Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-07-27

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jul 27
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
298 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 340▼ 317 vs year ago 615 · −51.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 58▼ 66 vs year ago 79 · −83.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows lightly tested. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady. Feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves steady. Bull calves 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.02/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$164.02
73 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.17
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490176.8586733
Medium and Large 2560153.4485940
One grade step is worth $23.41/cwt here — about $7 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 sale73 hd
164.02
—
GA average15 barns · 748 hd
169.20
−5.17
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—Low1,57784.021,3253thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05064.046724thin

Every lot

30 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 2289185.96/cwt180.00–188.005374
Steers—Medium and Large 1315186.88/cwt186.00–190.005895
Steers—Medium and Large 2366183.95/cwt178.00–188.006736
Steers—Medium and Large 1407184.00/cwt180.00–188.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 2425173.99/cwt170.00–178.007394
Steers—Medium and Large 2468164.11/cwt160.00–168.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 1525176.04/cwt174.00–180.009243
Steers—Medium and Large 1557172.08/cwt166.00–173.0095819
Steers—Medium and Large 2684136.08/cwt129.00–139.0093124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3293140.66/cwt140.00–142.004123
Heifers—Medium and Large 3308134.27/cwt130.00–140.004144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368144.77/cwt142.00–148.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431147.65/cwt140.00–150.0063610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466145.06/cwt142.00–150.006766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516143.94/cwt140.00–146.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520137.88/cwt130.00–139.007179
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590126.51/cwt125.00–128.007462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2591134.11/cwt130.00–139.0079311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363166.64/cwt164.00–168.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373172.98/cwt170.00–176.006452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409163.01/cwt160.00–164.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420145.18/cwt140.00–150.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1461153.99/cwt152.00–156.007105
Bulls—Medium and Large 3482132.42/cwt130.00–138.006385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2509141.99/cwt140.00–146.007236
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525150.98/cwt150.00–152.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526133.72/cwt132.00–136.007034
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573131.18/cwt128.00–134.007526
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57784.02/cwt80.00–87.001,3253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05064.04/cwt62.00–66.006724

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.