Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-08-10

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Aug 10
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
659 head
▲ 219 vs last sale 440▲ 296 vs year ago 363 · +81.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 23▲ 81 vs year ago 47 · +172.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 26▲ 41 vs year ago 11 · +372.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls unevenly higher. Feeder steers, feeder bulls and feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves steady. 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 $145.23/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$145.23
221 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.57
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2455148.14675114
Medium and Large 1530142.7575662
Medium and Large 3449141.2663545
One grade step is worth $6.87/cwt here — about $40 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 sale221 hd
145.23
—
GA average15 barns · 1,803 hd
146.79
−1.57
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—Average1,40598.641,3865thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42185.241,2116thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16282.4295712
CowsLean 85-90%Average96467.8165343

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,003$1,04016

Every lot

61 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3275178.11/cwt176.00–180.004902
Steers—Medium and Large 1339194.56/cwt190.00–200.006604
Steers—Medium and Large 1358193.87/cwt190.00–200.006946
Steers—Medium and Large 3370174.53/cwt170.00–178.006464
Steers—Medium and Large 2382187.88/cwt183.00–189.007189
Steers—Medium and Large 2413175.76/cwt170.00–178.007265
Steers—Medium and Large 1421188.75/cwt187.00–190.007954
Steers—Medium and Large 1463177.21/cwt170.00–180.0082022
Steers—Medium and Large 2481160.51/cwt160.00–166.0077212
Steers—Medium and Large 3483149.34/cwt148.00–150.007213
Steers—Medium and Large 2510167.50/cwt167.00–168.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1521175.49/cwt174.00–178.0091412
Steers—Medium and Large 3527151.32/cwt150.00–154.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 3568140.05/cwt136.00–144.007952
Steers—Medium and Large 1590166.87/cwt166.00–167.009857
Steers—Medium and Large 1607163.36/cwt160.00–165.0099219
Steers—Medium and Large 2615158.49/cwt158.00–159.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 3627143.72/cwt140.00–145.009014
Steers—Medium and Large 1693152.49/cwt151.00–154.001,0572
Steers—Medium and Large 1704151.70/cwt147.00–152.001,06817
Steers—Medium and Large 1775143.97/cwt139.00–148.001,1163
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3238166.71/cwt160.00–170.003973
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265164.98/cwt160.00–168.004375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277173.99/cwt172.00–175.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3305155.00/cwt152.00–158.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2336165.18/cwt162.00–170.0055514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371162.94/cwt160.00–166.006058
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382154.88/cwt150.00–158.0059215
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383141.41/cwt138.00–146.005427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412152.13/cwt150.00–154.0062717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435144.74/cwt140.00–148.0063011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435135.29/cwt134.00–138.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483135.23/cwt132.00–139.006535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2486145.09/cwt140.00–150.0070554
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529136.46/cwt130.00–139.0072214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533141.52/cwt140.00–143.007544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556140.87/cwt140.00–145.0078314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576133.60/cwt128.00–136.0077013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3628123.26/cwt120.00–129.007746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656129.94/cwt121.00–131.0085223
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360153.39/cwt150.00–160.005525
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363139.90/cwt135.00–145.005082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475143.41/cwt140.00–150.006818
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525133.06/cwt130.00–135.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528148.57/cwt144.00–154.007843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568141.50/cwt136.00–146.008044
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630140.46/cwt138.00–143.008852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2688137.99/cwt136.00–140.009492
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35092.67/cwt91.00–94.001,2512
Bulls——1,442102.62/cwt101.00–104.001,4803
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92670.63/cwt67.00–74.0065415
Cows—Lean 85-90%97762.02/cwt60.00–66.0060620
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00177.01/cwt75.00–82.007718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12076.67/cwt74.00–81.008596
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20388.16/cwt86.00–90.001,0616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38579.45/cwt77.00–82.001,1002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43988.13/cwt85.00–92.001,2684
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,04768.67/cwt65.00–72.007195
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,09776.54/cwt73.00–80.008403
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,15077.71/cwt76.00–81.008943
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0031,040.32/head825.00–1,175.001,04016

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.