Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-05-05

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 5
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
157 head
183 vs last sale 340 20 vs year ago 137 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
67 vs last sale 121 12 vs year ago 42 · +28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
36 vs last sale 52 5 vs year ago 21 · 23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago . Slaughter cows 2.00 higher . Slaughter bulls steady . Feeder steers , heifers and bulls lightly tested . Steer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower . Heifer calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower . Bull calves lightly tested . Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.08/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$116.08
33 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.12
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2453118.3053627
Medium and Large 3547106.115806thin
One grade step is worth $12.19/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale33 hd
116.08
GA average15 barns · 1,285 hd
118.20
−2.12
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
BullsAverage1,62782.901,34913
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17465.1976517
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00354.1254311

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsLean 85-90%92058.42/cwt56.00–62.005374
CowsLean 85-90%1,05151.67/cwt49.00–54.005437
Bulls1,68184.59/cwt82.00–88.001,4229
Bulls1,50579.11/cwt77.00–81.001,1914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03075.04/cwt74.00–76.007732
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31559.47/cwt58.00–61.007823
HeifersMedium and Large 3523102.39/cwt98.00–107.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 377391.94/cwt90.00–94.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 2413126.34/cwt120.00–129.005227
SteersMedium and Large 3328133.89/cwt132.00–136.004392
SteersMedium and Large 2463133.56/cwt130.00–137.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 2467115.48/cwt114.00–118.0053920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16364.98/cwt63.00–69.0075612
HeifersMedium and Large 3345124.00/cwt120.00–128.004282
BullsMedium and Large 3464117.73/cwt115.00–120.005464
SteersMedium and Large 3512115.41/cwt110.00–119.005915
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0631,079.12/cwt700.00–1,275.0011,4718
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30865.31/cwt62.00–69.008542
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01856.88/cwt55.00–59.005793
SteersMedium and Large 3363131.19/cwt129.00–132.004764
SteersMedium and Large 3428131.58/cwt130.00–136.005638
SteersMedium and Large 3278137.31/cwt132.00–140.003824

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.