Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-02-12

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Feb 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 203▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 35▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 15▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.83/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$157.83
41 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.65
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436161.9070610thin
Medium and Large 2388157.3061023
Medium and Large 3311154.254808thin
One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about $225 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 sale41 hd
157.83
—
GA average14 barns · 558 hd
146.18
+11.65
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—Low1,62775.881,2357thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10258.9064913
CowsLean 85-90%Low92348.3044615

Every lot, as filed

28 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—380166.44/cwt165.00–168.006324
BullsMedium and Large 1—216183.73/cwt180.00–190.003976
BullsMedium and Large 2—290171.19/cwt170.00–175.004964
Bulls——1,36571.82/cwt70.00–73.009803
Bulls——1,82478.92/cwt74.00–81.001,4404
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13968.47/cwt67.00–69.007804
SteersMedium and Large 2—428154.02/cwt150.00–158.006592
SteersMedium and Large 2—333165.21/cwt163.00–170.005505
SteersMedium and Large 2—594132.14/cwt129.00–137.007856
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—96865.61/cwt62.00–70.006353
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265127.55/cwt125.00–130.003382
SteersMedium and Large 2—283169.10/cwt165.00–175.0047910
SteersMedium and Large 3—277154.94/cwt150.00–160.004293
SteersMedium and Large 3—332153.83/cwt150.00–160.005115
SteersMedium and Large 1—461160.20/cwt156.00–165.007394
SteersMedium and Large 1—419163.03/cwt160.00–165.006836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415146.26/cwt142.00–149.006073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—334151.48/cwt146.00–156.0050610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313138.37/cwt135.00–142.004332
HeifersMedium and Large 2—231139.50/cwt135.00–143.003223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585108.01/cwt106.00–110.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—436124.45/cwt120.00–130.005434
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08654.65/cwt51.00–57.005939
CowsLean 85-90%—91946.10/cwt43.00–48.004247
CowsLean 85-90%—92650.23/cwt49.00–53.004658
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530128.04/cwt126.00–130.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—588120.52/cwt119.00–122.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 1—283157.04/cwt150.00–160.004443

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.