Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-08-25

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Aug 25
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
▲ 153 vs last sale 332▼ 14 vs year ago 499 · −2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 35▲ 54 vs year ago 37 · +145.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 10▲ 27 vs year ago 11 · +245.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls lightly tested. Steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 2.00 lower. Bull calves steady to 2.00 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 $123.85/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$123.85
114 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.24
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443137.646107thin
Medium and Large 2500125.5562862
Medium and Large 3419119.3650145
One grade step is worth $18.28/cwt here — about $110 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 sale114 hd
123.85
—
GA average16 barns · 1,993 hd
128.09
−4.24
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—Average1,43083.301,1919thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28968.1687817
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01661.5762639

Every lot

48 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3361142.13/cwt140.00–150.0051315
Steers—Medium and Large 3438138.93/cwt133.00–143.0060913
Steers—Medium and Large 3489129.98/cwt125.00–135.0063612
Steers—Medium and Large 3518128.54/cwt125.00–131.006666
Steers—Medium and Large 1521150.49/cwt150.00–153.007846
Steers—Medium and Large 3567129.62/cwt127.00–134.007353
Steers—Medium and Large 2659135.30/cwt129.00–138.008926
Steers—Medium and Large 3660112.65/cwt110.00–117.007433
Steers—Medium and Large 2789127.77/cwt120.00–129.001,0087
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273124.13/cwt120.00–130.003397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325149.97/cwt148.00–152.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 3326127.59/cwt120.00–130.004168
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374120.09/cwt115.00–125.004499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378142.50/cwt140.00–148.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385133.55/cwt130.00–136.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419119.23/cwt115.00–124.005008
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437130.68/cwt130.00–132.0057113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470123.80/cwt120.00–130.005829
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476111.96/cwt108.00–115.005334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520125.51/cwt119.00–129.0065319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570120.71/cwt120.00–125.0068817
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590115.67/cwt115.00–119.006826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660118.02/cwt115.00–121.007792
Heifers—Medium and Large 3730101.64/cwt100.00–105.007423
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280154.98/cwt152.00–160.004343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1303161.51/cwt160.00–163.004892
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318142.96/cwt140.00–148.004558
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320153.52/cwt152.00–155.004912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390153.49/cwt153.00–154.005992
Bulls—Medium and Large 3391132.07/cwt129.00–139.005168
Bulls—Medium and Large 3442132.02/cwt126.00–133.0058410
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480122.26/cwt120.00–126.005874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2542128.17/cwt128.00–130.0069511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573130.48/cwt126.00–135.007482
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573107.42/cwt105.00–110.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625114.48/cwt112.00–117.007162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720109.14/cwt104.00–114.007862
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,12173.93/cwt71.00–75.008294
Bulls——1,48387.92/cwt86.00–89.001,3043
Bulls——1,96895.12/cwt94.00–96.001,8722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85856.34/cwt52.00–59.004837
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05162.71/cwt60.00–67.0065932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24466.43/cwt62.00–69.0082611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37171.33/cwt70.00–73.009786
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-398067.02/cwt65.00–69.006572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,09863.06/cwt62.00–64.006923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16573.71/cwt70.00–77.008592
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3985827.03/cwt700.00–975.008,14610

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.