Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-07-29

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jul 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
458 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 354▲ 120 vs year ago 338 · +35.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 45▲ 32 vs year ago 44 · +72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 21▲ 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.36/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$138.36
149 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$79
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$7.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.92
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3400139.6755921
Medium and Large 1543138.90754113
Medium and Large 2482132.4263815thin
One grade step is worth $7.26/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale149 hd
138.36
—
GA average17 barns · 1,103 hd
134.43
+3.92
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—Average1,76581.891,4453thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38870.3697728
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12868.7077520
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05053.4956212

Every lot

53 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 1329169.66/cwt168.00–175.005587
Steers—Medium and Large 3338149.02/cwt148.00–158.005049
Steers—Medium and Large 1363166.78/cwt163.00–168.006054
Steers—Medium and Large 3391143.61/cwt140.00–148.005625
Steers—Medium and Large 1419148.29/cwt145.00–150.0062116
Steers—Medium and Large 3420125.96/cwt123.00–129.005292
Steers—Medium and Large 2424137.38/cwt133.00–140.005826
Steers—Medium and Large 1478143.97/cwt141.00–147.006886
Steers—Medium and Large 2478132.74/cwt130.00–137.006344
Steers—Medium and Large 2510131.34/cwt128.00–135.006703
Steers—Medium and Large 3514124.40/cwt122.00–125.006395
Steers—Medium and Large 1519140.85/cwt139.00–142.0073127
Steers—Medium and Large 1578134.81/cwt132.00–140.0077929
Steers—Medium and Large 1608130.26/cwt130.00–131.007924
Steers—Medium and Large 2620118.50/cwt118.00–119.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 1729119.77/cwt118.00–120.0087313
Steers—Medium and Large 1766116.30/cwt116.00–118.008917
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271135.69/cwt134.00–136.003687
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318133.48/cwt130.00–135.004246
Heifers—Medium and Large 3336118.24/cwt115.00–120.003974
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377131.05/cwt124.00–133.004949
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390115.06/cwt110.00–120.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416130.24/cwt128.00–134.0054210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433121.59/cwt119.00–126.0052615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3436112.87/cwt110.00–115.004926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470121.52/cwt116.00–125.0057112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526122.70/cwt120.00–124.0064519
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533113.97/cwt112.00–115.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590111.40/cwt109.00–114.006577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614113.59/cwt110.00–115.006977
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640102.48/cwt100.00–105.006562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3383139.11/cwt135.00–144.005333
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472118.39/cwt115.00–120.005593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475131.33/cwt131.00–132.006243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530125.50/cwt125.00–126.006654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569117.24/cwt116.00–120.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575125.53/cwt124.00–127.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617117.98/cwt117.00–119.007283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675104.25/cwt101.00–110.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720117.34/cwt116.00–118.008453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76581.89/cwt80.00–84.001,4453
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01051.49/cwt50.00–54.005208
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09668.06/cwt65.00–71.0074614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13157.50/cwt55.00–60.006504
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19861.04/cwt60.00–62.007312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20574.79/cwt73.00–77.009014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30360.46/cwt59.00–62.007882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38773.66/cwt71.00–78.001,02214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40468.17/cwt63.00–70.0095712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293869.42/cwt62.00–75.006512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,22367.59/cwt65.00–70.008272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25872.11/cwt67.00–77.009072
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,062.50/cwt900.00–1,200.0012,7504

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.