Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2023-07-19

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jul 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
368 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 440▲ 28 vs year ago 340 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 106▼ 18 vs year ago 58 · −31.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 13▲ 38 vs year ago 14 · +271.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.84/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$212.84
125 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.56
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531216.171,14847
Medium and Large 2487213.671,04047
Medium and Large 3478206.5498731
One grade step is worth $9.63/cwt here — about $161 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 sale125 hd
212.84
—
GA average16 barns · 1,863 hd
219.40
−6.56
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—High1,540113.581,7494thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,445103.001,4883thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12393.181,04720
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14686.639935thin

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)990$8002thin

Every lot

46 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 3368267.52/cwt265.00–270.009842
Steers—Medium and Large 2412261.72/cwt260.00–265.001,0783
Steers—Medium and Large 3419252.75/cwt250.00–257.501,0599
Steers—Medium and Large 2460245.98/cwt240.00–250.001,13213
Steers—Medium and Large 1463252.63/cwt251.00–257.501,17017
Steers—Medium and Large 3484233.72/cwt230.00–235.001,1314
Steers—Medium and Large 1520247.89/cwt242.50–250.001,28937
Steers—Medium and Large 2565230.04/cwt225.00–235.001,3002
Steers—Medium and Large 1575236.24/cwt235.00–237.501,3582
Steers—Medium and Large 3627207.41/cwt200.00–210.001,3004
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315241.88/cwt237.50–247.507624
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338226.28/cwt225.00–230.007654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415231.96/cwt230.00–235.009635
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424212.33/cwt210.00–220.0090013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472223.84/cwt220.00–227.501,05721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475212.72/cwt210.00–217.501,01032
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529203.56/cwt200.00–207.501,0777
Heifers—Medium and Large 3567191.22/cwt190.00–192.501,0842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569212.25/cwt210.00–217.501,20811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583206.19/cwt200.00–209.001,20211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613206.24/cwt205.00–207.501,2642
Heifers—Medium and Large 3624186.01/cwt185.00–187.501,1615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670200.51/cwt200.00–202.501,3435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714183.27/cwt180.00–185.001,3093
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320250.64/cwt250.00–252.508024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2386264.71/cwt262.00–267.501,0222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465237.14/cwt230.00–240.001,1036
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477223.58/cwt220.00–227.501,0662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512233.54/cwt230.00–237.501,1967
Bulls—Medium and Large 3517215.84/cwt215.00–217.501,1163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570223.65/cwt220.00–227.501,2756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621215.89/cwt215.00–217.501,34114
Bulls—Medium and Large 3684186.25/cwt185.00–187.501,2742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1768186.24/cwt185.00–190.001,4304
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8301
Bulls——1,525105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6011
Bulls——1,568113.65/cwt112.00–115.001,7822
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05091.07/cwt90.00–92.009562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08289.17/cwt85.00–92.009659
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15796.46/cwt93.00–100.001,11611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0472
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25075.00/cwt75.00–75.009381
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,4883
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160112.48/cwt110.00–115.001,3052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20398.15/cwt90.00–106.001,18112
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2990800.00/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.