Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-11-11

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Nov 11
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 211▲ 146 vs year ago 232 · +62.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 17▲ 41 vs year ago 11 · +372.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, steer calves and heifer calves sharply higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 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 $128.58/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$128.58
138 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.94
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455130.5859499
Medium and Large 2358126.6145428
Medium and Large 3333115.6938511thin
One grade step is worth $14.88/cwt here — about $208 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 sale138 hd
128.58
—
GA average16 barns · 1,413 hd
113.64
+14.94
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—Low1,69874.221,2603thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39357.7680515
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15656.3165111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02845.5846911

Every lot

42 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2245167.55/cwt165.00–170.004102
Steers—Medium and Large 1291169.31/cwt165.00–173.004937
Steers—Medium and Large 2338160.56/cwt152.00–162.0054311
Steers—Medium and Large 1381164.70/cwt160.00–170.0062815
Steers—Medium and Large 1424158.69/cwt155.00–165.006736
Steers—Medium and Large 2427153.08/cwt150.00–155.0065419
Steers—Medium and Large 2464133.64/cwt130.00–138.006206
Steers—Medium and Large 1469145.32/cwt140.00–150.006828
Steers—Medium and Large 1529137.95/cwt132.00–141.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1558132.65/cwt126.00–136.007409
Steers—Medium and Large 2613109.94/cwt105.00–115.006742
Steers—Medium and Large 1626123.97/cwt119.00–127.007765
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228136.31/cwt132.00–140.003112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273120.89/cwt117.00–125.003305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2291132.28/cwt128.00–138.003855
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320127.67/cwt122.00–132.004095
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361127.19/cwt120.00–130.004596
Heifers—Medium and Large 3361114.38/cwt110.00–118.004134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371138.64/cwt132.00–142.0051423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424121.92/cwt117.00–126.005177
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428105.32/cwt101.00–110.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433135.33/cwt130.00–138.0058629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462118.73/cwt114.00–122.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472130.78/cwt127.00–136.0061725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508116.84/cwt114.00–121.0059414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612117.06/cwt111.00–120.007166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673103.03/cwt100.00–106.006932
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1343180.02/cwt177.00–183.006172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375174.57/cwt172.00–177.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483138.01/cwt136.00–140.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538129.48/cwt125.00–134.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560126.02/cwt124.00–128.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625107.06/cwt104.00–111.006693
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69874.22/cwt70.00–77.001,2603
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01342.43/cwt40.00–47.004306
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04649.35/cwt48.00–51.005165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13460.57/cwt58.00–65.006874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16953.87/cwt50.00–56.006307
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35960.28/cwt58.00–62.008198
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43254.89/cwt50.00–57.007867
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05361.00/cwt59.00–63.006422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20554.82/cwt50.00–62.006613

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.