Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-05-06

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
102 vs last sale 239 35 vs year ago 172 · 20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
11 vs last sale 31 7 vs year ago 49 · 14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
5 vs last sale 16 5 vs year ago 16 · +31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves and heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, 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 $130.05/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$130.05
41 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.99
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542133.1872211thin
Medium and Large 2505129.0265120
Medium and Large 3448128.6557610thin
One grade step is worth $4.53/cwt here — about $146 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
130.05
GA average13 barns · 653 hd
129.05
+0.99
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
BullsHigh1,49383.021,2396thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41361.7287213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13956.6864616
CowsLean 85-90%Average97845.924492thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2547102.99/cwt100.00–106.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 1573107.53/cwt105.00–115.006165
HeifersMedium and Large 1465118.41/cwt118.00–119.005515
HeifersMedium and Large 1510112.52/cwt110.00–115.005742
CowsLean 85-90%97845.92/cwt43.00–48.004492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44163.74/cwt60.00–66.0091810
SteersMedium and Large 1367156.04/cwt150.00–160.005733
SteersMedium and Large 2325148.61/cwt144.00–152.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 2359120.07/cwt115.00–125.004313
HeifersMedium and Large 262396.33/cwt90.00–100.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 2465112.30/cwt110.00–115.005223
HeifersMedium and Large 2588101.99/cwt100.00–104.006002
SteersMedium and Large 3423132.13/cwt128.00–135.005595
SteersMedium and Large 2554120.43/cwt120.00–123.006677
SteersMedium and Large 2620116.74/cwt110.00–119.007245
SteersMedium and Large 2428141.59/cwt140.00–146.006065
SteersMedium and Large 1569130.97/cwt130.00–135.007455
SteersMedium and Large 1672114.01/cwt112.00–116.007663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-299853.68/cwt48.00–59.005362
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,200870.00/cwt870.00–870.0010,4402
SteersMedium and Large 3472125.17/cwt120.00–128.005915
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31855.00/cwt54.00–56.007253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08354.16/cwt52.00–56.005879
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21159.92/cwt58.00–64.007267
Bulls1,83386.62/cwt84.00–89.001,5883
Bulls1,15279.42/cwt75.00–82.009153
BullsMedium and Large 2673101.28/cwt99.00–105.006823

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.