Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-03-04

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Mar 4
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 191▲ 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 19▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 4▲ 6 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 mostly steady, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.98/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$142.98
49 head · 395 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$193
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$23.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2368147.9954432
Medium and Large 3317141.464499thin
Medium and Large 1591124.647378thin
One grade step is worth $23.35/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale49 hd
142.98
—
GA average14 barns · 1,700 hd
131.80
+11.18
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—Low1,57880.921,2779thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07867.887323thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39966.739338thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93152.114854thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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—666126.21/cwt123.00–129.008414
BullsMedium and Large 1—571137.55/cwt135.00–143.007855
BullsMedium and Large 3—323167.99/cwt167.00–169.005432
BullsMedium and Large 3—427153.85/cwt150.00–160.006573
Bulls——1,51777.07/cwt75.00–79.001,1693
Bulls——1,60882.85/cwt80.00–86.001,3326
SteersMedium and Large 2—512143.27/cwt140.00–146.007343
SteersMedium and Large 2—387164.91/cwt164.00–168.006384
SteersMedium and Large 2—326178.28/cwt172.00–180.005816
SteersMedium and Large 3—228154.84/cwt150.00–160.003532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04568.70/cwt65.00–72.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 3—256145.09/cwt140.00–150.003712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—436140.11/cwt138.00–147.006114
SteersMedium and Large 3—511125.09/cwt120.00–130.006392
SteersMedium and Large 3—368156.67/cwt150.00–160.005775
SteersMedium and Large 3—342158.15/cwt150.00–160.005418
SteersMedium and Large 1—627134.62/cwt130.00–140.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465135.05/cwt130.00–140.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335140.42/cwt138.00–145.004707
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517131.00/cwt128.00–132.006774
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386152.69/cwt145.00–155.005896
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322150.47/cwt147.00–155.004857
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272156.86/cwt155.00–165.004279
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07867.88/cwt66.00–70.007323
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36862.14/cwt60.00–65.008504
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42971.31/cwt68.00–74.001,0194
CowsLean 85-90%—89354.21/cwt52.00–56.004842
CowsLean 85-90%—96850.00/cwt49.00–51.004842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—591124.64/cwt123.00–125.007378

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.