Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-10-05

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
368 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 396▲ 171 vs year ago 197 · +86.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 25▲ 77 vs year ago 20 · +385.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 18▲ 24 vs year ago 11 · +218.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers , feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves steady. Bull calves steady. Heifer calves 3.00 lower. 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 $133.02/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$133.02
80 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.22
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556141.1678514thin
Medium and Large 2484133.7864816thin
Medium and Large 3456130.5059550
One grade step is worth $10.66/cwt here — about $189 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 sale80 hd
133.02
—
GA average15 barns · 1,578 hd
135.24
−2.22
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—Low1,36082.401,1217thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51572.991,1064thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17972.0985019
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01765.0366120

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3258172.63/cwt170.00–178.004453
Steers—Medium and Large 3325174.65/cwt170.00–178.005686
Steers—Medium and Large 3374172.91/cwt170.00–180.006477
Steers—Medium and Large 3471147.42/cwt142.00–150.006949
Steers—Medium and Large 3511147.98/cwt145.00–150.007568
Steers—Medium and Large 3580147.20/cwt144.00–149.0085416
Steers—Medium and Large 3738123.05/cwt118.00–128.009082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328142.73/cwt140.00–146.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360132.00/cwt130.00–138.004758
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368141.79/cwt140.00–145.005223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421142.02/cwt140.00–144.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431129.46/cwt126.00–130.005587
Heifers—Medium and Large 3464133.73/cwt128.00–136.0062122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532127.14/cwt125.00–135.006767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533143.65/cwt140.00–150.007664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565140.17/cwt137.00–142.0079210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3581117.85/cwt110.00–120.006857
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618128.53/cwt127.00–130.007942
Heifers—Medium and Large 3663112.51/cwt110.00–115.007462
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270164.72/cwt160.00–170.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325175.04/cwt170.00–180.005694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385170.23/cwt165.00–173.006556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409174.51/cwt170.00–178.007144
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416164.45/cwt160.00–168.006848
Bulls—Medium and Large 3443146.43/cwt142.00–150.0064934
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480136.74/cwt135.00–140.006569
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576130.22/cwt128.00–132.007507
Bulls—Medium and Large 2784114.26/cwt112.00–115.008964
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,36082.40/cwt79.00–86.001,1217
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00567.66/cwt64.00–70.006807
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00759.03/cwt55.00–62.005949
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05973.92/cwt72.00–78.007834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10084.01/cwt81.00–87.009242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16667.24/cwt64.00–70.0078410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21975.61/cwt72.00–79.009227
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51572.99/cwt72.00–74.001,1064
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-386863.35/cwt60.00–66.005502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299073.32/cwt70.00–75.007263
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03772.84/cwt69.00–76.007553

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.