Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 9.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers and feeder bulls 5.00 lower, steer calves 7.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.60/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −97.65 against this barn's trailing median of $447.25.

Average price

$349.60

20 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$42.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.37

vs GA average

−35.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	517	375.30	1,941	8thin
Medium and Large 3	566	332.46	1,882	12thin

One grade step is worth $42.84/cwt here — about $60 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 sale20 hd

349.60

—

GA average14 barns · 428 hd

358.96

−9.37

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−35.00

This barn, trailing median31 sales

447.25

−97.65

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	1,695	176.15	2,985	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,403	156.11	2,191	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,207	148.42	1,791	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	999	131.85	1,317	4thin

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)	1,321	$2,676	16

Every lot, as filed

71 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 1	300–350	318	459.88/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	433.78/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	402.59/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	386.24/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,943	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	471.99/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,595	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	312.43/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	374.26/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,366	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	446.50/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	292.52/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	281.68/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	261.28/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	433.19/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,378	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	346.31/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	387.42/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,821	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	342.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	310.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,058	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	270.64/cwt	270.00–272.50	2,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	461.71/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	339.96/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	472.53/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	306.13/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,874	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	348.72/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,635	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	331.89/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	253.76/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	272.52/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	336.74/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,734	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	420.97/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,309	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	481.34/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,608	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	134.96/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,336	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,256	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	148.35/cwt	144.00–151.00	2,074	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	161.09/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,283	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	154.51/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,131	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	142.17/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,776	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	2,898.00/head	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,898	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	157.20/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,863	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	148.95/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,741	11
Bulls	—	—	1,748	184.04/cwt	182.00–187.00	3,217	3
Bulls	—	—	1,763	175.29/cwt	174.00–177.00	3,090	4
Bulls	—	—	1,478	166.04/cwt	164.00–168.00	2,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	347.41/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,810	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,098	187.21/cwt	170.00–195.00	2,056	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	216.25/cwt	202.50–222.50	2,294	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	176.00/cwt	165.00–185.00	2,144	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,315	2,542.30/head	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	319.02/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	329.47/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	447.89/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,684	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	712	279.57/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,991	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	392.52/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	763	263.76/cwt	260.00–267.50	2,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	395.08/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	304	393.83/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,197	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	327.49/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	231.22/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	303.73/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	422.46/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	362.52/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	363.27/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,351	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	697	264.75/cwt	263.00–266.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	346.41/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,462	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	460.41/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,450	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	319.21/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,848	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	378.74/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,841	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	278.32/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	619	297.45/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	407.39/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	413.01/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,941	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	321.48/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,800	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 May 14, 2025

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Feeder CattleReceipts 755Last week 549Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 53Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 24Year ago 52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	455.00–465.00	459.88
3	350–400	367	440.00–450.00	446.50
4	450–500	470	385.00–390.00	387.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	430.00–440.00	433.19
4	450–500	486	375.00–380.00	378.74
4	500–550	510	345.00–350.00	346.31
2	550–600	560	335.00–345.00	339.96
4	600–650	623	310.00–315.00	312.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	316	405.00–410.00	407.39
5	350–400	388	390.00–400.00	395.08
6	550–600	579	315.00–325.00	319.21
3	600–650	619	295.00–300.00	297.45
3	650–700	688	275.00–285.00	278.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	435.00	435.00
42	300–350	311	415.00–425.00	420.97
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
6	450–500	469	345.00–355.00	348.72
14	500–550	515	330.00–340.00	336.74
9	600–650	612	300.00–310.00	306.13
5	700–750	728	270.00–277.50	272.52
4	750–800	756	250.00–260.00	253.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	400.00–410.00	402.59
25	350–400	365	370.00–380.00	374.26
6	400–450	419	355.00–365.00	362.52
5	550–600	560	320.00–325.00	321.48
2	600–650	610	290.00–295.00	292.52
3	650–700	663	280.00–285.00	281.68
2	700–750	725	260.00–262.50	261.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	304	385.00–395.00	393.83
6	350–400	372	360.00–365.00	363.27
13	400–450	422	340.00–350.00	346.41
4	450–500	493	325.00–330.00	327.49
2	550–600	573	302.50–305.00	303.73
4	650–700	697	263.00–266.00	264.75
2	700–750	723	230.00–232.50	231.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	338	470.00–475.00	471.99
3	350–400	360	460.00–465.00	461.71
5	400–450	433	430.00–440.00	433.78
5	450–500	470	405.00–415.00	413.01
6	500–550	503	380.00–387.50	386.24
2	550–600	560	340.00–345.00	342.48
15	650–700	662	310.00–320.00	310.86
4	750–800	765	270.00–272.50	270.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	334	480.00–485.00	481.34
2	350–400	360	470.00–475.00	472.53
4	650–700	667	330.00–332.50	331.89
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	315	455.00–465.00	460.41
7	350–400	376	445.00–450.00	447.89
6	400–450	423	420.00–425.00	422.46
3	450–500	480	390.00–395.00	392.52
2	500–550	521	345.00–350.00	347.41
10	550–600	575	325.00–335.00	329.47
5	600–650	632	315.00–325.00	319.02
18	700–750	712	275.00–285.00	279.57
2	750–800	763	260.00–267.50	263.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	990	133.00–138.00	134.96
1	—	1,025	122.50	122.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,398	144.00–151.00	148.35
20	—	1,417	158.00–165.00	161.09
9	—	1,379	152.00–157.00	154.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,249	137.00–144.00	142.17
10	—	1,185	154.00–161.00	157.20
11	—	1,169	146.00–153.00	148.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,748	182.00–187.00	184.04
4	—	1,763	174.00–177.00	175.29
2	—	1,478	164.00–168.00	166.04

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	6	—	1,332	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,898.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,315	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,542.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,098	170.00–195.00	187.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,061	202.50–222.50	216.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,218	165.00–185.00	176.00

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

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