Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-11-16

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Nov 16
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
▲ 146 vs last sale 259▼ 142 vs year ago 547 · −26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 96▼ 25 vs year ago 101 · −24.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 23▼ 4 vs year ago 20 · −20.0%
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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, bull calves and 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 $147.47/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$147.47
138 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.90
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543154.1783782
Medium and Large 2477141.7867634
Medium and Large 3503131.2766022
One grade step is worth $22.90/cwt here — about $177 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 sale138 hd
147.47
—
GA average16 barns · 2,102 hd
143.57
+3.90
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—High1,41783.041,17711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52174.781,13712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17573.2386014
CowsLean 85-90%Low95564.9862020

Every lot

54 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 3338183.40/cwt180.00–185.006203
Steers—Medium and Large 2381185.86/cwt180.00–190.007087
Steers—Medium and Large 1411183.75/cwt180.00–188.007557
Steers—Medium and Large 2432172.47/cwt170.00–178.007456
Steers—Medium and Large 2462171.68/cwt170.00–175.007933
Steers—Medium and Large 3466167.22/cwt160.00–168.0077910
Steers—Medium and Large 2524166.98/cwt164.00–170.008755
Steers—Medium and Large 2590156.50/cwt150.00–160.0092313
Steers—Medium and Large 1610167.76/cwt161.00–168.001,02343
Steers—Medium and Large 3625146.49/cwt145.00–148.009162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325134.48/cwt134.00–135.004372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326143.34/cwt140.00–148.004674
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365142.92/cwt140.00–150.005226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378161.93/cwt160.00–164.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414152.99/cwt152.00–154.006334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426144.82/cwt140.00–148.006177
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437134.27/cwt130.00–138.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 3469134.48/cwt130.00–138.006316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474143.23/cwt140.00–150.006796
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525131.60/cwt130.00–135.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1544154.83/cwt150.00–155.0084265
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573128.26/cwt125.00–133.007355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577155.98/cwt150.00–159.009006
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590142.97/cwt140.00–146.008442
Heifers—Medium and Large 3617124.40/cwt120.00–128.007683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620137.50/cwt132.00–140.008536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661141.19/cwt140.00–144.009335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2667135.24/cwt130.00–138.009023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2283178.46/cwt177.00–180.005052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323168.78/cwt165.00–173.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363173.98/cwt173.00–175.006322
Bulls—Medium and Large 3391158.23/cwt153.00–160.006194
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425145.86/cwt140.00–150.006205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438163.31/cwt160.00–170.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463161.54/cwt158.00–168.007484
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470149.89/cwt145.00–155.007042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516151.44/cwt150.00–155.007817
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565133.21/cwt130.00–135.007534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610140.99/cwt140.00–142.008602
Bulls—Medium and Large 378398.98/cwt98.00–100.007752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09375.09/cwt72.00–77.008213
Bulls——1,43583.41/cwt81.00–86.001,1976
Bulls——1,84893.88/cwt92.00–96.001,7352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91357.77/cwt53.00–60.005276
Cows—Lean 85-90%94266.22/cwt62.00–69.0062410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04872.71/cwt70.00–77.007624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16377.58/cwt75.00–81.009025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18170.82/cwt69.00–73.008369
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50674.91/cwt72.00–77.001,1286
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52281.69/cwt79.00–85.001,2433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55067.60/cwt67.00–69.001,0483
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-380464.66/cwt62.00–68.005204
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13575.56/cwt74.00–77.008582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,13863.27/cwt60.00–68.007202

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.