Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-04-29

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Apr 29
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
239 head
147 vs last sale 386 114 vs year ago 125 · +91.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
11 vs last sale 20 9 vs year ago 22 · +40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
0 vs last sale 16 13 vs year ago 3 · +433.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $127.62/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$127.62
70 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$188
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$29.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3427132.6656731
Medium and Large 2541129.7570330
Medium and Large 1731103.177549thin
One grade step is worth $29.49/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale70 hd
127.62
GA average13 barns · 809 hd
125.33
+2.29
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
BullsLow1,73083.281,44110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47560.448915thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10556.746278thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00347.524775thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls1,85287.29/cwt86.00–88.001,6173
Bulls1,67881.56/cwt79.00–84.001,3697
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02063.50/cwt60.00–66.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 2528109.61/cwt105.00–114.0057913
HeifersMedium and Large 2576104.63/cwt104.00–106.0060311
HeifersMedium and Large 272793.21/cwt90.00–94.006785
HeifersMedium and Large 2470113.79/cwt112.00–115.005355
HeifersMedium and Large 2625100.03/cwt97.00–103.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 277388.99/cwt86.00–92.006882
SteersMedium and Large 2358152.98/cwt152.00–154.005482
SteersMedium and Large 1731103.17/cwt101.00–106.007549
HeifersMedium and Large 3432114.17/cwt113.00–115.004936
HeifersMedium and Large 3378116.97/cwt114.00–122.004423
HeifersMedium and Large 3468104.66/cwt100.00–109.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 3323119.66/cwt115.00–125.003872
SteersMedium and Large 3565116.96/cwt115.00–119.006612
SteersMedium and Large 2489141.51/cwt134.00–144.006929
SteersMedium and Large 2624117.15/cwt115.00–118.007317
SteersMedium and Large 2559125.13/cwt120.00–126.006997
SteersMedium and Large 2441144.96/cwt139.00–149.006393
SteersMedium and Large 276191.05/cwt87.00–95.006932
SteersMedium and Large 3405132.45/cwt127.00–135.005368
SteersMedium and Large 3329149.39/cwt148.00–158.004918
SteersMedium and Large 3468126.98/cwt120.00–130.005944
SteersMedium and Large 3381135.50/cwt132.00–141.005164
SteersMedium and Large 3527122.97/cwt120.00–127.006483
SteersMedium and Large 3630102.56/cwt100.00–105.006462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-288666.00/cwt66.00–66.005851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17566.00/cwt66.00–66.007761
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,300875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,3752
CowsLean 85-90%1,00347.52/cwt45.00–49.004775
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47560.44/cwt58.00–64.008915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13354.48/cwt51.00–58.006176

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.