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585119.46/cwt118.00–125.0069916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590110.04/cwt105.00–115.006492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615112.95/cwt110.00–116.006952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678110.71/cwt105.00–112.007516
Heifers—Medium and Large 269297.99/cwt97.00–99.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740105.31/cwt101.00–109.007793
Heifers—Medium and Large 179799.50/cwt99.00–100.007932
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323171.92/cwt168.00–178.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360145.51/cwt145.00–146.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1364165.57/cwt164.00–166.006039
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430130.60/cwt126.00–135.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468136.93/cwt135.00–139.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2492128.79/cwt125.00–130.006345
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523127.68/cwt125.00–135.006688
Bulls—Medium and Large 2593118.51/cwt117.00–120.007032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620120.52/cwt119.00–122.007472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668115.97/cwt114.00–118.007753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2706103.02/cwt100.00–106.007272
Bulls—Medium and Large 275397.49/cwt95.00–100.007342
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29177.25/cwt75.00–79.009974
Bulls——1,68981.91/cwt80.00–84.001,3834
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04356.94/cwt56.00–58.005943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14671.36/cwt70.00–76.008187
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37059.04/cwt57.00–60.008093
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52769.34/cwt69.00–70.001,0593
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08067.51/cwt62.00–72.007293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,21556.41/cwt51.00–61.006853

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.