Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.64/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −157.93 against this barn's trailing median of $401.57.

Average price

$243.64

22 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$29.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.84

vs GA average

−25.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	261.24	1,340	2thin
Medium and Large 2	564	246.28	1,389	14thin
Medium and Large 3	590	231.62	1,367	6thin

One grade step is worth $29.62/cwt here — about −$26 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

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 sale22 hd

243.64

—

GA average14 barns · 554 hd

247.48

−3.84

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−25.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.57

−157.93

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	1,544	171.56	2,648	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,409	144.44	2,035	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,151	142.75	1,643	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	123.86	1,316	38

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	$1,780	6

Every lot, as filed

61 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	500–550	518	267.51/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	559	250.79/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,402	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	283.47/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,315	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	323.38/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,213	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	289.72/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,385	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	284.00/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	233.37/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	742	224.03/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	260.63/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	277.44/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	242.51/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,605	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	347.04/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,284	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	344.04/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,094	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	330.78/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,244	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	261.66/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,269	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	352.05/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,067	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	301.26/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,404	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	323.00/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	266.24/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,661	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	291.01/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,542	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	306.80/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,022	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	324.47/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,544	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	214.73/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,342	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	223.51/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,415	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	250.22/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,201	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	243.92/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,410	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	270.86/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	316.16/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,303	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	210.74/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,399	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	204.29/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,391	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	155.64/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,712	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	138.23/cwt	137.00–140.00	2,021	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	152.47/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,196	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	144.73/cwt	142.00–149.00	2,003	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	138.81/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,656	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	119.18/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,223	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	125.04/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,383	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	131.12/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,424	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,102	145.53/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,604	13
Bulls	—	—	1,000	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	183.12/cwt	181.00–185.00	3,278	2
Bulls	—	—	1,595	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,712	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	141.71/cwt	133.00–151.00	1,549	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,520	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,779.99/head	1,700.00–1,880.00	1,780	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	136.19/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	116.19/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	262.52/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	241.51/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,519	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	302.43/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	664	223.50/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,484	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	304.81/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	320.04/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,050	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	231.62/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	283.36/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	254.93/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	331.49/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,031	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	233.75/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	261.24/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	346.99/cwt	345.00–347.50	930	5

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 Jun 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 459Last week 568Year ago 295

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 85Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 32Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	320.00–325.00	323.38
2	400–450	433	300.00–305.00	302.43
5	450–500	464	280.00–285.00	283.47
2	500–550	518	265.00–270.00	267.51
10	550–600	559	250.00–257.50	250.79
5	650–700	664	220.00–227.50	223.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	288.00–290.00	289.72
2	550–600	560	260.00–265.00	262.52
18	600–650	629	240.00–247.50	241.51
4	650–700	679	230.00–235.00	233.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	300.00–310.00	304.81
5	500–550	523	280.00–287.50	284.00
2	550–600	562	270.00–275.00	272.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	320.00–325.00	323.00
13	400–450	412	310.00–317.50	316.16
4	450–500	466	300.00–305.00	301.26
3	650–700	668	230.00–235.00	233.37
5	700–750	742	220.00–225.00	224.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	350.00–360.00	352.05
11	350–400	370	345.00–347.50	347.04
9	450–500	476	320.00–325.00	324.47
12	600–650	624	265.00–270.00	266.24
4	650–700	655	260.00–262.50	260.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	342.00–345.00	344.04
13	350–400	376	330.00–335.00	330.78
10	500–550	530	285.00–295.00	291.01
4	550–600	566	275.00–280.00	277.44
8	650–700	662	240.00–250.00	242.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	315.00–325.00	320.04
16	450–500	485	260.00–267.50	261.66
3	500–550	512	250.00–257.50	254.93
11	550–600	578	240.00–247.50	243.92
20	600–650	633	220.00–225.00	223.51
14	650–700	681	200.00–205.00	204.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	300.00–310.00	306.80
3	400–450	431	280.00–285.00	283.36
23	450–500	480	250.00–255.00	250.22
6	550–600	590	230.00–235.00	231.62
19	600–650	625	210.00–215.00	214.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	268	345.00–347.50	346.99
7	300–350	311	330.00–335.00	331.49
6	450–500	468	270.00–275.00	270.86
2	500–550	513	260.00–262.50	261.24
14	650–700	664	210.00–215.00	210.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	153.00–159.00	155.64
19	—	1,193	135.00–142.00	138.81
13	—	1,102	143.00–150.00	145.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,462	137.00–140.00	138.23
2	—	1,440	150.00–155.00	152.47
9	—	1,384	142.00–149.00	144.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,026	114.00–121.00	119.18
10	—	1,106	123.00–129.00	125.04
10	—	1,086	130.00–134.00	131.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,790	181.00–185.00	183.12
1	—	1,595	170.00	170.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,093	133.00–151.00	141.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	149.00	149.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,193	130.00–144.00	136.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	113.00–119.00	116.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,210	1,700.00–1,880.00	1,779.99

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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