Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.50/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −155.75 against this barn's trailing median of $447.25.

Average price

$291.50

36 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$30.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.76

vs GA average

−21.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	311.65	1,685	9thin
Medium and Large 2	548	301.98	1,655	5thin
Medium and Large 3	560	280.88	1,573	22

One grade step is worth $30.77/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.02, low $359.53, median $447.25 across 31 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 sale36 hd

291.50

—

GA average13 barns · 300 hd

303.26

−11.76

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−21.50

This barn, trailing median31 sales

447.25

−155.75

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	—	Low	1,633	135.53	2,213	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,568	120.93	1,897	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,083	119.01	1,289	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	940	107.23	1,008	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)	735	$1,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	500–550	523	305.80/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	224.19/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	283.56/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	262.48/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,420	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	323.88/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,334	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	344.55/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	296.25/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	336.10/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	343.33/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	272.84/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,181	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	253.25/cwt	247.50–257.50	1,456	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	301.28/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,534	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	236.41/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,348	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	358.43/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,147	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	273.58/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,034	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	512	292.90/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,500	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	311.76/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,284	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	316.38/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,452	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	281.65/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	329.61/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,190	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	261.57/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,130	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	250.63/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,278	8
Bulls	—	—	1,452	122.01/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,772	3
Bulls	—	—	1,943	145.97/cwt	144.00–147.00	2,836	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	110.77/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,022	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	125.54/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,887	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	125.30/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,422	16
Bulls	—	—	1,568	137.07/cwt	134.00–139.00	2,149	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,502	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,629	118.77/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,935	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	110.16/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,204	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	965	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,034	118.36/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,224	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,002	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	324.42/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	309	283.38/cwt	280.00–290.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	280.88/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,573	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	313.56/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,323	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	301.02/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	344.14/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,136	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	269.00/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	271.72/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	334.35/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	282.65/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,221	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	254.96/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	311.27/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	304.16/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	328.77/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	349.02/cwt	348.00–350.00	1,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	294.08/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,094	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	264.56/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	322.91/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,514	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	318.98/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	291.24/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,765	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	135.45/cwt	125.00–142.50	1,142	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	148.78/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,268	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	315.39/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,675	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

Wed Mar 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 368Year ago 377

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 52Year ago 101

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 19Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	320	355.00–365.00	358.43
3	350–400	354	340.00–347.50	343.33
13	400–450	412	320.00–327.50	323.88
21	450–500	459	310.00–317.50	316.38
3	500–550	523	300.00–310.00	305.80
2	550–600	586	295.00–297.50	296.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	330	340.00–350.00	344.14
11	350–400	361	325.00–335.00	329.61
14	400–450	422	310.00–317.50	313.56
5	450–500	457	300.00–305.00	301.02
22	550–600	560	275.00–283.00	280.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	348.00–350.00	349.02
4	400–450	426	332.50–335.00	334.35
29	450–500	469	320.00–330.00	322.91
6	500–550	531	312.50–317.50	315.39
3	550–600	560	300.00–307.50	304.16
2	600–650	606	290.00–292.50	291.24
2	650–700	668	268.00–270.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	372	290.00–297.50	294.08
14	400–450	432	280.00–287.50	282.65
3	500–550	518	270.00–275.00	271.72
6	550–600	566	260.00–267.50	264.56
3	650–700	664	220.00–227.50	224.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	282.00–285.00	283.56
18	400–450	433	270.00–277.50	272.84
5	500–550	541	260.00–267.50	262.48
6	550–600	575	247.50–257.50	253.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	309	280.00–290.00	283.38
2	350–400	378	270.00–277.50	273.58
16	400–450	432	260.00–265.00	261.57
8	500–550	510	250.00–255.00	250.63
11	550–600	570	235.00–240.00	236.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	340.00–347.50	344.55
2	350–400	375	332.50–340.00	336.10
2	400–450	428	318.00–320.00	318.98
10	500–550	509	300.00–305.00	301.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	320.00–330.00	324.42
3	400–450	412	310.00–315.00	311.76
6	500–550	512	290.00–295.00	292.90
3	550–600	572	280.00–285.00	281.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	327.50–330.00	328.77
2	500–550	520	310.00–312.50	311.27
2	600–650	620	250.00–260.00	254.96

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	127.50	127.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	843	125.00–142.50	135.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	852	140.00–155.00	148.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	735	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,452	120.00–125.00	122.01
3	—	1,943	144.00–147.00	145.97
6	—	1,568	134.00–139.00	137.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	923	109.00–115.00	110.77
1	—	985	98.00	98.00
4	—	945	105.00–107.00	106.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,503	123.00–130.00	125.54
1	—	1,365	110.00	110.00
12	—	1,629	115.00–122.00	118.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,135	121.00–128.00	125.30
10	—	1,093	106.00–113.00	110.16
19	—	1,034	115.00–120.00	118.36

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

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle