Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers 5.00 lower, feeder bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 5.00-10.00 lower, bull calves 5.00-10.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.21/cwt on 28 head, up $6.50 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −79.72 against this barn's trailing median of $400.93.

Average price

$321.21

▲ 6.50 vs prior sale

28 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$23.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.20

vs GA average

−10.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	323.77	1,891	13thin
Medium and Large 2	550	320.35	1,761	14thin
Medium and Large 3	555	300.00	1,665	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.77/cwt here — about $226 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

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.18, low $301.32, median $400.93 across 34 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 sale28 hd

321.21

—

GA average13 barns · 310 hd

309.01

+12.20

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

−10.31

This barn, trailing median34 sales

400.93

−79.72

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	1,706	200.34	3,417	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	159.26	2,273	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	154.42	1,775	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	143.34	1,422	9thin

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)	1,326	$2,971	8

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	325.61/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	327.66/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,681	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	407.66/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	323.01/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,487	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,004	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	337.50/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	302.31/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,865	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	323.77/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,891	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	407.30/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,487	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	239.16/cwt	222.50–255.00	2,638	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,310	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	264.18/cwt	245.00–300.00	2,922	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,094	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	301	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,142	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	154.89/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,215	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	155.39/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,773	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,575	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,997	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	208.98/cwt	208.00–210.00	3,688	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	146.35/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,477	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	306.27/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,899	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	428.76/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,022	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	312.48/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	617	319.20/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	377.88/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,583	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	431.82/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	344.98/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,483	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	318.25/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,798	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	310.02/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	370.21/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,764	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,335	2,861.42/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,861	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	289.41/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	342.54/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	284.95/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,809	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	163.62/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,332	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	132.80/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,239	2
Bulls	—	—	1,676	196.02/cwt	194.00–199.00	3,285	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,260	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,041	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,108	207.92/cwt	200.00–215.00	2,304	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,088	213.80/cwt	185.00–235.00	2,326	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

Mon Aug 31, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 260Year ago 421

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 21Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 25Year ago 94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	370	390.00	390.00
8	400–450	430	340.00–355.00	344.98
4	450–500	475	335.00–340.00	337.50
4	500–550	511	320.00–327.50	325.61
10	550–600	565	317.50–320.00	318.25
6	600–650	620	300.00–312.50	306.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	445.00	445.00
1	300–350	335	435.00	435.00
4	350–400	365	400.00–415.00	407.30
1	400–450	415	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
13	550–600	584	320.00–330.00	323.77
4	700–750	714	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	415	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	635	280.00–290.00	284.95
2	650–700	675	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	490.00	490.00
4	350–400	363	425.00–435.00	428.76
6	400–450	419	400.00–420.00	407.66
3	450–500	467	355.00	355.00
11	500–550	513	320.00–335.00	327.66
4	550–600	565	305.00–315.00	312.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	505.00	505.00
1	300–350	301	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	401	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	501	350.00	350.00
13	600–650	617	300.00–302.50	302.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	480.00	480.00
3	300–350	325	425.00–435.00	431.82
7	400–450	419	360.00–390.00	377.88
2	450–500	458	340.00–345.00	342.54
4	500–550	530	305.00–315.00	310.02
4	550–600	575	285.00–297.50	289.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	445.00	445.00
8	600–650	607	345.00	345.00
26	750–800	770	320.00–328.00	323.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	405.00	405.00
8	550–600	581	345.00	345.00
4	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	365.00–375.00	370.21
7	600–650	617	310.00–325.00	319.20
2	650–700	663	300.00–310.00	305.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,103	222.50–255.00	239.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	220.00	220.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,106	245.00–300.00	264.18
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	162.00	162.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,108	200.00–215.00	207.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,088	185.00–235.00	213.80
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	3,300.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,335	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,861.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	150.00–159.00	154.89
2	—	1,425	160.00–167.00	163.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,141	150.00–160.00	155.39
1	—	1,125	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,225	163.00	163.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,009	140.00–149.00	146.35
2	—	933	131.00–135.00	132.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,765	208.00–210.00	208.98
4	—	1,676	194.00–199.00	196.02

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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Replacement Cattle

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