Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 7.00 lower, feeder steers 4.00 higher, feeder heifer and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 5.00 lower, bull calves 10.00 higher, replacement cows 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.23/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −84.35 against this barn's trailing median of $401.57.

Average price

$317.23

29 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$98

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

$5.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.59

vs GA average

−18.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	533	321.66	1,714	6thin
Medium and Large 2	573	316.07	1,812	23

One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about −$98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale29 hd

317.23

—

GA average14 barns · 332 hd

313.64

+3.59

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−18.68

This barn, trailing median33 sales

401.57

−84.35

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	1,663	179.87	2,991	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,413	159.91	2,259	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,136	157.13	1,785	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	902	137.11	1,237	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)	1,097	$3,100	8

Every lot, as filed

56 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	533	335.12/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	441.27/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	333.35/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	313.48/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,821	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	368.63/cwt	366.00–370.00	1,567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	414.99/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	374.00/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	424.85/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	350.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,874	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	441.62/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,506	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	395.01/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,916	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	351.68/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,787	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	343.12/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,949	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	329.92/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	317.31/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,005	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	403.04/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,519	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	377.43/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	340.99/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,090	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	459.01/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	356.60/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,061	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	398.89/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,500	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	373.25/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,743	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	170.70/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,748	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,352	153.48/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,075	6
Bulls	—	—	1,602	174.64/cwt	174.00–176.00	2,798	5
Bulls	—	—	1,585	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,059	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	128.86/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,166	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	151.87/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	393.27/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	319.18/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	326.23/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,755	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	619	304.22/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,883	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	321.66/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	657	274.99/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	364.28/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	341.23/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,679	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	357.62/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,330	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	331.02/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,572	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	394.13/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,293	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	407.45/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	341	423.51/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,444	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	622	306.28/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	346.64/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,497	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,672	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,194	156.35/cwt	143.00–169.00	1,867	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,103	2,982.93/head	2,950.00–3,050.00	2,983	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	189.59/cwt	175.00–205.00	1,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	188.86/cwt	177.50–200.00	1,898	2
Bulls	—	—	1,853	186.38/cwt	184.00–189.00	3,454	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	150.52/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,711	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,337	161.98/cwt	158.00–164.00	2,166	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	138.83/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,236	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	158.34/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,796	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	166.63/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,891	10

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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 576Last week 312Year ago 459

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 50Year ago 132

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 15Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	330.00–340.00	335.12
2	550–600	590	330.00–340.00	335.00
4	600–650	622	300.00–310.00	306.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	395.00–405.00	398.89
3	450–500	467	370.00–375.00	373.25
12	500–550	508	350.00–360.00	351.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	340.00–345.00	343.12
2	600–650	611	325.00–335.00	329.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	440.00–445.00	441.27
2	300–350	330	420.00–430.00	424.85
5	350–400	359	370.00–375.00	374.00
7	400–450	419	360.00–365.00	364.28
16	450–500	492	340.00–345.00	341.23
3	500–550	522	330.00–335.00	333.35
20	550–600	581	305.00–315.00	313.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	400.00–405.00	403.04
3	400–450	425	366.00–370.00	368.63
13	600–650	632	315.00–317.50	317.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	390.00–395.00	394.13
6	350–400	372	350.00–360.00	357.62
3	400–450	432	340.00–350.00	346.64
12	450–500	475	330.00–337.50	331.02
6	500–550	533	320.00–325.00	321.66
3	650–700	657	270.00–277.50	274.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	455.00–465.00	459.01
9	400–450	422	410.00–420.00	414.99
16	450–500	485	390.00–400.00	395.01
2	500–550	516	375.00–380.00	377.43
3	550–600	578	355.00–360.00	356.60
18	600–650	613	335.00–345.00	340.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	341	440.00–450.00	441.62
3	400–450	428	390.00–395.00	393.27
15	500–550	534	350.00–360.00	350.96
3	600–650	625	315.00–322.50	319.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	420.00–430.00	423.51
4	350–400	378	400.00–410.00	407.45
8	500–550	538	320.00–330.00	326.23
13	600–650	619	300.00–310.00	304.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,610	170.00–171.00	170.70
6	—	1,352	150.00–157.00	153.48
3	—	1,337	158.00–164.00	161.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	905	124.00–131.00	128.86
2	—	908	150.00–154.00	151.87
2	—	890	137.50–140.00	138.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,137	147.00–154.00	150.52
9	—	1,134	155.00–161.00	158.34
10	—	1,135	164.00–169.00	166.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,602	174.00–176.00	174.64
1	—	1,585	193.00	193.00
2	—	1,853	184.00–189.00	186.38

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	152.00	152.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,194	143.00–169.00	156.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	910	175.00–205.00	189.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,005	177.50–200.00	188.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	3,450.00	3,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,103	2,950.00–3,050.00	2,982.93

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

Slaughter Cattle

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