Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-10-30

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 30
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
236 vs last sale 410 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
17 vs last sale 22 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
5 vs last sale 8 13 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 lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady,heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.13/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$107.13
42 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$447
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.21
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462112.405198thin
Medium and Large 2424106.6345227
Medium and Large 3338103.053487thin
One grade step is worth $9.35/cwt here — about $171 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 sale42 hd
107.13
GA average16 barns · 1,375 hd
109.34
−2.21
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
BullsLow1,48354.778122thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30741.475425thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09831.323443thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1380153.13/cwt148.00–158.005822
BullsMedium and Large 1417149.82/cwt145.00–155.006258
BullsMedium and Large 2325142.54/cwt140.00–145.004632
HeifersMedium and Large 1462112.40/cwt110.00–115.005198
HeifersMedium and Large 2318110.52/cwt110.00–111.003512
HeifersMedium and Large 2515101.96/cwt100.00–104.005252
HeifersMedium and Large 2377111.31/cwt110.00–113.004203
HeifersMedium and Large 2465105.97/cwt100.00–109.004934
HeifersMedium and Large 2271110.59/cwt110.00–111.003005
HeifersMedium and Large 2403111.00/cwt109.00–112.004475
HeifersMedium and Large 257098.03/cwt90.00–100.005596
HeifersMedium and Large 3370102.58/cwt99.00–109.003803
HeifersMedium and Large 3314103.40/cwt100.00–108.003254
SteersMedium and Large 1280157.65/cwt155.00–160.004413
SteersMedium and Large 1317157.27/cwt151.00–160.004995
SteersMedium and Large 1374155.55/cwt150.00–158.005825
SteersMedium and Large 2293146.97/cwt140.00–150.004314
SteersMedium and Large 2512125.60/cwt124.00–126.006435
SteersMedium and Large 2467129.75/cwt128.00–130.006068
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11853.92/cwt50.00–57.006033
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23547.08/cwt43.00–51.005812
Bulls1,48354.77/cwt54.00–56.008122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30741.47/cwt38.00–44.005425
CowsLean 85-90%1,09831.32/cwt28.00–35.003443

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.