Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-01-27

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jan 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
104 vs last sale 291 47 vs year ago 234 · 20.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
48 vs last sale 64 36 vs year ago 52 · 69.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
26 vs last sale 30 15 vs year ago 19 · 78.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls steady, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.67/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$123.67
53 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.11
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505128.8565137
Medium and Large 2442118.215224thin
Medium and Large 3402109.5144012thin
One grade step is worth $19.34/cwt here — about $211 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 sale53 hd
123.67
GA average16 barns · 1,389 hd
115.56
+8.11
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
BullsAverage1,66080.651,3393thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29965.198475thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22860.417422thin

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
Bulls1,66080.65/cwt79.00–82.001,3393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22860.41/cwt59.00–62.007422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28863.44/cwt62.00–65.008172
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30766.36/cwt66.00–67.008673
BullsMedium and Large 1678112.44/cwt109.00–116.007622
HeifersMedium and Large 1425137.75/cwt135.00–142.005855
BullsMedium and Large 2382148.45/cwt145.00–150.005673
SteersMedium and Large 2612113.32/cwt110.00–118.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1527124.88/cwt120.00–126.006586
HeifersMedium and Large 1468133.31/cwt128.00–137.006249
SteersMedium and Large 367499.94/cwt95.00–105.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 355892.51/cwt90.00–95.005162
SteersMedium and Large 1623129.01/cwt125.00–134.008044
SteersMedium and Large 1543151.65/cwt149.00–156.008233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,47059.00/cwt59.00–59.008671
HeifersMedium and Large 3414111.03/cwt110.00–114.004604
SteersMedium and Large 1719127.51/cwt125.00–129.009174
SteersMedium and Large 3640102.50/cwt100.00–105.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 2313127.04/cwt122.00–132.003982
HeifersMedium and Large 2570109.38/cwt105.00–114.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 1558122.78/cwt118.00–126.0068510
HeifersMedium and Large 1380145.00/cwt144.00–146.005513
SteersMedium and Large 3369148.76/cwt145.00–150.005494
HeifersMedium and Large 1621116.72/cwt114.00–119.007254
SteersMedium and Large 1567137.07/cwt135.00–145.0077712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3002
SteersMedium and Large 2470142.25/cwt136.00–146.006695
SteersMedium and Large 1768115.67/cwt115.00–117.008883
HeifersMedium and Large 3342114.16/cwt111.00–118.003906

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.