Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-02-26

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Feb 26
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 201▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 33▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 8▲ 4 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 steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.22/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$135.22
47 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503137.5669227
Medium and Large 3330136.924522thin
Medium and Large 2474131.5262418thin
One grade step is worth $6.05/cwt here — about $68 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 sale47 hd
135.22
—
GA average14 barns · 1,323 hd
130.36
+4.86
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—Low1,49075.911,1312thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49071.621,0672thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12663.1771111

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—678128.38/cwt124.00–133.008702
BullsMedium and Large 1—590134.97/cwt130.00–138.007963
BullsMedium and Large 2—512141.03/cwt139.00–143.007223
Bulls——1,49075.91/cwt74.00–78.001,1312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15071.90/cwt71.00–73.008272
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12161.23/cwt57.00–64.006869
SteersMedium and Large 1—643135.61/cwt134.00–136.008725
SteersMedium and Large 1—511158.65/cwt152.00–162.008116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01068.80/cwt64.00–76.006953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04570.00/cwt70.00–70.007321
SteersMedium and Large 2—337171.43/cwt170.00–178.005785
SteersMedium and Large 2—520144.48/cwt140.00–149.007516
SteersMedium and Large 2—454152.30/cwt150.00–156.006917
SteersMedium and Large 2—439170.78/cwt167.00–172.007504
SteersMedium and Large 3—420155.68/cwt150.00–160.006546
SteersMedium and Large 1—490167.02/cwt165.00–169.008182
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560130.52/cwt126.00–133.007319
HeifersMedium and Large 2—213152.28/cwt147.00–157.003242
HeifersMedium and Large 2—443140.03/cwt135.00–145.006202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322150.20/cwt146.00–155.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588119.76/cwt118.00–120.007048
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330136.92/cwt132.00–142.004522
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49071.62/cwt69.00–75.001,0672
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515136.04/cwt132.00–140.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673116.92/cwt114.00–120.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 1—389149.35/cwt147.00–150.005816
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518124.66/cwt120.00–130.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479142.19/cwt141.00–146.006818

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.