Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-06-02

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 2
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 268▼ 70 vs year ago 337 · −20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 24▼ 24 vs year ago 67 · −35.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 27▼ 17 vs year ago 20 · −85.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls lightly tested. Feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested. Steer calves 2.00 lower. Bull calves steady. Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $123.39/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$123.39
73 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540125.9768123
Medium and Large 2464125.6458335
Medium and Large 3485114.1655415thin
One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about $127 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 sale73 hd
123.39
—
GA average15 barns · 1,469 hd
122.56
+0.82
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—Low1,23383.461,0292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34663.7685819
CowsLean 85-90%High97655.4054113

Every lot

35 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 2332155.21/cwt150.00–160.005153
Steers—Medium and Large 3332142.04/cwt138.00–148.004723
Steers—Medium and Large 1373157.96/cwt156.00–160.005893
Steers—Medium and Large 3378139.78/cwt135.00–144.005285
Steers—Medium and Large 3428133.71/cwt129.00–139.0057211
Steers—Medium and Large 2474138.14/cwt135.00–143.006555
Steers—Medium and Large 3476128.21/cwt125.00–130.006105
Steers—Medium and Large 1510142.48/cwt140.00–145.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 2532135.59/cwt130.00–138.0072113
Steers—Medium and Large 3532119.74/cwt118.00–126.006377
Steers—Medium and Large 1619133.73/cwt130.00–135.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 3638104.75/cwt104.00–105.006684
Steers—Medium and Large 2795108.99/cwt108.00–110.008662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315131.48/cwt130.00–133.004142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360119.48/cwt115.00–124.004305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370132.91/cwt130.00–137.004925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431127.04/cwt124.00–130.005484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469130.44/cwt130.00–131.006127
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470124.70/cwt119.00–129.0058614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513132.54/cwt130.00–135.006802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529123.37/cwt120.00–124.006538
Heifers—Medium and Large 3534111.36/cwt108.00–118.005957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580122.79/cwt120.00–123.0071214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580111.84/cwt105.00–115.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608114.51/cwt114.00–115.006962
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460122.74/cwt120.00–127.005655
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505119.04/cwt115.00–123.006012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590114.97/cwt111.00–119.006782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,23383.46/cwt81.00–86.001,0292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93564.96/cwt63.00–68.006075
Cows—Lean 85-90%96146.58/cwt43.00–49.004486
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12557.94/cwt57.00–59.006522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33164.48/cwt62.00–68.0085816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42559.90/cwt59.00–61.008543
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289370.26/cwt68.00–73.006273

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.