Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-06-05

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 242▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 31▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 6▲ 24 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, bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.78/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$120.78
67 head · 387 lb average
Value per head Derived
$467
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.84
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2384123.0447247
Medium and Large 3393115.4545420
One grade step is worth $7.59/cwt here — about $18 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 sale67 hd
120.78
—
GA average15 barns · 1,153 hd
115.93
+4.84
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—Average1,76376.481,3482thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48757.268515thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15852.6060923
CowsLean 85-90%Average98542.7942116

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1—467136.34/cwt135.00–139.006373
BullsMedium and Large 2—551118.00/cwt117.00–119.006502
BullsMedium and Large 2—468130.27/cwt124.00–134.006104
BullsMedium and Large 2—313141.55/cwt141.00–144.004436
BullsMedium and Large 2—374138.63/cwt138.00–141.0051811
BullsMedium and Large 2—419134.77/cwt131.00–139.0056512
BullsMedium and Large 3—583106.94/cwt102.00–112.006232
BullsMedium and Large 3—533119.33/cwt118.00–120.006363
BullsMedium and Large 3—486120.01/cwt119.00–121.005834
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518112.27/cwt110.00–115.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482116.29/cwt115.00–123.005616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268126.12/cwt122.00–129.003387
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430124.49/cwt120.00–129.0053513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330125.58/cwt124.00–129.0041417
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463107.65/cwt105.00–110.004983
HeifersMedium and Large 3—338117.56/cwt110.00–120.003974
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423116.20/cwt110.00–120.004925
HeifersMedium and Large 3—376116.86/cwt110.00–120.004398
SteersMedium and Large 2—417140.94/cwt139.00–144.005883
SteersMedium and Large 2—470142.76/cwt139.00–147.006716
SteersMedium and Large 3—411130.52/cwt130.00–137.0053614
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000690.00/cwt690.00–690.006,9002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,175680.00/cwt680.00–680.007,9902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04974.28/cwt68.00–78.007795
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—84571.68/cwt68.00–78.006066
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—67080.00/cwt80.00–80.005361
Bulls——1,76376.48/cwt75.00–78.001,3482
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28761.03/cwt60.00–64.007856
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08753.36/cwt51.00–57.005808
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13546.30/cwt42.00–49.005269
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48757.26/cwt55.00–60.008515
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01346.59/cwt44.00–50.004728
CowsLean 85-90%—95738.99/cwt35.00–42.003738

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.