Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.52/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −159.05 against this barn's trailing median of $401.57.

Average price

$242.52

65 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$14.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.65

vs GA average

−21.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	255.04	1,446	7thin
Medium and Large 2	566	246.77	1,397	7thin
Medium and Large 3	542	240.22	1,303	51

One grade step is worth $14.82/cwt here — about $143 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

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 sale65 hd

242.52

—

GA average15 barns · 428 hd

247.18

−4.65

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−21.44

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.57

−159.05

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	—	Average	1,597	140.40	2,242	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,147	120.29	1,380	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,412	118.73	1,677	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	101.20	1,050	8thin

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)	1,165	$1,450	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	252.38/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,461	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	269.97/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,501	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	143.79/cwt	130.00–157.50	1,284	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	232.47/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	242.96/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,293	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	326.00/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,213	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	357.44/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	246.77/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	276.21/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	611	226.26/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,382	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	273.15/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,461	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	662	213.84/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,416	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	993	110.36/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	298.81/cwt	295.00–300.00	947	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	243.84/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,639	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	236.89/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,315	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	271.82/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,030	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	250.84/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,202	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	113.08/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,159	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,642	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,856	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	123.35/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,685	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	123.58/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,474	14
Bulls	—	—	1,639	142.59/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,337	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	307.54/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	284.73/cwt	280.00–290.00	920	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	296.35/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	255.04/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,446	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	336.25/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,429	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	338.38/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,276	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	258.11/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	293.07/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,501	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	303.81/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,586	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	144.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	298.42/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	233.37/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	323.80/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,357	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	242.12/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,523	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	282.76/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,431	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	325.17/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	662	234.54/cwt	234.00–237.50	1,553	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	309	337.95/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	706	200.51/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,416	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	324.66/cwt	320.00–330.00	714	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	97.24/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,013	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,489	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	116.80/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,293	16
Bulls	—	—	1,513	136.02/cwt	135.00–137.00	2,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	281.10/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	303	343.31/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,040	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 Apr 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 544Last week 425Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 67Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 39Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	309	336.00–340.00	337.95
2	350–400	363	320.00–330.00	325.17
2	450–500	458	305.00–310.00	307.54
8	500–550	535	270.00–275.00	273.15
18	550–600	579	250.00–255.00	252.38
3	600–650	620	230.00–235.00	232.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	320.00–325.00	323.80
11	500–550	506	280.00–290.00	282.76
3	550–600	556	265.00–275.00	269.97
7	600–650	629	240.00–247.50	242.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	292.50–302.50	298.42
3	650–700	672	230.00–235.00	233.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	280.00–290.00	284.73
4	350–400	379	270.00–275.00	271.82
20	450–500	479	250.00–255.00	250.84
28	500–550	532	240.00–247.50	242.96
23	550–600	555	235.00–240.00	236.89
18	600–650	611	220.00–230.00	226.26
10	650–700	662	210.00–218.00	213.84
10	700–750	706	200.00–205.00	200.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	295.00–300.00	298.81
2	400–450	415	275.00–277.50	276.21
7	550–600	566	242.50–247.50	246.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	320.00–330.00	324.66
2	350–400	375	292.50–300.00	296.35
7	550–600	567	250.00–260.00	255.04
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	303	340.00–350.00	343.31
13	350–400	372	320.00–330.00	326.00
5	550–600	565	275.00–285.00	281.10
14	650–700	662	234.00–237.50	234.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	355.00–360.00	357.44
3	350–400	377	332.50–342.50	338.38
10	500–550	512	290.00–297.50	293.07
8	600–650	605	255.00–262.50	258.11
9	650–700	672	240.00–250.00	243.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	332.50–337.50	336.25
44	500–550	522	300.00–310.00	303.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,165	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	893	130.00–157.50	143.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	890	140.00–150.00	144.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	993	107.00–112.00	110.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	111.00–115.00	113.08
6	—	1,042	95.00–100.00	97.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,459	110.00–115.00	112.52
1	—	1,365	136.00	136.00
7	—	1,366	120.00–127.00	123.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,193	121.00–128.00	123.58
1	—	1,145	130.00	130.00
16	—	1,107	114.00–120.00	116.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,639	140.00–145.00	142.59
2	—	1,513	135.00–137.00	136.02

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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