Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-06-26

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 26
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 264▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 40▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 21▲ 27 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 and bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer,bull,and heifer calves steady, replacement cows was lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.48/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$119.48
49 head · 413 lb average
Value per head Derived
$494
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.75
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453126.0857110thin
Medium and Large 2430119.3051327
Medium and Large 3342114.4039212thin
One grade step is worth $11.68/cwt here — about $180 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 sale49 hd
119.48
—
GA average16 barns · 1,262 hd
113.74
+5.75
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—Low1,67076.211,2734thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10158.596458thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average88351.644562thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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—380144.99/cwt144.00–146.005512
BullsMedium and Large 2—615107.01/cwt106.00–108.006582
BullsMedium and Large 2—292138.40/cwt135.00–140.004043
BullsMedium and Large 2—437130.28/cwt127.00–137.005693
BullsMedium and Large 2—562120.97/cwt118.00–124.006803
BullsMedium and Large 2—510128.25/cwt125.00–130.006544
BullsMedium and Large 2—489125.64/cwt120.00–129.006146
BullsMedium and Large 3—525116.57/cwt110.00–120.006123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425127.95/cwt124.00–130.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465125.28/cwt123.00–128.005837
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420121.50/cwt120.00–123.005102
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375130.77/cwt130.00–131.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528110.27/cwt108.00–113.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—341128.55/cwt126.00–129.004386
HeifersMedium and Large 2—464112.97/cwt110.00–115.0052411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265115.44/cwt114.00–117.003062
HeifersMedium and Large 3—401105.00/cwt101.00–109.004212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377118.57/cwt115.00–122.004473
HeifersMedium and Large 3—329115.24/cwt111.00–120.003795
SteersMedium and Large 1—512139.69/cwt138.00–143.007153
SteersMedium and Large 2—380144.48/cwt143.00–146.005492
SteersMedium and Large 2—463134.87/cwt130.00–140.006242
SteersMedium and Large 3—528117.30/cwt116.00–120.006193
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07754.24/cwt49.00–61.005843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—81050.00/cwt50.00–50.004051
Bulls——1,60070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1201
Bulls——1,69378.28/cwt75.00–80.001,3253
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10158.59/cwt56.00–61.006458
CowsLean 85-90%—88351.64/cwt50.00–53.004562

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.