Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-09-08

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 8
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
435 head
▲ 293 vs last sale 142▲ 197 vs year ago 238 · +82.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 59▲ 21 vs year ago 52 · +40.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 21▲ 22 vs year ago 25 · +88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers , heifers and bulls lightly tested. Steer calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Bull calves lightly tested. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.31/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$134.31
164 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.01/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 1513140.2272091
Medium and Large 2432133.5257734
Medium and Large 3463121.2156239
One grade step is worth $19.01/cwt here — about $158 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
134.31
—
GA average15 barns · 1,758 hd
130.07
+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—High1,67092.741,5497thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25468.2785613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04464.3167132

Every lot

44 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3324163.70/cwt160.00–170.005304
Steers—Medium and Large 2371171.64/cwt170.00–178.0063711
Steers—Medium and Large 3378160.61/cwt158.00–165.006075
Steers—Medium and Large 3416152.83/cwt150.00–160.006367
Steers—Medium and Large 2423166.98/cwt160.00–170.007064
Steers—Medium and Large 3458144.97/cwt140.00–150.006642
Steers—Medium and Large 1467171.79/cwt169.00–173.0080220
Steers—Medium and Large 3513123.62/cwt120.00–130.006347
Steers—Medium and Large 2571139.95/cwt135.00–145.0079910
Steers—Medium and Large 3588122.98/cwt120.00–126.007234
Steers—Medium and Large 3609114.76/cwt110.00–117.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 2663121.51/cwt120.00–123.008062
Steers—Medium and Large 1730119.90/cwt115.00–125.008752
Steers—Medium and Large 1758113.99/cwt111.00–117.008642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3243125.47/cwt123.00–128.003052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331140.45/cwt137.00–144.004658
Heifers—Medium and Large 3334127.26/cwt125.00–130.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374133.83/cwt130.00–139.0050112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379123.95/cwt120.00–126.004707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386140.38/cwt140.00–142.005425
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422137.95/cwt132.00–142.0058217
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425125.20/cwt120.00–130.005327
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475128.87/cwt126.00–132.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477138.16/cwt135.00–145.0065912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3484118.57/cwt115.00–125.005745
Heifers—Medium and Large 3521123.57/cwt120.00–125.006445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1544142.70/cwt134.00–144.0077655
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573118.28/cwt112.00–122.006785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589129.82/cwt129.00–132.0076511
Heifers—Medium and Large 3628104.94/cwt100.00–110.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693110.33/cwt109.00–113.007653
Heifers—Medium and Large 3738105.51/cwt105.00–106.007792
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375145.53/cwt140.00–150.005465
Bulls—Medium and Large 3419128.97/cwt125.00–135.005406
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471119.24/cwt115.00–124.005624
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533127.63/cwt122.00–131.006803
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67092.74/cwt90.00–97.001,5497
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04360.28/cwt58.00–63.0062912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04466.72/cwt64.00–71.0069720
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24565.35/cwt62.00–68.0081410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28277.99/cwt77.00–79.001,0003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-298382.97/cwt81.00–88.008164
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,00973.63/cwt70.00–77.007435
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,14369.67/cwt67.00–71.007966

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.