Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-11-18

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Nov 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
342 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 378▲ 40 vs year ago 302 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 52▲ 0 vs year ago 62 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 5▲ 40 vs year ago 28 · +142.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.01/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$122.01
78 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.94
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503123.2162022
Medium and Large 2441122.3754044
Medium and Large 3347118.4841112thin
One grade step is worth $4.74/cwt here — about $209 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 sale78 hd
122.01
—
GA average18 barns · 2,444 hd
117.08
+4.94
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—Average1,78179.071,40812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34758.837926thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11755.226179thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97946.1945220

Every lot

43 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 3267154.54/cwt150.00–160.004133
Steers—Medium and Large 2325168.68/cwt167.00–171.005486
Steers—Medium and Large 2378169.36/cwt167.00–170.006406
Steers—Medium and Large 3390152.03/cwt150.00–154.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 3437141.95/cwt140.00–144.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 2445152.73/cwt147.00–157.006808
Steers—Medium and Large 3488134.66/cwt130.00–139.006573
Steers—Medium and Large 1515147.83/cwt143.00–149.007615
Steers—Medium and Large 2515132.52/cwt130.00–135.006822
Steers—Medium and Large 3575112.48/cwt110.00–115.006472
Steers—Medium and Large 1577138.52/cwt130.00–140.007997
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2286135.68/cwt130.00–140.003888
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333121.10/cwt120.00–125.004038
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375113.23/cwt110.00–115.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380127.11/cwt120.00–129.004839
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424124.06/cwt120.00–129.005268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425131.32/cwt129.00–137.005589
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482120.96/cwt115.00–125.005837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484129.50/cwt128.00–132.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526113.56/cwt111.00–116.005975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553116.49/cwt114.00–117.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617106.86/cwt105.00–110.006597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665103.97/cwt102.00–105.006913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328169.46/cwt163.00–171.005565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2356168.10/cwt163.00–169.005989
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423137.63/cwt135.00–140.005822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433163.47/cwt159.00–168.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475137.92/cwt137.00–142.0065511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2496133.45/cwt129.00–135.006627
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512126.16/cwt121.00–131.006464
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570116.92/cwt110.00–120.006667
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627112.85/cwt105.00–115.007086
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,77082.52/cwt80.00–85.001,4615
Bulls——1,78876.60/cwt75.00–79.001,3707
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95043.92/cwt40.00–46.0041711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01448.97/cwt48.00–52.004979
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11755.22/cwt52.00–59.006179
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34758.83/cwt58.00–61.007926
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-287075.78/cwt62.00–85.006593
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,22565.81/cwt60.00–82.0080614
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,31168.23/cwt60.00–80.008949
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,433862.79/cwt700.00–950.0012,3646
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5801,145.57/cwt1,125.00–1,250.0018,10010

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.