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

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 9
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
▼ 328 vs last sale 566▼ 152 vs year ago 390 · −39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 41▼ 27 vs year ago 79 · −34.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 15▲ 8 vs year ago 17 · +47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and heifers steady, feeder bulls steady to 1.00 higher, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $106.95/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$106.95
69 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.03
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2572107.4261554
Medium and Large 3426105.2644815thin
One grade step is worth $2.16/cwt here — about $166 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 sale69 hd
106.95
—
GA average17 barns · 1,079 hd
119.98
−13.03
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
CowsLean 85-90%High87065.915732thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37865.489026thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09563.846994thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2376147.99/cwt143.00–150.005564
Steers—Medium and Large 3413131.55/cwt128.00–135.005434
Steers—Medium and Large 1455142.00/cwt139.00–145.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 2460126.02/cwt124.00–128.005802
Steers—Medium and Large 1504129.50/cwt129.00–130.006536
Steers—Medium and Large 3511117.15/cwt115.00–119.005997
Steers—Medium and Large 2512122.01/cwt120.00–125.006253
Steers—Medium and Large 3564110.97/cwt104.00–114.006266
Steers—Medium and Large 2575118.79/cwt117.00–120.006834
Steers—Medium and Large 2634112.52/cwt109.00–118.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 2778102.44/cwt100.00–105.007972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329116.30/cwt112.00–120.003834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373124.47/cwt123.00–126.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416104.52/cwt100.00–110.004357
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426115.03/cwt113.00–119.004905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469112.17/cwt110.00–114.005265
Heifers—Medium and Large 352398.51/cwt97.00–100.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536107.42/cwt105.00–110.0057611
Heifers—Medium and Large 355892.51/cwt90.00–95.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588108.01/cwt105.00–110.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629103.40/cwt100.00–105.0065015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2674103.91/cwt100.00–105.0070011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522119.54/cwt116.00–125.006247
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570113.62/cwt111.00–116.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1679111.75/cwt110.00–114.007594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1733108.98/cwt106.00–110.007996
Bulls—Medium and Large 1783103.00/cwt102.00–104.008065
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87065.91/cwt64.00–68.005732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09563.84/cwt62.00–66.006994
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37561.62/cwt60.00–65.008473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38069.33/cwt69.00–70.009573
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-282165.83/cwt54.00–86.005407
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294275.08/cwt66.00–86.007076
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00571.94/cwt70.00–75.007233

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.