Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-10-19

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 330▼ 53 vs year ago 316 · −16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 64▲ 24 vs year ago 28 · +85.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 9▼ 26 vs year ago 38 · −68.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves unevenly higher. Bull calves 3.00 higher. Heifer calves steady. 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 $130.56/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$130.56
104 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$279
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.81
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541143.7677825
Medium and Large 2532129.4468826
Medium and Large 3400124.8949953
One grade step is worth $18.87/cwt here — about $279 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 sale104 hd
130.56
—
GA average15 barns · 2,320 hd
137.37
−6.81
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—Low1,63782.351,3483thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47865.449678thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97960.825954thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19660.8172714

Every lot

34 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 3371159.27/cwt155.00–163.0059126
Steers—Medium and Large 3422153.33/cwt150.00–158.006477
Steers—Medium and Large 2423163.98/cwt160.00–168.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 3469143.53/cwt140.00–148.006736
Steers—Medium and Large 2475151.67/cwt150.00–155.007203
Steers—Medium and Large 1485168.12/cwt163.00–170.008159
Steers—Medium and Large 1524169.50/cwt167.00–170.0088810
Steers—Medium and Large 1564163.32/cwt160.00–168.009216
Steers—Medium and Large 1636155.12/cwt154.00–160.009877
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3288132.48/cwt130.00–135.003824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337129.22/cwt125.00–133.0043514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371124.31/cwt120.00–130.004619
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425122.02/cwt116.00–126.0051912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445130.99/cwt130.00–135.005835
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465122.63/cwt120.00–125.0057011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486141.63/cwt140.00–147.006887
Heifers—Medium and Large 2486133.04/cwt130.00–135.0064715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521143.76/cwt138.00–148.0074911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3588116.00/cwt110.00–120.006823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628145.89/cwt140.00–147.009167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2719119.14/cwt115.00–120.008576
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320155.14/cwt150.00–158.004965
Bulls—Medium and Large 3366153.29/cwt150.00–158.005617
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424145.61/cwt140.00–150.006176
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464143.77/cwt140.00–148.006676
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521137.56/cwt135.00–140.007179
Bulls—Medium and Large 3584131.00/cwt126.00–134.007656
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,63782.35/cwt77.00–84.001,3483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97960.82/cwt60.00–63.005954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18868.58/cwt65.00–72.008152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19759.52/cwt57.00–62.0071212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47865.44/cwt62.00–69.009678
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,03768.66/cwt68.00–70.007123
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,18860.89/cwt60.00–62.007232

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.