Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-09-02

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
566 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 499▲ 406 vs year ago 160 · +253.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 37▲ 6 vs year ago 35 · +17.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 11▼ 4 vs year ago 19 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers steady, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 lower, steer, heifer, and bull calves unevenly 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 $111.91/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$111.91
190 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.25
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2481113.88547113
Medium and Large 3426109.0346577
One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about $83 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 sale190 hd
111.91
—
GA average16 barns · 1,322 hd
114.16
−2.25
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—Low1,55082.271,27510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36966.259077thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14560.556936thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258165.39/cwt163.00–168.004273
Steers—Medium and Large 2273154.26/cwt150.00–158.004212
Steers—Medium and Large 3317138.21/cwt135.00–140.004383
Steers—Medium and Large 2335150.15/cwt145.00–155.005032
Steers—Medium and Large 3363131.65/cwt130.00–134.004785
Steers—Medium and Large 2378138.88/cwt135.00–145.005258
Steers—Medium and Large 1394153.68/cwt151.00–156.0060513
Steers—Medium and Large 1428148.47/cwt147.00–150.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 2437134.48/cwt130.00–140.0058810
Steers—Medium and Large 3438122.54/cwt120.00–125.005372
Steers—Medium and Large 3472120.15/cwt116.00–124.005676
Steers—Medium and Large 2475128.23/cwt126.00–130.006098
Steers—Medium and Large 1486135.45/cwt132.00–140.0065832
Steers—Medium and Large 2524125.71/cwt120.00–130.0065914
Steers—Medium and Large 3525113.92/cwt109.00–119.005987
Steers—Medium and Large 3562109.33/cwt108.00–110.006143
Steers—Medium and Large 2569118.50/cwt116.00–123.0067414
Steers—Medium and Large 3607104.35/cwt100.00–109.006333
Steers—Medium and Large 2618113.44/cwt110.00–119.0070112
Steers—Medium and Large 1687119.51/cwt117.00–120.0082110
Steers—Medium and Large 2725102.48/cwt100.00–105.007432
Steers—Medium and Large 1733116.68/cwt115.00–120.008553
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265119.81/cwt115.00–125.003175
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314123.76/cwt120.00–128.003896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319116.01/cwt114.00–119.0037013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376112.92/cwt105.00–115.0042516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380118.30/cwt116.00–120.004509
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418116.51/cwt111.00–120.0048720
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433106.61/cwt100.00–110.004629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473114.63/cwt110.00–118.0054236
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475105.22/cwt100.00–109.0050017
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530103.69/cwt100.00–105.0055011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2539111.30/cwt109.00–114.0060021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579109.16/cwt105.00–111.0063217
Heifers—Medium and Large 358698.82/cwt95.00–101.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615102.76/cwt100.00–104.006324
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320133.08/cwt130.00–138.004264
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408131.32/cwt130.00–133.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477116.52/cwt115.00–120.005568
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519115.99/cwt114.00–118.006024
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526110.18/cwt108.00–113.005807
Bulls—Medium and Large 3555101.25/cwt100.00–105.005624
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563111.26/cwt110.00–113.006264
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623103.96/cwt100.00–110.006484
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663109.65/cwt108.00–111.007273
Bulls—Medium and Large 268597.00/cwt95.00–99.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720105.52/cwt104.00–107.007602
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40879.40/cwt75.00–81.001,1186
Bulls——1,76386.58/cwt84.00–89.001,5264
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10862.59/cwt59.00–65.006934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22056.46/cwt55.00–58.006892
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28069.03/cwt68.00–70.008842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40565.14/cwt64.00–67.009155
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25370.44/cwt63.00–82.008833

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.