Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-11-02

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Nov 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
302 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 230▼ 146 vs year ago 448 · −32.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 27▼ 20 vs year ago 73 · −27.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 steady. Steer calves, bull calves and heifer calves mostly steady. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.31/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$138.31
81 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.21
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555145.4480832
Medium and Large 2486138.8267521
Medium and Large 3381129.7949528
One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about $313 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 sale81 hd
138.31
—
GA average15 barns · 1,437 hd
137.11
+1.21
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—Average1,48681.751,21511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13173.188284thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97462.7761112

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)1,115$8446

Every lot

36 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3240161.50/cwt160.00–163.003882
Steers—Medium and Large 1368183.97/cwt180.00–188.006772
Steers—Medium and Large 1408167.64/cwt165.00–173.006843
Steers—Medium and Large 1455166.00/cwt164.00–168.007552
Steers—Medium and Large 3478147.05/cwt145.00–148.007033
Steers—Medium and Large 2524163.06/cwt158.00–164.0085411
Steers—Medium and Large 1576164.86/cwt162.00–170.0095018
Steers—Medium and Large 1615163.74/cwt160.00–170.001,0074
Steers—Medium and Large 2675142.06/cwt140.00–146.009593
Steers—Medium and Large 2723133.98/cwt130.00–135.009695
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3262140.62/cwt135.00–145.003685
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316132.85/cwt130.00–135.004205
Heifers—Medium and Large 3356130.73/cwt125.00–135.004657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412151.03/cwt150.00–153.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429144.67/cwt140.00–148.006218
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433130.53/cwt126.00–135.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472135.54/cwt135.00–136.006409
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473124.26/cwt120.00–128.005886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525142.20/cwt140.00–146.007478
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528115.03/cwt110.00–120.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563146.00/cwt140.00–148.0082212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620145.71/cwt138.00–148.009039
Heifers—Medium and Large 2634134.48/cwt132.00–136.008534
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3341142.04/cwt141.00–150.004848
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405135.00/cwt130.00–140.005472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513153.17/cwt150.00–154.0078610
Bulls—Medium and Large 3514138.28/cwt130.00–140.0071112
Bulls—Medium and Large 3572132.78/cwt130.00–138.007603
Bulls—Medium and Large 3640128.66/cwt128.00–130.008236
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30576.56/cwt75.00–78.009997
Bulls——1,80390.83/cwt88.00–93.001,6384
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96560.43/cwt57.00–64.005839
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00069.79/cwt67.00–73.006983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13173.18/cwt71.00–78.008284
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,115843.87/head800.00–875.008446
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-394365.84/cwt64.00–68.006212

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.