Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls 5.00-10.00 higher, feeder steers & feeder bulls 15.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 higher, steer calves 5.00-10.00 lower, heifer calves 15.00 higher, bull calves 5.00-10.00 higher, replacement cattle sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.92/cwt on 27 head, up $19.74 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −48.65 against this barn's trailing median of $401.57.

Average price

$352.92

▲ 19.74 vs prior sale

27 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$32.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.59

vs GA average

−13.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	372.51	1,907	6thin
Medium and Large 2	549	355.42	1,949	10thin
Medium and Large 3	548	339.97	1,861	11thin

One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

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 sale27 hd

352.92

—

GA average14 barns · 406 hd

342.33

+10.59

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

−13.77

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.57

−48.65

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,947	220.81	4,298	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	173.69	2,554	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	167.28	2,025	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,094	150.76	1,650	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,210	$2,994	6

Every lot, as filed

74 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	413.25/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	407.43/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	433.31/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	405.18/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	414.80/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	317.98/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,956	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	339.95/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,254	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	347.39/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,820	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	368.72/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,139	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	369.14/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,920	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,318	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	376.56/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	346.91/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,175	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	288	457.57/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	415.09/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	350.70/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,869	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	302.60/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	386	404.14/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	321.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	321.19/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,840	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	396.74/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,706	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,375	189.85/cwt	180.00–200.00	2,610	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,118	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,210	2,994.49/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	2,994	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	251.94/cwt	230.00–280.00	2,988	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	224.60/cwt	220.00–235.00	2,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	384.97/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,675	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	171.38/cwt	167.50–176.00	2,017	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	167.42/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,446	6
Bulls	—	—	2,030	223.72/cwt	222.50–225.00	4,542	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,827	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	183.72/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,567	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,772	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	162.96/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,001	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,341	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	174.07/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,583	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	141.27/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,462	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	151.64/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,650	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	492.43/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	480.19/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	436.65/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	305.10/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,212	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	334.50/cwt	325.00–345.00	3,539	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,285	180.47/cwt	176.00–187.50	2,319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	372.51/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	384.99/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	544.81/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	442.38/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	367.50/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,058	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	342.47/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	352.78/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,972	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	363.34/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	361.67/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	489.37/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	389.45/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	205	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	399.09/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,888	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	452.48/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	477.46/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	361.59/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	371.62/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,761	6

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

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Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 308Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 32Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	470.00	470.00
4	350–400	358	450.00–455.00	452.48
3	400–450	415	410.00–415.00	413.25
11	450–500	473	390.00–405.00	399.09
3	500–550	538	360.00–370.00	363.34
3	600–650	625	355.00–365.00	361.67
4	650–700	663	335.00–345.00	339.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	430.00–435.00	433.31
2	400–450	425	400.00–410.00	405.18
3	450–500	470	370.00–380.00	376.56
4	550–600	580	365.00–375.00	368.72
8	600–650	627	340.00–350.00	346.91
2	700–750	725	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	760	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	580.00	580.00
2	300–350	323	540.00–550.00	544.81
1	400–450	440	425.00	425.00
7	500–550	517	380.00–390.00	384.99
1	750–800	751	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	500.00	500.00
2	250–300	280	475.00–480.00	477.46
2	350–400	370	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	418	405.00–410.00	407.43
6	450–500	474	370.00–375.00	371.62
3	500–550	524	360.00–365.00	361.59
7	550–600	559	340.00–360.00	352.78
10	600–650	615	315.00–320.00	317.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	455.00–460.00	457.57
1	300–350	310	445.00	445.00
6	350–400	386	400.00–410.00	404.14
7	400–450	435	380.00–390.00	384.97
7	500–550	533	350.00–355.00	350.70
4	550–600	573	315.00–325.00	321.19
5	600–650	628	290.00–310.00	302.60
1	700–750	730	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	480.00–500.00	489.37
3	350–400	368	435.00–440.00	436.65
9	450–500	457	385.00–390.00	389.45
6	500–550	512	370.00–375.00	372.51
2	700–750	725	300.00–310.00	305.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	419	405.00–425.00	414.80
12	500–550	520	360.00–372.50	369.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	383	410.00–420.00	415.09
3	400–450	430	390.00–400.00	396.74
4	500–550	524	340.00–355.00	347.39
2	550–600	568	340.00	340.00
6	600–650	629	320.00–325.00	321.51
1	750–800	775	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	520.00	520.00
2	250–300	278	485.00–500.00	492.43
2	300–350	323	475.00–485.00	480.19
2	350–400	379	440.00–445.00	442.38
2	550–600	560	360.00–375.00	367.50
2	600–650	618	340.00–345.00	342.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,375	180.00–200.00	189.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	240.00	240.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,285	176.00–187.50	180.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,186	230.00–280.00	251.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,077	220.00–235.00	224.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,058	325.00–345.00	334.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,210	2,900.00–3,100.00	2,994.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,177	167.50–176.00	171.38
11	—	1,228	160.00–166.00	162.96
1	—	1,315	178.00	178.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,461	165.00–169.00	167.42
3	—	1,397	182.00–187.00	183.72
20	—	1,484	170.00–178.00	174.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	140.00–142.50	141.27
2	—	1,088	150.00–153.00	151.64
1	—	1,225	168.00	168.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,030	222.50–225.00	223.72
1	—	1,780	215.00	215.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

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