Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter breaker cows 6.00 lower, slaughter boner and lean cows 3.00 higher, extreme high yielding cows up to 182.00, slaughter bulls 10.00 lower, feeder steers and feeder heifers 10.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.34/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −77.91 against this barn's trailing median of $447.25.

Average price

$369.34

22 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$37.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.43

vs GA average

−30.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	384.60	2,065	12thin
Medium and Large 3	519	365.17	1,895	2thin
Medium and Large 2	588	347.49	2,043	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.11/cwt here — about $22 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 sale22 hd

369.34

—

GA average14 barns · 522 hd

373.77

−4.43

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−30.55

This barn, trailing median31 sales

447.25

−77.91

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	1,504	180.95	2,722	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	165.04	2,360	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,111	164.23	1,824	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,078	144.31	1,555	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)	1,315	$3,980	32

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	333.70/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,046	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	452.88/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,481	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	434.20/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,780	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	347.49/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,043	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	383.01/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	417.45/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	394.55/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,590	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	407.92/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	328.74/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,107	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	337.51/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	497.48/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	431.55/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	324.46/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,976	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	316.23/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	384.60/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,065	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	483.30/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	352.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,217	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	418.01/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,973	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	394.64/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,942	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,341	4,281.52/head	4,000.00–4,450.00	4,282	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	263.39/cwt	255.00–270.00	2,497	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,235	3,432.52/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,433	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,018	180.04/cwt	170.00–202.50	1,833	7
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,153	186.24/cwt	185.00–187.50	2,147	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,513	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	146.53/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,593	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	162.40/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,244	3
Bulls	—	—	1,526	174.72/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,666	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	157.36/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,740	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	172.16/cwt	169.00–176.00	1,963	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	165.06/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,817	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	132.91/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,473	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,303	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	170.27/cwt	169.00–172.00	2,460	4
Bulls	—	—	1,350	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,633	1
Bulls	—	—	1,527	184.58/cwt	182.00–186.00	2,819	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	305.65/cwt	302.50–310.00	3,075	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	263.89/cwt	250.00–280.00	2,847	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,322	3,825.76/head	3,650.00–3,900.00	3,826	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	206.84/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,768	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	266.38/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,611	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,019	209.22/cwt	200.00–232.50	2,132	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	347.53/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	388.34/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	396.32/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	469.79/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	653	292.51/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	365.17/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	404.92/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,907	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	379.97/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	324.14/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,039	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	335.56/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,963	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	317.88/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,006	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	300.68/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,060	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	460.17/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	315.84/cwt	315.00–317.50	2,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	333.16/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,749	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	367.49/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	382.57/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	360.03/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	417.53/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,795	2

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

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Feeder CattleReceipts 454Last week 439Year ago 451

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 74Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 182Last week 64Year ago 33

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	373	455.00–465.00	460.17
13	400–450	410	430.00–440.00	434.20
8	450–500	471	400.00–410.00	404.92
8	550–600	588	345.00–350.00	347.49
4	600–650	613	330.00–335.00	333.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	480.00–485.00	483.30
5	450–500	472	415.00–420.00	418.01
12	500–550	537	380.00–385.00	384.60
2	600–650	629	350.00–355.00	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	465.00–475.00	469.79
6	450–500	473	380.00–390.00	388.34
2	500–550	519	360.00–370.00	365.17
6	600–650	629	320.00–325.00	324.14
3	650–700	683	315.00–317.50	315.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	450.00–460.00	452.88
2	400–450	430	415.00–420.00	417.53
3	500–550	530	355.00–365.00	360.03
4	600–650	641	325.00–330.00	328.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	495.00–500.00	497.48
13	450–500	492	390.00–395.00	394.64
2	600–650	633	335.00–340.00	337.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	375.00–385.00	379.97
4	500–550	538	345.00–350.00	347.53
18	550–600	585	335.00–340.00	335.56
7	600–650	631	315.00–320.00	317.88
2	650–700	683	300.00–310.00	305.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	324	430.00–435.00	431.55
4	350–400	358	410.00–420.00	417.45
5	450–500	458	380.00–385.00	383.01
10	600–650	609	320.00–330.00	324.46
2	650–700	690	315.00–317.50	316.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	405.00–410.00	407.92
11	400–450	403	390.00–400.00	394.55
2	550–600	553	320.00–325.00	322.51
7	650–700	685	300.00–305.00	300.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	390.00–400.00	396.32
2	400–450	428	380.00–385.00	382.57
4	450–500	493	365.00–370.00	367.49
11	500–550	525	330.00–340.00	333.16
2	650–700	653	290.00–295.00	292.51

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	16	—	1,341	4,000.00–4,450.00	4,281.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,235	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,432.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,322	3,650.00–3,900.00	3,825.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	948	255.00–270.00	263.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,006	302.50–310.00	305.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,079	250.00–280.00	263.89
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,018	170.00–202.50	180.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,153	185.00–187.50	186.24
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	855	200.00–215.00	206.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	980	255.00–275.00	266.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,019	200.00–232.50	209.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	156.00	156.00
5	—	1,087	143.00–149.00	146.53
2	—	1,108	130.00–136.00	132.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	160.00–164.00	162.40
1	—	1,515	152.00	152.00
4	—	1,445	169.00–172.00	170.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,106	152.00–159.00	157.36
7	—	1,140	169.00–176.00	172.16
16	—	1,101	161.00–168.00	165.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,526	172.00–179.00	174.72
1	—	1,350	195.00	195.00
3	—	1,527	182.00–186.00	184.58

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

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