Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2023-06-28

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 28
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
295 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 311▲ 53 vs year ago 242 · +21.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 84▲ 37 vs year ago 79 · +46.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 24▼ 3 vs year ago 31 · −9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves 2.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.79/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$228.79
75 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$980
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.24
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445233.631,03944
Medium and Large 2421223.9794318thin
Medium and Large 3383219.0884013thin
One grade step is worth $14.56/cwt here — about $200 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 sale75 hd
228.79
—
GA average16 barns · 1,098 hd
208.55
+20.24
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—Average1,467110.341,6198thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,368102.501,4022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13898.771,12434
CowsLean 85-90%Average96385.8682732

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 PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)750$8002thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3439257.50/cwt250.00–260.001,1307
Steers—Medium and Large 2501248.97/cwt245.00–250.001,24722
Steers—Medium and Large 3518238.38/cwt237.50–240.001,2353
Steers—Medium and Large 3560222.83/cwt222.50–227.501,24815
Steers—Medium and Large 2576235.85/cwt235.00–237.501,35812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356246.23/cwt245.00–247.508772
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358224.69/cwt220.00–227.508047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374231.56/cwt230.00–235.0086612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413212.53/cwt210.00–217.508786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424224.21/cwt222.50–225.009513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427235.63/cwt230.00–240.001,00632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520224.73/cwt220.00–227.501,16910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2606193.38/cwt190.00–200.001,1723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365253.09/cwt250.00–255.009244
Bulls—Medium and Large 3459231.72/cwt230.00–235.001,0643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2511222.87/cwt220.00–227.001,1396
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515236.26/cwt230.00–240.001,2174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565222.54/cwt220.00–225.001,2572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575214.26/cwt212.00–215.001,2324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627203.24/cwt200.00–210.001,2743
Bulls—Medium and Large 3639191.69/cwt190.00–195.001,2253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2682188.79/cwt185.00–190.001,2884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745175.03/cwt170.00–180.001,3042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775169.97/cwt167.50–172.501,3172
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,438111.31/cwt110.00–113.001,6016
Bulls——1,555107.43/cwt106.00–109.001,6712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90378.48/cwt75.00–82.007098
Cows—Lean 85-90%97687.16/cwt83.00–90.0085121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03296.48/cwt92.00–99.009963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12694.71/cwt92.00–98.001,06616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148102.37/cwt100.00–107.001,17518
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368102.50/cwt102.00–103.001,4022
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-398079.00/cwt79.00–79.007741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04099.53/cwt95.00–106.001,0355
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13799.89/cwt96.00–106.001,1366
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19099.77/cwt94.00–107.001,1876
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2750800.00/head800.00–800.008002

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.