Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-10-21

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 21
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 263 vs last sale 390▼ 283 vs year ago 410 · −69.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 33▼ 1 vs year ago 22 · −4.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 30▼ 2 vs year ago 8 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, 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 $108.54/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$108.54
41 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.17
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431117.915089thin
Medium and Large 2514105.9054532
One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale41 hd
108.54
—
GA average16 barns · 987 hd
106.37
+2.17
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—Low1,35269.439393thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05357.986112thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42353.357595thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94547.554492thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2270147.49/cwt143.00–150.003983
Steers—Medium and Large 2319145.10/cwt140.00–148.004634
Steers—Medium and Large 2413137.02/cwt136.00–139.005663
Steers—Medium and Large 3428130.95/cwt129.00–135.005604
Steers—Medium and Large 3468119.95/cwt118.00–122.005612
Steers—Medium and Large 2676106.00/cwt105.00–107.007174
Steers—Medium and Large 2718100.51/cwt98.00–103.007222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333123.04/cwt122.00–125.004105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364121.83/cwt120.00–124.004435
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419114.16/cwt110.00–117.004787
Heifers—Medium and Large 2484110.37/cwt105.00–114.005347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514113.00/cwt112.00–115.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563103.49/cwt100.00–109.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 266491.61/cwt90.00–95.006085
Heifers—Medium and Large 272582.48/cwt80.00–85.005984
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388144.90/cwt140.00–150.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425131.19/cwt126.00–135.005583
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469125.99/cwt124.00–129.005914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505114.67/cwt113.00–118.005793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,35269.43/cwt67.00–73.009393
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94547.55/cwt46.00–49.004492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05357.98/cwt57.00–59.006112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42353.35/cwt51.00–56.007595
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,700625.00/cwt625.00–625.0010,6252

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.