Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-07-28

Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jul 28

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Jul 14Jul 28Aug 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

615 head

▲ 615 vs last sale 0▲ 157 vs year ago 458 · +34.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

79 head

▲ 79 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 76 · +3.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

48 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 0▲ 21 vs year ago 27 · +77.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trend available.

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 $129.03/cwt on 164 head.

Average price

$129.03

164 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$18.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.03

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	143.63	626	29
Medium and Large 2	541	126.94	687	66
Medium and Large 3	449	124.89	560	69

One grade step is worth $18.74/cwt here — about $66 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 sale164 hd

129.03

—

GA average14 barns · 1,622 hd

132.05

−3.03

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	—	Low	1,534	82.62	1,267	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	65.96	828	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	943	57.53	542	28

Every lot

61 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	209.88/cwt	207.00–213.00	588	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	283	172.54/cwt	170.00–178.00	488	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	192.80/cwt	188.00–198.00	613	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	190.78/cwt	187.00–195.00	710	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	163.25/cwt	160.00–168.00	620	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	175.72/cwt	172.00–178.00	743	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	448	150.83/cwt	150.00–155.00	676	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	161.02/cwt	160.00–162.00	749	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	145.76/cwt	140.00–150.00	701	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	521	134.68/cwt	132.00–139.00	702	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	128.81/cwt	125.00–131.00	728	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	139.78/cwt	135.00–141.00	874	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	642	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	803	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	672	134.03/cwt	128.00–137.00	901	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	118.44/cwt	116.00–121.00	799	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	708	123.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	871	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	793	119.49/cwt	119.00–123.00	948	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	294	140.89/cwt	140.00–141.00	414	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	316	138.48/cwt	132.00–140.00	438	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	151.21/cwt	146.00–156.00	502	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	147.42/cwt	140.00–150.00	529	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	421	121.95/cwt	120.00–128.00	513	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	145.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	629	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	135.82/cwt	130.00–138.00	589	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	142.23/cwt	140.00–144.00	661	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	133.38/cwt	131.00–138.00	650	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	493	120.86/cwt	120.00–129.00	596	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	113.96/cwt	110.00–118.00	575	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	131.98/cwt	131.00–133.00	673	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	123.39/cwt	120.00–128.00	651	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	127.13/cwt	120.00–130.00	721	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	588	108.46/cwt	105.00–112.00	638	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	118.76/cwt	115.00–121.00	728	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	662	102.35/cwt	100.00–105.00	678	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	681	116.51/cwt	112.00–119.00	793	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	110.16/cwt	106.00–116.00	791	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	765	96.67/cwt	90.00–100.00	740	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	136.09/cwt	132.00–140.00	440	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	358	118.30/cwt	115.00–125.00	424	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	374	138.53/cwt	130.00–140.00	518	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	443	131.48/cwt	128.00–135.00	582	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	463	111.49/cwt	110.00–113.00	516	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	134.04/cwt	130.00–138.00	630	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	146.03/cwt	144.00–148.00	705	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	526	121.55/cwt	120.00–130.00	639	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	582	118.36/cwt	115.00–123.00	689	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	585	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	658	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	622	125.61/cwt	123.00–128.00	781	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	678	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	821	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	724	123.98/cwt	118.00–128.00	898	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,227	78.11/cwt	75.00–81.00	958	3
Bulls	—	—	1,764	86.01/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,517	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	55.57/cwt	53.00–58.00	495	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	61.07/cwt	59.00–65.00	633	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	63.60/cwt	60.00–66.00	776	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	69.68/cwt	67.00–73.00	914	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	930	60.44/cwt	60.00–61.00	562	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,020	57.52/cwt	54.00–61.00	587	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,059	57.66/cwt	55.00–60.00	611	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,063	875.67/cwt	700.00–1,025.00	9,308	30

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 Jul 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 615Last week 0Year ago 458

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 0Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 0Year ago 27

Compared to a week ago: No trend available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	434	130.00–138.00	135.82
4	—	681	112.00–119.00	116.51
2	—	368	130.00–135.00	132.52
5	—	718	106.00–116.00	110.16
10	—	613	115.00–121.00	118.76
5	—	332	146.00–156.00	151.21
18	—	567	120.00–130.00	127.13
5	—	487	131.00–138.00	133.38
9	—	528	120.00–128.00	123.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	140.00–144.00	142.23
3	—	510	131.00–133.00	131.98
18	—	434	140.00–150.00	145.04
4	—	359	140.00–150.00	147.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	120.00–128.00	121.95
2	—	505	110.00–118.00	113.96
20	—	316	132.00–140.00	138.48
2	—	588	105.00–112.00	108.46
24	—	493	120.00–129.00	120.86
3	—	662	100.00–105.00	102.35
8	—	294	140.00–141.00	140.89
6	—	765	90.00–100.00	96.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	130.00–138.00	134.04
7	—	374	130.00–140.00	138.53
2	—	678	120.00–122.00	121.02
2	—	323	132.00–140.00	136.09
5	—	582	115.00–123.00	118.36
3	—	622	123.00–128.00	125.61
2	—	443	128.00–135.00	131.48
14	—	526	120.00–130.00	121.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	144.00–148.00	146.03
4	—	724	118.00–128.00	123.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	110.00–115.00	112.52
2	—	463	110.00–113.00	111.49
3	—	358	115.00–125.00	118.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	160.00–162.00	161.02
2	—	318	188.00–198.00	192.80
3	—	280	207.00–213.00	209.88
6	—	423	172.00–178.00	175.72
3	—	372	187.00–195.00	190.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	140.00–150.00	145.76
5	—	672	128.00–137.00	134.03
17	—	625	135.00–141.00	139.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	120.00–130.00	125.00
6	—	448	150.00–155.00	150.83
3	—	283	170.00–178.00	172.54
2	—	675	116.00–121.00	118.44
2	—	708	120.00–126.00	123.01
4	—	380	160.00–168.00	163.25
6	—	521	132.00–139.00	134.68
8	—	793	119.00–123.00	119.49
5	—	565	125.00–131.00	128.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,311	67.00–73.00	69.68
11	—	1,220	60.00–66.00	63.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,037	59.00–65.00	61.07
18	—	890	53.00–58.00	55.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,227	75.00–81.00	78.11
4	—	1,764	84.00–90.00	86.01

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	—	930	60.00–61.00	60.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,059	55.00–60.00	57.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,020	54.00–61.00	57.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,063	700.00–1,025.00	875.67

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.