Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2023-08-23

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Aug 23
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
304 head
▼ 181 vs last sale 485▼ 123 vs year ago 427 · −28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 81▼ 49 vs year ago 75 · −65.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 47▼ 34 vs year ago 39 · −87.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 3.00 to 4.00 higher, Replacement Cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $231.88/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$231.88
105 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,384
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$220
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$14.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3462239.591,1067thin
Medium and Large 1610232.491,41982
Medium and Large 2588225.421,32616thin
One grade step is worth $14.17/cwt here — about −$220 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 sale105 hd
231.88
—
GA average16 barns · 777 hd
246.02
−14.13
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—Average1,447109.941,5916thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14395.081,0875thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33391.431,2196thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low85567.005731thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 3—610195.37/cwt193.00–200.001,1923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418239.91/cwt238.00–248.001,0035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370257.56/cwt255.00–263.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330241.62/cwt235.00–245.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 2—343252.48/cwt250.00–255.008662
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360244.86/cwt240.00–250.008812
SteersMedium and Large 2—565226.64/cwt225.00–230.001,2813
SteersMedium and Large 2—632219.00/cwt210.00–220.001,38410
SteersMedium and Large 1—417264.65/cwt260.00–268.001,1045
SteersMedium and Large 1—634230.73/cwt227.00–233.001,4637
SteersMedium and Large 3—575212.54/cwt210.00–215.001,2222
SteersMedium and Large 3—437249.02/cwt247.00–250.001,0883
SteersMedium and Large 3—385252.50/cwt250.00–255.009722
SteersMedium and Large 2—465245.59/cwt242.00–250.001,1423
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520220.33/cwt217.00–227.001,1463
SteersMedium and Large 1—569236.97/cwt230.00–240.001,34824
SteersMedium and Large 1—725215.94/cwt210.00–220.001,56630
SteersMedium and Large 1—690216.00/cwt212.00–220.001,4902
SteersMedium and Large 1—360268.33/cwt265.00–270.009663
SteersMedium and Large 1—513247.56/cwt244.00–250.001,27011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475238.27/cwt235.00–240.001,13220
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583224.13/cwt221.00–229.001,30732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531232.42/cwt230.00–234.001,2345
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385231.58/cwt225.00–235.008923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630212.42/cwt210.00–220.001,3384
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483230.08/cwt225.00–235.001,1112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—89093.00/cwt93.00–93.008281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—95080.00/cwt80.00–80.007602
Bulls——1,418119.15/cwt118.00–120.001,6902
Bulls——1,461105.34/cwt102.00–110.001,5394
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14193.10/cwt91.00–96.001,0624
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,150103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,1851
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35892.26/cwt91.00–94.001,2533
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3221
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29586.40/cwt85.00–88.001,1192
CowsLean 85-90%—85567.00/cwt67.00–67.005731

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.