Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-10-26

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 26
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 263▼ 62 vs year ago 292 · −21.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 52▼ 34 vs year ago 61 · −55.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls lightly tested. Feeder steers,feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves lightly tested. Heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 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 $163.93/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$163.93
70 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$330
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.19
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557165.9092437
Medium and Large 2460162.7974922
Medium and Large 3372159.6059411thin
One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $330 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 sale70 hd
163.93
—
GA average15 barns · 626 hd
159.74
+4.19
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57070.491,1072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25966.718404thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3335162.90/cwt158.00–168.005465
Steers—Medium and Large 3385161.71/cwt160.00–165.006233
Steers—Medium and Large 3422151.99/cwt150.00–153.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 1423174.43/cwt170.00–178.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 2427166.19/cwt162.00–168.0071012
Steers—Medium and Large 2475153.59/cwt148.00–158.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1488164.92/cwt160.00–170.008054
Steers—Medium and Large 2517162.11/cwt158.00–168.008386
Steers—Medium and Large 1530174.93/cwt170.00–180.009274
Steers—Medium and Large 1559168.23/cwt165.00–170.0094017
Steers—Medium and Large 1608151.37/cwt148.00–158.009203
Steers—Medium and Large 1658156.96/cwt152.00–158.001,0336
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3317136.45/cwt130.00–140.004335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365146.31/cwt143.00–150.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365132.81/cwt130.00–138.004853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420140.33/cwt138.00–143.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472121.61/cwt120.00–125.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473135.43/cwt133.00–138.006414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478141.54/cwt140.00–145.006779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525151.46/cwt148.00–158.007953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575124.00/cwt120.00–128.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578145.04/cwt142.00–148.008384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607136.60/cwt135.00–140.008295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628125.94/cwt124.00–128.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675109.96/cwt105.00–115.007422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378151.51/cwt150.00–153.005734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1394172.00/cwt170.00–173.006783
Bulls—Medium and Large 3517138.32/cwt135.00–140.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568143.93/cwt138.00–148.008186
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617138.27/cwt135.00–140.008533
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25966.71/cwt65.00–70.008404
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57070.49/cwt69.00–72.001,1072

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.