Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-05-12

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
25 vs last sale 157 139 vs year ago 271 · 51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
4 vs last sale 54 23 vs year ago 81 · 28.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
1 vs last sale 16 131 vs year ago 148 · 88.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls steady. Feeder Steers, Heifers and Bulls lightly tested. Steer Calves and Bulls Calves lightly tested. Heifer Calves 2.00 higher. Replacement Cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.29/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$116.29
45 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.58
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521122.786405thin
Medium and Large 2483118.9257426
Medium and Large 3521109.0956814thin
One grade step is worth $13.69/cwt here — about $71 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 sale45 hd
116.29
GA average16 barns · 1,310 hd
119.88
−3.58
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
BullsAverage1,36679.781,0909thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08064.9770114
CowsLean 85-90%Average90958.9753622

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05563.82/cwt61.00–67.006735
CowsLean 85-90%1,02060.29/cwt58.00–64.006158
CowsLean 85-90%83467.72/cwt65.00–71.005654
CowsLean 85-90%85154.41/cwt52.00–57.0046310
Bulls1,45882.01/cwt79.00–85.001,1966
Bulls1,18275.33/cwt72.00–78.008903
BullsMedium and Large 2585109.50/cwt109.00–110.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 2460115.05/cwt110.00–120.005292
SteersMedium and Large 3475120.49/cwt120.00–121.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 3408113.02/cwt110.00–116.004612
HeifersMedium and Large 1521122.78/cwt121.00–125.006405
SteersMedium and Large 1768128.31/cwt127.00–131.009853
HeifersMedium and Large 2516114.99/cwt110.00–119.005937
SteersMedium and Large 2263146.86/cwt144.00–150.003862
HeifersMedium and Large 3521104.45/cwt100.00–108.005445
HeifersMedium and Large 3621107.20/cwt105.00–109.006665
HeifersMedium and Large 2600113.33/cwt110.00–115.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 2431126.51/cwt120.00–130.005456
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07957.53/cwt55.00–59.006214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10572.07/cwt70.00–75.007965
SteersMedium and Large 2572136.03/cwt134.00–138.007783
HeifersMedium and Large 2338134.23/cwt134.00–135.004544
SteersMedium and Large 1665131.74/cwt131.00–132.008764
SteersMedium and Large 1628132.51/cwt132.00–133.008322
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2967928.02/cwt800.00–1,025.008,97412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03061.87/cwt60.00–63.006373
HeifersMedium and Large 2571105.26/cwt105.00–106.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 3383121.51/cwt120.00–123.004652

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.