Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2020-11-04

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Nov 4
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
211 head
84 vs last sale 127 51 vs year ago 262 · 19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
4 vs last sale 21 5 vs year ago 12 · +41.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 6 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.68/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$115.68
59 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488116.7757052
Medium and Large 2490107.565277thin
One grade step is worth $9.21/cwt here — about $44 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 sale59 hd
115.68
GA average15 barns · 922 hd
114.01
+1.66
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
BullsLow1,51574.541,1298thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33063.538452thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19844.155293thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 266887.49/cwt85.00–90.005842
HeifersMedium and Large 1431124.19/cwt118.00–126.0053516
Bulls1,36065.59/cwt65.00–66.008922
CowsLean 85-90%1,19844.15/cwt42.00–45.005293
Bulls1,51075.23/cwt73.00–77.001,1364
Bulls1,67882.10/cwt80.00–85.001,3782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33063.53/cwt63.00–64.008452
BullsMedium and Large 1380156.00/cwt153.00–159.005932
BullsMedium and Large 1605108.50/cwt105.00–112.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 2487110.29/cwt109.00–113.005373
HeifersMedium and Large 1386125.86/cwt124.00–129.004866
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,0002
SteersMedium and Large 1428149.21/cwt145.00–155.006396
BullsMedium and Large 1445142.50/cwt139.00–146.006342
SteersMedium and Large 1628130.30/cwt127.00–133.008183
HeifersMedium and Large 2315123.55/cwt122.00–125.003892
SteersMedium and Large 2592113.30/cwt110.00–120.006713
SteersMedium and Large 2635119.66/cwt119.00–120.007603
SteersMedium and Large 1343161.50/cwt160.00–165.005544
SteersMedium and Large 1368157.24/cwt153.00–163.0057913
HeifersMedium and Large 1623104.41/cwt100.00–106.006505
SteersMedium and Large 1576132.80/cwt131.00–136.007658
SteersMedium and Large 1524137.26/cwt132.00–139.007197
HeifersMedium and Large 1467117.81/cwt116.00–121.005507
HeifersMedium and Large 1509111.15/cwt110.00–113.005667
HeifersMedium and Large 1567109.55/cwt107.00–110.0062111

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.