Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2023-06-14

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 14
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
490 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 580▲ 47 vs year ago 443 · +10.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 153▲ 50 vs year ago 62 · +80.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 42▲ 1 vs year ago 12 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers 2.00 lower, feeder heifer 2.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.18/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$220.18
166 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.70
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515224.741,15890
Medium and Large 2512216.991,11120
Medium and Large 3399214.0185456
One grade step is worth $10.73/cwt here — about $303 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 sale166 hd
220.18
—
GA average16 barns · 2,760 hd
218.48
+1.70
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—Low1,713113.081,9379thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,407108.551,52818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15196.301,10820
CowsLean 85-90%Low97980.7479015

Every lot, as filed

48 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
CowsLean 85-90%—95776.84/cwt74.00–79.007357
CowsLean 85-90%—99884.16/cwt80.00–87.008408
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42597.18/cwt93.00–100.001,3853
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,419114.08/cwt110.00–117.001,6199
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,381105.93/cwt103.00–108.001,4636
BullsMedium and Large 1—588226.26/cwt225.00–227.501,3302
BullsMedium and Large 1—536232.47/cwt230.00–235.001,2465
BullsMedium and Large 2—560221.35/cwt215.00–225.001,24013
BullsMedium and Large 2—378264.50/cwt260.00–267.501,0004
BullsMedium and Large 3—415241.23/cwt240.00–245.001,0014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677197.41/cwt190.00–200.001,33610
SteersMedium and Large 2—375271.85/cwt270.00–275.001,0194
SteersMedium and Large 1—654210.67/cwt210.00–212.001,3783
SteersMedium and Large 1—422279.03/cwt275.00–280.001,1785
SteersMedium and Large 1—515252.50/cwt250.00–255.001,3005
SteersMedium and Large 1—624222.36/cwt220.00–227.001,3885
SteersMedium and Large 3—470243.82/cwt240.00–247.501,1466
SteersMedium and Large 2—437261.97/cwt260.00–265.001,1455
SteersMedium and Large 3—523236.21/cwt235.00–237.501,2352
SteersMedium and Large 2—659215.29/cwt215.00–217.001,4197
SteersMedium and Large 3—580223.75/cwt220.00–227.501,2982
SteersMedium and Large 2—528245.05/cwt242.50–247.501,2943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576217.81/cwt215.00–220.001,2559
SteersMedium and Large 1—575244.68/cwt242.50–247.001,40719
SteersMedium and Large 1—368286.81/cwt285.00–287.001,05510
SteersMedium and Large 2—466251.78/cwt250.00–257.001,17312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,157101.13/cwt98.00–105.001,17010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14591.47/cwt89.00–95.001,04710
Bulls——1,674109.49/cwt106.00–113.001,8335
Bulls——1,820122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,2201
Bulls——1,743116.09/cwt114.00–119.002,0233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—75072.00/cwt72.00–72.005401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07388.13/cwt85.00–93.009462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—82075.00/cwt75.00–75.006151
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330223.20/cwt220.00–227.5073728
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480224.20/cwt220.00–227.001,0764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535215.97/cwt215.00–217.001,1552
HeifersMedium and Large 3—521206.10/cwt200.00–210.001,07410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435239.57/cwt237.00–245.001,04225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512224.20/cwt220.00–227.001,14818
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627202.42/cwt200.00–207.501,2698
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431231.50/cwt230.00–237.009989
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465232.38/cwt230.00–235.001,08120
HeifersMedium and Large 3—682174.24/cwt170.00–177.001,1884
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370212.63/cwt210.00–217.0078714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675185.51/cwt185.00–187.501,2525
SteersMedium and Large 3—363263.72/cwt262.50–265.009572
SteersMedium and Large 3—418256.19/cwt250.00–258.001,07113

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.