Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2024-09-25

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Sep 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
282 head
136 vs last sale 418 114 vs year ago 396 · 28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
18 vs last sale 66 119 vs year ago 167 · 71.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 26 35 vs year ago 48 · 72.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 7.00 lower, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, bull calves lightly tested, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, replacement cows 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $200.38/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits 201.20 against this barn's trailing median of $401.57.
Average price
$200.38
13 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.76
vs GA average
39.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2514212.521,0924thin
Medium and Large 3543194.981,0609thin
One grade step is worth $17.54/cwt here — about $33 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
445400354309median 401.5712/1702/2304/2006/1508/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.18, low $322.55, median $401.57 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale13 hd
200.38
GA average15 barns · 422 hd
212.14
−11.76
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−39.71
This barn, trailing median33 sales
401.57
−201.20
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
BullsAverage1,688146.672,4763thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,424119.371,70011
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,104119.071,31416
CowsLean 85-90%High971107.881,0477thin

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
Bulls1,705150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5582
CowsBoner 80-85%1,058113.32/cwt110.00–117.001,1996
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486110.75/cwt109.00–114.001,6464
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,320122.06/cwt120.00–124.001,6113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,441125.98/cwt125.00–127.001,8154
CowsLean 85-90%985115.98/cwt114.00–121.001,1424
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550514212.52/cwt205.00–215.001,0924
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335261.00/cwt260.00–263.008743
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650618227.53/cwt225.00–230.001,4062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3765111.57/cwt105.00–120.008543
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421243.61/cwt240.00–250.001,0268
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427294.33/cwt292.00–298.001,25715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065130.35/cwt122.00–140.001,3883
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300288287.52/cwt285.00–290.008282
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630189.96/cwt185.00–195.001,1972
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400380294.87/cwt290.00–300.001,1212
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368240.16/cwt235.00–245.008843
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550519197.92/cwt190.00–200.001,0275
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500481202.76/cwt200.00–210.009757
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300280249.73/cwt245.00–255.006992
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500482248.37/cwt245.00–250.001,1973
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665199.06/cwt195.00–203.001,3242
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564240.81/cwt240.00–245.001,3586
CowsLean 85-90%95297.08/cwt92.00–100.009243
Bulls1,655140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,096120.89/cwt119.00–124.001,3257
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212126.33/cwt126.00–127.001,5313
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550522189.40/cwt185.00–193.009893
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600574191.30/cwt190.00–195.001,0984

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.