Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-05-01

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 1
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
149 vs last sale 274 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
21 vs last sale 43 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
5 vs last sale 8 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.77/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$134.77
34 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.32
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433140.7961010thin
Medium and Large 2445133.6059422
Medium and Large 3573117.496732thin
One grade step is worth $23.30/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale34 hd
134.77
GA average16 barns · 1,643 hd
130.44
+4.32
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
BullsAverage1,83881.961,5062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14654.8062812

Every lot, as filed

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1364166.71/cwt163.00–168.006074
BullsMedium and Large 3358144.38/cwt140.00–150.005175
HeifersMedium and Large 1433140.79/cwt140.00–143.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 2528125.51/cwt125.00–126.006632
HeifersMedium and Large 2480138.35/cwt136.00–140.006643
HeifersMedium and Large 2314143.76/cwt140.00–145.004514
HeifersMedium and Large 2373135.17/cwt130.00–140.005044
HeifersMedium and Large 2592123.46/cwt122.00–128.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 2434132.71/cwt130.00–138.005765
HeifersMedium and Large 3573117.49/cwt115.00–120.006732
SteersMedium and Large 1457163.66/cwt162.00–164.007486
SteersMedium and Large 2463155.54/cwt153.00–158.007202
SteersMedium and Large 2435159.98/cwt158.00–164.006963
SteersMedium and Large 2568146.68/cwt146.00–148.008336
SteersMedium and Large 3325154.77/cwt150.00–160.005032
SteersMedium and Large 3585135.04/cwt130.00–140.007902
SteersMedium and Large 3618123.92/cwt120.00–128.007662
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,175775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,1061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-284553.00/cwt53.00–53.004481
Bulls1,83881.96/cwt80.00–84.001,5062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14750.99/cwt50.00–53.005853
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14656.07/cwt54.00–59.006439

How this sale compares

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.