Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-08-03

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Aug 3
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 298▲ 24 vs year ago 416 · +5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 13▼ 32 vs year ago 55 · −58.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 0▲ 21 vs year ago 5 · +420.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows lightly tested. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers,feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 4.00 lower. Bull calves 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 4.00 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 $146.19/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$146.19
123 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.27
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2441148.9265666
Medium and Large 1536145.7078133
Medium and Large 3447139.3662324
One grade step is worth $9.56/cwt here — about $33 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 sale123 hd
146.19
—
GA average15 barns · 1,361 hd
141.92
+4.27
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—Low1,26585.061,0762thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19876.439166thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12670.357924thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3325176.63/cwt174.00–178.005743
Steers—Medium and Large 2340182.67/cwt180.00–184.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 2372175.90/cwt170.00–180.0065411
Steers—Medium and Large 1431176.55/cwt176.00–183.0076112
Steers—Medium and Large 3443168.01/cwt166.00–170.007442
Steers—Medium and Large 3462151.42/cwt150.00–155.007005
Steers—Medium and Large 2463166.44/cwt162.00–168.007717
Steers—Medium and Large 1490170.54/cwt170.00–172.0083615
Steers—Medium and Large 2525163.16/cwt159.00–168.0085717
Steers—Medium and Large 1571167.22/cwt160.00–169.0095517
Steers—Medium and Large 3629148.79/cwt145.00–149.0093628
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3282162.02/cwt160.00–166.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312176.71/cwt172.00–180.005513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321162.93/cwt158.00–168.0052310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327149.94/cwt148.00–152.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359154.24/cwt150.00–158.005545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360163.00/cwt162.00–164.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371144.99/cwt142.00–148.005385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436147.51/cwt140.00–149.0064322
Heifers—Medium and Large 3459136.01/cwt134.00–138.006244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468145.75/cwt140.00–149.0068216
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525132.81/cwt128.00–138.006972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530144.77/cwt144.00–146.0076710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570134.38/cwt130.00–138.007663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573141.14/cwt140.00–144.0080928
Heifers—Medium and Large 3587125.23/cwt118.00–128.007355
Heifers—Medium and Large 3613123.98/cwt122.00–126.007602
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433146.77/cwt140.00–150.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471144.39/cwt140.00–148.006804
Bulls—Medium and Large 3569134.12/cwt128.00–138.007636
Bulls—Medium and Large 3605129.00/cwt128.00–130.007802
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,26585.06/cwt84.00–86.001,0762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12670.35/cwt66.00–73.007924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19876.43/cwt74.00–79.009166
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2890102.00/cwt100.00–104.009083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-389371.14/cwt68.00–74.006352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-396071.28/cwt69.00–74.006842
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2968103.09/cwt100.00–106.009982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,14580.20/cwt78.00–84.009183

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.