Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-02-16

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Feb 16
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
306 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 339▲ 188 vs year ago 118 · +159.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 44▲ 39 vs year ago 35 · +111.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 10▼ 4 vs year ago 30 · −13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.72/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$186.72
68 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$296
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$14.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.27
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3320196.9462914thin
Medium and Large 2445184.8682337
Medium and Large 1507182.3692517thin
One grade step is worth $14.58/cwt here — about −$296 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 sale68 hd
186.72
—
GA average18 barns · 1,601 hd
165.45
+21.27
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—High1,641106.171,7425thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48388.311,3108thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21187.391,05917
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00976.9077622

Every lot

52 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 3276203.30/cwt200.00–208.005615
Steers—Medium and Large 1310214.02/cwt213.00–215.006632
Steers—Medium and Large 2318203.51/cwt200.00–210.006478
Steers—Medium and Large 3331196.53/cwt195.00–198.006517
Steers—Medium and Large 2385198.55/cwt190.00–200.007647
Steers—Medium and Large 3388182.48/cwt180.00–185.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 1406191.26/cwt190.00–195.007774
Steers—Medium and Large 2432185.00/cwt184.00–188.007994
Steers—Medium and Large 2459180.88/cwt180.00–181.008309
Steers—Medium and Large 1510184.53/cwt183.00–189.009414
Steers—Medium and Large 2568167.18/cwt160.00–169.009505
Steers—Medium and Large 1573175.38/cwt174.00–178.001,0055
Steers—Medium and Large 2635154.49/cwt153.00–156.009814
Steers—Medium and Large 1738145.99/cwt144.00–148.001,0772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285142.37/cwt140.00–150.004064
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337139.48/cwt135.00–145.004709
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360139.92/cwt135.00–144.0050415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365151.62/cwt150.00–155.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422136.80/cwt130.00–140.005776
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462147.83/cwt145.00–149.006836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522145.47/cwt140.00–148.007598
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525133.92/cwt130.00–138.007032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581135.74/cwt134.00–141.007899
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633128.32/cwt125.00–130.008123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3225164.36/cwt160.00–168.003702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2293178.99/cwt178.00–180.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362152.40/cwt150.00–158.005527
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380182.05/cwt180.00–184.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385165.85/cwt160.00–170.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428176.25/cwt172.00–178.007548
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432164.02/cwt162.00–168.007093
Bulls—Medium and Large 3494141.65/cwt140.00–150.007006
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512147.41/cwt140.00–150.007555
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540137.50/cwt137.00–138.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566139.03/cwt135.00–145.007877
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615117.52/cwt115.00–120.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630131.29/cwt130.00–134.008273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680130.32/cwt130.00–131.008863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728124.53/cwt123.00–126.009072
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58099.11/cwt96.00–100.001,5663
Bulls——1,733116.75/cwt114.00–120.002,0232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96783.19/cwt80.00–87.008049
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03567.78/cwt66.00–70.007024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03974.67/cwt71.00–78.007769
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20391.27/cwt88.00–94.001,0989
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22183.02/cwt80.00–86.001,0148
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45393.36/cwt92.00–94.001,3573
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50185.28/cwt82.00–87.001,2805
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295074.78/cwt71.00–78.007102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-297880.09/cwt78.00–82.007832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09876.00/cwt75.00–77.008342
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0831,134.23/cwt1,025.00–1,225.0012,28412

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.