Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-03-24

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Mar 24

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

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Feeder Cattle receipts

361 head

▼ 123 vs last sale 484▲ 361 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 85▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 38▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers sharply higher, feeders bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower, heifer and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.38/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$125.38

85 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$15.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.02

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	132.28	709	30
Medium and Large 2	498	126.72	632	28
Medium and Large 3	441	116.31	513	27

One grade step is worth $15.97/cwt here — about $197 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 sale85 hd

125.38

—

GA average17 barns · 1,581 hd

125.40

−0.02

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,752	84.01	1,472	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,321	66.74	882	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	916	53.05	486	5thin

Every lot

40 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	139.31/cwt	138.00–142.00	520	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	416	140.44/cwt	138.00–142.00	584	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	165.50/cwt	165.00–166.00	720	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	149.32/cwt	148.00–154.00	715	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	143.71/cwt	141.00–147.00	754	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	133.95/cwt	129.00–139.00	723	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	142.92/cwt	140.00–146.00	836	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	135.33/cwt	134.00–137.00	798	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	135.30/cwt	133.00–136.00	838	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	127.26/cwt	120.00–128.00	924	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	121.71/cwt	115.00–125.00	937	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	137.89/cwt	136.00–140.00	379	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	331	136.95/cwt	132.00–140.00	453	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	132.14/cwt	128.00–138.00	480	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	121.21/cwt	116.00–126.00	455	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	560	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	428	117.35/cwt	110.00–120.00	502	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	464	113.85/cwt	110.00–120.00	528	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	132.42/cwt	126.00–136.00	620	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	139.93/cwt	139.00–148.00	681	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	132.51/cwt	131.00–136.00	690	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	104.21/cwt	101.00–111.00	547	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	123.36/cwt	120.00–127.00	660	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	130.25/cwt	130.00–132.00	733	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	121.40/cwt	121.00–123.00	736	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	615	105.08/cwt	100.00–110.00	646	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	117.06/cwt	115.00–120.00	726	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	688	115.62/cwt	114.00–116.00	795	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	431	132.48/cwt	125.00–135.00	571	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	585	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	135.03/cwt	132.00–138.00	655	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	508	140.73/cwt	140.00–145.00	715	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	117.46/cwt	115.00–120.00	675	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	609	125.61/cwt	118.00–128.00	765	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,752	84.01/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,472	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	916	53.05/cwt	50.00–55.00	486	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,321	66.74/cwt	64.00–70.00	882	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,075	58.48/cwt	58.00–59.00	629	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	62.39/cwt	60.00–64.00	705	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,254	60.38/cwt	58.00–64.00	757	18

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

Wed Mar 24, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 361Last week 484Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 85Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 38Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,321	64.00–70.00	66.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	916	50.00–55.00	53.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,752	80.00–87.00	84.01

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	508	140.00–145.00	140.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	132.00–138.00	135.03
6	—	609	118.00–128.00	125.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	124.00–125.00	124.51
2	—	575	115.00–120.00	117.46
4	—	431	125.00–135.00	132.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	487	139.00–148.00	139.93
8	—	563	130.00–132.00	130.25
5	—	606	121.00–123.00	121.40
8	—	521	131.00–136.00	132.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	114.00–116.00	115.62
3	—	620	115.00–120.00	117.06
4	—	468	126.00–136.00	132.42
5	—	535	120.00–127.00	123.36
4	—	331	132.00–140.00	136.95
3	—	363	128.00–138.00	132.14
4	—	424	130.00–134.00	132.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	100.00–110.00	105.08
8	—	428	110.00–120.00	117.35
5	—	375	116.00–126.00	121.21
7	—	464	110.00–120.00	113.85
3	—	525	101.00–111.00	104.21
2	—	275	136.00–140.00	137.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	115.00–125.00	121.71
7	—	619	133.00–136.00	135.30
15	—	585	140.00–146.00	142.92
2	—	435	165.00–166.00	165.50
11	—	726	120.00–128.00	127.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	148.00–154.00	149.32
10	—	525	141.00–147.00	143.71
3	—	590	134.00–137.00	135.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	373	138.00–142.00	139.31
2	—	540	129.00–139.00	133.95
4	—	416	138.00–142.00	140.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	58.00–59.00	58.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,130	60.00–64.00	62.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,254	58.00–64.00	60.38

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.