Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers 7.00 higher, feeder bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves 2.00 higher, heifer calves 7.00 higher, bull calves 5.00 lower, replacement cows 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $234.15/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −213.09 against this barn's trailing median of $447.25.

Average price

$234.15

23 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.23

vs GA average

−60.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	236.86	1,358	19thin
Medium and Large 2	582	221.28	1,288	4thin

One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale23 hd

234.15

—

GA average13 barns · 362 hd

254.39

−20.23

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−60.16

This barn, trailing median31 sales

447.25

−213.09

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	1,600	137.17	2,195	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	113.39	1,350	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	111.78	1,642	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,290	100.00	1,290	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	1,477	133.26/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,968	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	113.36/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,352	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	113.45/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,690	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,074	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	108.93/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,550	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	295.57/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,097	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	187.44/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	406	224.35/cwt	220.00–225.00	911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	276.20/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,008	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	247.99/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,163	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	237.55/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,257	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	223.79/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	276.41/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,219	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	221.28/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,288	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	235.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,370	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	252.48/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,172	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	286.08/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,256	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	246.59/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,287	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,137	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	286.27/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	214.38/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,203	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	214.49/cwt	212.50–215.00	1,317	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	225.00/cwt	222.50–227.50	1,152	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	260.76/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,205	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	199.31/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	310.00/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	302.47/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	325.08/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	207.53/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	216.58/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,354	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	212.44/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	255.84/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,182	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	190.99/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	230.77/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,048	23
Bulls	—	—	1,785	143.03/cwt	142.00–144.00	2,553	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,380	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	222.50/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,173	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	213.96/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	245.09/cwt	240.00–250.00	774	8

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 Oct 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 253Last week 220Year ago 307

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 19Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 16Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	129.00–136.00	133.26
2	—	1,785	142.00–144.00	143.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,193	110.00–117.00	113.36
2	—	1,150	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,215	106.00–108.00	107.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,490	111.00–118.00	113.45
1	—	1,700	122.00	122.00
10	—	1,423	108.00–110.00	108.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	100.00	100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	292.50–300.00	295.57
9	400–450	441	270.00–277.50	276.41
8	450–500	464	247.50–255.00	252.48
4	550–600	582	220.00–225.00	221.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	270.00–280.00	276.20
11	600–650	625	215.00–220.00	216.58
2	650–700	673	205.00–210.00	207.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	315.00–330.00	325.08
2	350–400	390	305.00–315.00	310.00
7	400–450	439	285.00–287.50	286.08
16	450–500	462	257.50–267.50	260.76
3	500–550	522	242.50–250.00	246.59
16	550–600	583	230.00–240.00	235.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	220.00–227.50	222.50
2	650–700	678	185.00–190.00	187.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	285.00–287.50	286.27
5	450–500	469	247.50–250.00	247.99
7	500–550	529	235.00–242.50	237.55
5	600–650	614	212.50–215.00	214.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	300.00–305.00	302.47
3	450–500	462	255.00–257.50	255.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	240.00–250.00	245.09
8	400–450	406	220.00–225.00	224.35
5	450–500	479	210.00–217.50	213.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	220.00–227.50	223.79
3	500–550	538	210.00–217.50	212.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	454	230.00–232.50	230.77
10	500–550	512	222.50–227.50	225.00
8	550–600	561	210.00–215.00	214.38
3	600–650	625	198.00–200.00	199.31
5	650–700	679	190.00–195.00	190.99

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)	1	—	980	116.00	116.00

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

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

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