Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2022-10-12

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Oct 12
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
38 vs last sale 368 39 vs year ago 291 · +13.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
33 vs last sale 97 0 vs year ago 64 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
26 vs last sale 35 4 vs year ago 13 · 30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago : Slaughter cows 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves and bull calves steady. Heifer calves 5.00 lower. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.86/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$125.86
84 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.03
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1329151.124979thin
Medium and Large 2582123.9072137
Medium and Large 3434121.7752838
One grade step is worth $29.35/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale84 hd
125.86
GA average14 barns · 1,358 hd
130.89
−5.03
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
BullsLow1,74183.191,4488thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40766.779395thin
CowsLean 85-90%High94160.4456910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21760.277337thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 2525141.92/cwt140.00–144.007452
BullsMedium and Large 3508133.12/cwt128.00–138.006768
BullsMedium and Large 2610125.32/cwt118.00–128.007645
BullsMedium and Large 3672106.68/cwt100.00–110.007176
BullsMedium and Large 3363151.17/cwt145.00–155.005495
BullsMedium and Large 3482138.29/cwt133.00–141.006675
SteersMedium and Large 1468162.87/cwt160.00–170.0076210
SteersMedium and Large 2583153.06/cwt148.00–158.008922
HeifersMedium and Large 2629120.48/cwt116.00–126.007585
HeifersMedium and Large 3359123.96/cwt120.00–125.004455
HeifersMedium and Large 2660113.89/cwt112.00–122.0075210
SteersMedium and Large 3418153.18/cwt150.00–158.006405
HeifersMedium and Large 3418120.48/cwt115.00–125.005049
HeifersMedium and Large 3337134.13/cwt133.00–138.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 2514135.90/cwt130.00–138.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 2288150.48/cwt148.00–153.004332
HeifersMedium and Large 2572124.91/cwt118.00–128.0071416
SteersMedium and Large 3571144.71/cwt140.00–147.008266
SteersMedium and Large 3266165.32/cwt160.00–170.004405
HeifersMedium and Large 3518119.51/cwt115.00–125.006197
HeifersMedium and Large 3458119.24/cwt115.00–125.0054613
HeifersMedium and Large 1329151.12/cwt150.00–154.004979
BullsMedium and Large 370597.50/cwt95.00–100.006872
BullsMedium and Large 3413142.20/cwt140.00–150.005876
BullsMedium and Large 3572121.98/cwt120.00–124.006983
BullsMedium and Large 3318153.80/cwt148.00–158.004894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,19562.06/cwt61.00–63.007422
Bulls1,74183.19/cwt80.00–86.001,4488
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21760.27/cwt60.00–62.007337
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40766.77/cwt65.00–71.009395
CowsLean 85-90%95371.80/cwt70.00–73.006843
CowsLean 85-90%93655.57/cwt53.00–60.005207

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.