Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-04-14

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Apr 14
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
355 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 510▲ 51 vs year ago 304 · +16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 91▲ 2 vs year ago 44 · +4.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 1▲ 4 vs year ago 7 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. Feeder steers , heifers , and bulls 3.00 lower . Steer calves 2.00 lower . Heifer calves 1.00 lower . Bull calves steady. Replacement cows lightly tested .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.35/cwt on 137 head.
Average price
$128.35
137 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.92
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2483131.2463549
Medium and Large 1651127.0282771
Medium and Large 3410125.5651517thin
One grade step is worth $5.68/cwt here — about $120 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 sale137 hd
128.35
—
GA average17 barns · 2,412 hd
130.26
−1.92
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—Low1,48584.691,2589thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23364.6279721
CowsLean 85-90%Average92958.1954012

Every lot

46 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3263149.51/cwt148.00–150.003934
Steers—Medium and Large 3343146.65/cwt145.00–150.005033
Steers—Medium and Large 3363149.42/cwt145.00–152.005425
Steers—Medium and Large 1413162.99/cwt162.00–164.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 2415154.00/cwt150.00–158.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 3415142.02/cwt140.00–144.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 3467138.92/cwt135.00–142.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 3508134.96/cwt132.00–138.006862
Steers—Medium and Large 2515147.34/cwt147.00–149.007596
Steers—Medium and Large 3560121.67/cwt120.00–125.006813
Steers—Medium and Large 2623126.33/cwt120.00–130.007873
Steers—Medium and Large 1682136.14/cwt136.00–139.0092820
Steers—Medium and Large 1788129.67/cwt128.00–130.001,0226
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285147.07/cwt140.00–150.004194
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318140.25/cwt136.00–145.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369143.96/cwt140.00–149.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375129.70/cwt127.00–134.004867
Heifers—Medium and Large 3429121.01/cwt115.00–125.005196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2441133.23/cwt130.00–134.0058815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481133.38/cwt129.00–139.0064211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519125.92/cwt120.00–130.0065412
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568109.99/cwt109.00–111.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583125.45/cwt122.00–127.007317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622131.06/cwt126.00–134.0081517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690124.04/cwt124.00–126.0085650
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380142.67/cwt140.00–148.005423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422142.26/cwt140.00–148.006006
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427137.69/cwt136.00–139.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520132.00/cwt130.00–136.0068611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530125.50/cwt125.00–126.006652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535145.00/cwt140.00–149.007764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577127.57/cwt125.00–135.0073610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623123.36/cwt120.00–127.007695
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675118.50/cwt118.00–119.008002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36772.88/cwt70.00–75.009963
Bulls——1,49895.27/cwt92.00–99.001,4272
Bulls——1,56888.26/cwt86.00–91.001,3844
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83046.90/cwt45.00–50.003893
Cows—Lean 85-90%93057.42/cwt54.00–61.005345
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00167.62/cwt65.00–69.006774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17968.01/cwt65.00–71.008027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26077.15/cwt74.00–80.009722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26060.55/cwt58.00–63.0076312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294568.51/cwt66.00–71.006472
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04869.26/cwt67.00–71.007262
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,025.56/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0011,5384

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.