Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-04-27

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Apr 27
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▼ 166 vs last sale 469▼ 37 vs year ago 340 · −10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 175▼ 33 vs year ago 121 · −27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 52 · −9.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 1.00 lower. Bull calves 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00 higher. 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 $148.59/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$148.59
71 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.48
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475163.1077431
Medium and Large 3372137.4451224
Medium and Large 2545137.1874816thin
One grade step is worth $25.93/cwt here — about $27 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 sale71 hd
148.59
—
GA average16 barns · 1,501 hd
142.11
+6.48
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—Average1,66994.491,5776thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15578.8791111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01873.5974935

Every lot

40 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 3325166.94/cwt165.00–168.005433
Steers—Medium and Large 2331171.97/cwt170.00–175.005696
Steers—Medium and Large 1359172.47/cwt170.00–180.006194
Steers—Medium and Large 2389164.58/cwt162.00–168.006405
Steers—Medium and Large 3421154.99/cwt152.00–160.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 1437171.21/cwt168.00–178.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 1460173.36/cwt168.00–178.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 3483157.67/cwt152.00–162.007625
Steers—Medium and Large 2512165.26/cwt160.00–168.008463
Steers—Medium and Large 3525152.74/cwt148.00–158.008023
Steers—Medium and Large 1540172.97/cwt170.00–180.0093412
Steers—Medium and Large 1570173.01/cwt172.00–174.009862
Steers—Medium and Large 1625161.29/cwt160.00–168.001,0086
Steers—Medium and Large 1668147.09/cwt142.00–152.009832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278153.47/cwt150.00–157.004272
Heifers—Medium and Large 3287144.35/cwt143.00–147.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327141.14/cwt138.00–148.0046210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367137.31/cwt135.00–145.005047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423164.71/cwt160.00–170.006975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471164.31/cwt160.00–170.0077418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477151.71/cwt150.00–155.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515159.39/cwt157.00–162.008218
Heifers—Medium and Large 3559123.26/cwt120.00–128.006894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575136.28/cwt130.00–140.007843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626127.99/cwt120.00–130.008018
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3343141.01/cwt140.00–142.004842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373164.90/cwt160.00–170.006152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2491150.76/cwt148.00–155.007404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563153.95/cwt150.00–158.008672
Bulls—Medium and Large 3583125.02/cwt120.00–130.007292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50598.65/cwt93.00–100.001,4854
Bulls——1,99886.18/cwt84.00–90.001,7222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98278.50/cwt76.00–83.007719
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03071.89/cwt70.00–75.0074026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15578.87/cwt76.00–82.0091111
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29831,089.31/cwt1,000.00–1,200.0010,70820
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,038839.56/cwt700.00–950.008,71512
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-378370.66/cwt68.00–75.005532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20876.42/cwt75.00–78.009232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24080.47/cwt80.00–81.009982

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.