Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-10-06

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▼ 250 vs last sale 447▼ 95 vs year ago 292 · −32.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 29▼ 90 vs year ago 110 · −81.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 13▼ 18 vs year ago 29 · −62.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago : Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls lightly tested. Feeder steers , feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves 2.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.46/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$125.46
43 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.43
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543132.227185thin
Medium and Large 2435126.0054827
Medium and Large 3444121.0753811thin
One grade step is worth $11.15/cwt here — about $180 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 sale43 hd
125.46
—
GA average15 barns · 1,500 hd
119.03
+6.43
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
Bulls—Low1,50077.611,1644thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,45354.517922thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07844.204762thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1—413141.02/cwt140.00–142.005822
BullsMedium and Large 1—479138.45/cwt136.00–140.006634
BullsMedium and Large 2—475127.47/cwt125.00–130.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2—575120.01/cwt119.00–121.006902
BullsMedium and Large 3—728101.95/cwt100.00–104.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525132.70/cwt131.00–134.006973
HeifersMedium and Large 3—608110.98/cwt106.00–116.006752
SteersMedium and Large 2—315161.45/cwt160.00–163.005092
HeifersMedium and Large 2—658115.98/cwt111.00–121.007632
SteersMedium and Large 3—487129.67/cwt128.00–131.006313
SteersMedium and Large 3—525122.81/cwt118.00–128.006452
SteersMedium and Large 1—364161.45/cwt160.00–163.005882
SteersMedium and Large 3—585119.54/cwt115.00–124.006992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408131.99/cwt130.00–134.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322131.15/cwt130.00–134.004225
SteersMedium and Large 1—520152.55/cwt150.00–155.0079310
SteersMedium and Large 2—523138.70/cwt136.00–144.007253
SteersMedium and Large 2—390153.97/cwt150.00–158.006006
SteersMedium and Large 2—460146.72/cwt138.00–148.006758
HeifersMedium and Large 3—387123.59/cwt118.00–128.004783
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273132.86/cwt130.00–136.003632
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477123.04/cwt120.00–125.0058714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570131.50/cwt131.00–132.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418123.17/cwt116.00–126.005156
HeifersMedium and Large 2—393130.99/cwt130.00–132.005152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,06845.12/cwt41.00–48.004823
Bulls——1,50077.61/cwt76.00–78.001,1644
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07844.20/cwt41.00–48.004762
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45354.51/cwt52.00–58.007922

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.