Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-09-25

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
▼ 202 vs last sale 440▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 77▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 22▲ 7 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 to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 lower,bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.57/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$106.57
75 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$490
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.64
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2483108.3152459
Medium and Large 3373100.1637316thin
One grade step is worth $8.15/cwt here — about $150 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
106.57
—
GA average16 barns · 1,761 hd
104.93
+1.64
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—Average1,36864.478827thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15144.3651117
CowsLean 85-90%Average98435.2834719

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 2—63097.54/cwt93.00–102.006152
BullsMedium and Large 2—517104.67/cwt103.00–107.005413
BullsMedium and Large 2—315126.06/cwt120.00–130.003975
BullsMedium and Large 2—67790.20/cwt90.00–91.006115
BullsMedium and Large 2—434117.64/cwt116.00–119.005116
BullsMedium and Large 2—582100.41/cwt100.00–102.0058410
BullsMedium and Large 2—368124.57/cwt120.00–130.0045811
BullsMedium and Large 2—481103.25/cwt100.00–110.0049712
BullsMedium and Large 3—332103.27/cwt100.00–110.003433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273117.83/cwt115.00–123.003223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373109.39/cwt108.00–112.004083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71789.67/cwt89.00–90.006433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322117.66/cwt111.00–121.003795
HeifersMedium and Large 2—452112.40/cwt112.00–113.005085
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416111.00/cwt106.00–115.004628
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579101.72/cwt100.00–106.0058910
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520108.37/cwt104.00–110.0056422
HeifersMedium and Large 3—52391.21/cwt86.00–96.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 3—27097.22/cwt93.00–103.002623
HeifersMedium and Large 3—43299.06/cwt97.00–103.004283
HeifersMedium and Large 3—331104.10/cwt100.00–107.003454
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371103.74/cwt101.00–106.003854
SteersMedium and Large 2—566117.40/cwt117.00–119.006645
SteersMedium and Large 2—611118.17/cwt115.00–119.007225
SteersMedium and Large 2—472122.76/cwt119.00–126.0057912
SteersMedium and Large 3—380124.49/cwt124.00–125.004732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,20548.00/cwt48.00–48.005781
Bulls——1,94571.69/cwt69.00–74.001,3942
Bulls——1,13761.58/cwt59.00–65.007005
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08239.87/cwt36.00–43.004316
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18946.81/cwt44.00–50.0055711
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03339.18/cwt38.00–40.004056
CowsLean 85-90%—96133.48/cwt30.00–37.0032213

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.