Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-09-01

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
343 vs last sale 485 424 vs year ago 566 · 74.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
32 vs last sale 91 18 vs year ago 41 · +43.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
17 vs last sale 38 6 vs year ago 15 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeders steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested. Steer calves lightly tested to steady. Heifer calves lightly tested to 2.00 lower. Bull calves lightly tested. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.35/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$126.35
28 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.73
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529131.786979thin
Medium and Large 2369130.784826thin
Medium and Large 3375120.5445213thin
One grade step is worth $11.24/cwt here — about $245 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 sale28 hd
126.35
GA average15 barns · 1,599 hd
128.07
−1.73
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
BullsAverage1,37086.721,1884thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33768.0391018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00964.9965522

Every lot, as filed

24 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
BullsMedium and Large 2470134.64/cwt133.00–136.006333
BullsMedium and Large 3523122.52/cwt119.00–126.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 1393141.50/cwt141.00–142.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 1568130.49/cwt130.00–131.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 1638124.50/cwt124.00–125.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 1520131.00/cwt129.00–134.006813
HeifersMedium and Large 3580117.46/cwt116.00–119.006812
SteersMedium and Large 1416174.03/cwt167.00–175.007248
SteersMedium and Large 2367154.89/cwt154.00–160.0056810
SteersMedium and Large 3465134.98/cwt134.00–136.006282
SteersMedium and Large 1477164.01/cwt160.00–165.007825
HeifersMedium and Large 2468126.97/cwt125.00–129.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 3387123.98/cwt120.00–128.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 2319132.69/cwt130.00–138.004234
HeifersMedium and Large 3311118.14/cwt115.00–122.003674
HeifersMedium and Large 3233122.47/cwt120.00–125.002852
HeifersMedium and Large 3420121.33/cwt118.00–125.005102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3996780.36/cwt650.00–900.007,77214
Bulls99580.48/cwt77.00–84.008012
Bulls1,74592.95/cwt92.00–94.001,6222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33768.03/cwt64.00–71.0091018
CowsLean 85-90%1,06368.04/cwt65.00–71.007239
CowsLean 85-90%1,07575.80/cwt73.00–79.008152
CowsLean 85-90%95260.53/cwt56.00–63.0057611

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.