Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2019-11-13

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Nov 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
30 vs last sale 262 232 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
1 vs last sale 12 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 2 5 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 and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, steer and bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, 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 $111.00/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$111.00
72 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.12
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423118.955032thin
Medium and Large 2469110.9652068
Medium and Large 3406104.494242thin
One grade step is worth $14.46/cwt here — about $79 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 sale72 hd
111.00
GA average16 barns · 1,577 hd
112.12
−1.12
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
BullsAverage1,34065.538783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31753.227013thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04844.514662thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1342155.10/cwt150.00–160.005302
BullsMedium and Large 1385155.51/cwt155.00–156.005992
BullsMedium and Large 1414149.24/cwt146.00–153.006184
BullsMedium and Large 2478125.92/cwt123.00–129.006022
BullsMedium and Large 2443131.32/cwt130.00–134.005823
BullsMedium and Large 2524120.14/cwt119.00–124.006308
BullsMedium and Large 3452116.65/cwt110.00–120.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 1423118.95/cwt118.00–120.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 2318120.95/cwt120.00–122.003852
HeifersMedium and Large 2623100.02/cwt97.00–104.006233
HeifersMedium and Large 2577105.07/cwt100.00–110.006067
HeifersMedium and Large 2370118.69/cwt112.00–122.004398
HeifersMedium and Large 2522108.55/cwt106.00–110.0056714
HeifersMedium and Large 2412114.35/cwt110.00–116.0047115
HeifersMedium and Large 2467109.65/cwt106.00–115.0051219
HeifersMedium and Large 3406104.49/cwt104.00–105.004242
SteersMedium and Large 1635125.95/cwt124.00–128.008002
SteersMedium and Large 1328168.50/cwt165.00–175.005533
SteersMedium and Large 1405151.01/cwt145.00–155.006123
SteersMedium and Large 1385153.45/cwt151.00–157.005914
SteersMedium and Large 1525131.81/cwt130.00–136.006924
SteersMedium and Large 1476141.25/cwt137.00–143.006725
SteersMedium and Large 2563114.98/cwt110.00–120.006472
SteersMedium and Large 2524120.64/cwt120.00–122.006323
SteersMedium and Large 2432137.42/cwt130.00–140.005944
SteersMedium and Large 2452123.01/cwt122.00–126.005564
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-295861.52/cwt60.00–63.005892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-284565.00/cwt65.00–65.005491
Bulls1,45068.00/cwt68.00–68.009861
Bulls1,28564.30/cwt61.00–68.008262
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31753.22/cwt51.00–55.007013
CowsLean 85-90%1,04844.51/cwt41.00–48.004662

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.