Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2023-01-11

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jan 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
490 head
▲ 353 vs last sale 137▲ 263 vs year ago 227 · +115.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 86▲ 105 vs year ago 27 · +388.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 14 vs year ago 11 · +127.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly higher. Slaughter bulls 7.00 higher. Feeder steers, feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 4.00 higher. Bull calves lightly tested. Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.55/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$187.55
146 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.20
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512194.6399745
Medium and Large 2449188.1284560
Medium and Large 3423178.9775841
One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about $240 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 sale146 hd
187.55
—
GA average15 barns · 1,153 hd
183.35
+4.20
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—Low1,54993.861,45411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38682.571,1449thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13475.9686144
CowsLean 85-90%Average94770.0366340

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3263189.11/cwt185.00–193.004972
Steers—Medium and Large 2319195.87/cwt190.00–200.006258
Steers—Medium and Large 3332181.07/cwt176.00–185.006019
Steers—Medium and Large 2359192.80/cwt190.00–200.006928
Steers—Medium and Large 3388181.23/cwt180.00–185.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1392211.76/cwt210.00–220.008308
Steers—Medium and Large 1411212.48/cwt210.00–218.008734
Steers—Medium and Large 2424192.53/cwt190.00–200.0081612
Steers—Medium and Large 3430185.00/cwt178.00–188.0079613
Steers—Medium and Large 1459213.20/cwt210.00–215.009795
Steers—Medium and Large 2463195.57/cwt194.00–203.0090511
Steers—Medium and Large 3483178.35/cwt175.00–182.008615
Steers—Medium and Large 3510168.00/cwt165.00–170.008575
Steers—Medium and Large 1514192.03/cwt189.00–196.009879
Steers—Medium and Large 2523179.74/cwt176.00–180.0094016
Steers—Medium and Large 2557170.67/cwt165.00–175.009513
Steers—Medium and Large 3578156.12/cwt150.00–160.009023
Steers—Medium and Large 1586180.63/cwt180.00–181.001,05816
Steers—Medium and Large 1660176.62/cwt170.00–180.001,1663
Steers—Medium and Large 2660164.03/cwt160.00–168.001,0832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3287171.23/cwt170.00–172.004915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329153.71/cwt150.00–160.005065
Heifers—Medium and Large 3384154.41/cwt150.00–160.0059326
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413162.99/cwt160.00–165.006736
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431154.41/cwt148.00–158.0066621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3459144.53/cwt140.00–150.006634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2489158.55/cwt153.00–163.007757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506164.15/cwt160.00–165.0083128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575145.56/cwt140.00–150.0083712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626139.94/cwt137.00–146.008764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638154.90/cwt150.00–156.0098811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665132.63/cwt130.00–138.008823
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325212.47/cwt210.00–213.006916
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362171.04/cwt170.00–173.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423168.64/cwt165.00–172.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464168.68/cwt165.00–170.007834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466203.23/cwt200.00–208.009475
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558147.49/cwt145.00–150.008232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633142.98/cwt138.00–148.009052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3682129.86/cwt125.00–131.008867
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31387.21/cwt85.00–89.001,1453
Bulls——1,485107.47/cwt106.00–110.001,5962
Bulls——1,68892.65/cwt90.00–97.001,5646
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88660.79/cwt58.00–65.0053910
Cows—Lean 85-90%95770.06/cwt67.00–73.0067017
Cows—Lean 85-90%98077.10/cwt75.00–81.0075613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11683.30/cwt81.00–88.0093013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13268.54/cwt65.00–72.0077613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14876.03/cwt73.00–80.0087318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33878.97/cwt76.00–81.001,0575
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44587.07/cwt85.00–91.001,2584
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,13075.48/cwt75.00–76.008532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,17374.93/cwt71.00–78.008792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,23072.42/cwt70.00–76.008913

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.