Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-05-11

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, May 11
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
236 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 386▲ 104 vs year ago 132 · +78.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 86▲ 5 vs year ago 58 · +8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 10▼ 3 vs year ago 17 · −17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers , feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves steady. Bull calves lightly tested. Heifer calves 1.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.47/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$146.47
48 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.35
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466159.097417thin
Medium and Large 2494145.0271727
Medium and Large 3362142.9751814thin
One grade step is worth $16.12/cwt here — about $224 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 sale48 hd
146.47
—
GA average15 barns · 1,278 hd
143.12
+3.35
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—Low1,43393.451,3395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21873.658976thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57772.631,1453thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07271.5676723

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 2—467144.31/cwt140.00–148.006743
BullsMedium and Large 3—425143.24/cwt138.00–148.006092
BullsMedium and Large 1—433158.97/cwt158.00–160.006882
BullsMedium and Large 3—775109.56/cwt105.00–114.008492
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423153.94/cwt150.00–160.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578137.91/cwt132.00–142.007974
SteersMedium and Large 3—384162.52/cwt160.00–168.006245
SteersMedium and Large 3—340164.06/cwt160.00–168.005582
SteersMedium and Large 3—433158.40/cwt155.00–163.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 3—356142.32/cwt138.00–148.005076
SteersMedium and Large 2—333178.99/cwt178.00–180.005962
SteersMedium and Large 2—557155.25/cwt150.00–157.008654
SteersMedium and Large 2—425171.02/cwt170.00–172.007272
SteersMedium and Large 3—467157.65/cwt150.00–160.007369
HeifersMedium and Large 3—324141.13/cwt138.00–148.004575
SteersMedium and Large 3—513151.99/cwt149.00–155.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466159.09/cwt152.00–162.007417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521148.68/cwt146.00–150.007756
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438147.34/cwt146.00–148.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—622129.79/cwt129.00–130.008075
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371153.57/cwt150.00–160.005707
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463143.03/cwt138.00–148.006622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,04865.37/cwt64.00–67.006852
Bulls——1,37888.94/cwt88.00–90.001,2262
Bulls——1,47096.45/cwt93.00–100.001,4183
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57772.63/cwt70.00–75.001,1453
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08175.33/cwt73.00–80.0081410
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06568.66/cwt65.00–72.0073113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21873.65/cwt71.00–76.008976

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.