Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2026-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 15.00 higher, feeder bulls 5.00 lower, steer calves sharply lower, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves 5.00-10.00 lower, replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.96/cwt on 20 head, up $6.54 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 24 of 31 comparable sales and sits +16.71 against this barn's trailing median of $447.25.

Average price

$463.96

▲ 6.54 vs prior sale

20 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$24.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.05

vs GA average

+3.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	479.17	2,415	6thin
Medium and Large 2	505	472.50	2,386	2thin
Medium and Large 3	521	454.93	2,369	12thin

One grade step is worth $24.25/cwt here — about $46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

463.96

—

GA average11 barns · 192 hd

442.91

+21.05

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

+3.59

This barn, trailing median31 sales

447.25

+16.71

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	1,677	214.83	3,602	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,457	181.19	2,639	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,084	175.69	1,905	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,067	169.91	1,813	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)	1,445	$3,700	2thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2	500–550	526	457.00/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	450.03/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,106	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	469.87/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	510.60/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,027	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	537.40/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	412.78/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,563	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	535.00/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	481.64/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,302	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	344.95/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	377.50/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	441.61/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	534.84/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	558.21/cwt	555.00–560.00	1,742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	492.22/cwt	490.00–492.50	2,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	479.17/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	421.13/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,662	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	493.03/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,337	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	362.52/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,393	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,340	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	575.02/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	353.36/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,166	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,640	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	185.21/cwt	182.00–191.00	2,678	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	171.18/cwt	170.00–172.50	2,453	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	185.65/cwt	180.00–193.00	2,090	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	172.64/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,018	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	173.19/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	395.50/cwt	390.00–397.50	2,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	435.07/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,219	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	344.50/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,177	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	472.50/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	478.74/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,039	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	359.38/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,620	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	552.66/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,072	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	421.41/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,364	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	325.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	438.28/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	304.93/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	471.75/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	387.22/cwt	360.00–445.00	2,587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	410.91/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,322	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	457.91/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,349	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	440.00/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,464	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	246.55/cwt	230.00–265.00	2,281	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,426	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,124	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	181.17/cwt	175.00–187.50	2,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	421.42/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,183	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	396.60/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,503	17
Bulls	—	—	1,510	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,945	1
Bulls	—	—	1,760	224.75/cwt	222.50–227.50	3,956	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	915	166.48/cwt	165.00–167.50	1,523	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	166.62/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,766	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,097	183.72/cwt	170.00–217.50	2,015	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	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

Mon May 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 357Last week 404Year ago 342

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 112Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 52Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	550.00–560.00	552.66
2	450–500	463	465.00–475.00	469.87
5	500–550	526	455.00–465.00	457.00
3	700–750	735	340.00–350.00	344.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	445.00–455.00	450.03
3	500–550	523	435.00–440.00	438.28
7	550–600	561	420.00–425.00	421.41
2	700–750	725	320.00–330.00	325.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	555.00–560.00	558.21
2	600–650	629	375.00–380.00	377.50
2	650–700	660	360.00–365.00	362.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	535.00–540.00	537.40
8	350–400	397	510.00–515.00	510.60
9	400–450	432	490.00–492.50	492.22
9	500–550	510	430.00–440.00	435.07
10	600–650	632	340.00–345.00	344.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	530.00–540.00	534.84
3	450–500	475	440.00–445.00	441.61
3	600–650	613	350.00–355.00	353.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	470.00–480.00	478.74
12	500–550	518	420.00–425.00	421.42
11	550–600	565	405.00–415.00	410.91
2	700–750	720	300.00–310.00	304.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	570.00–580.00	575.02
3	400–450	413	530.00–540.00	535.00
6	450–500	478	480.00–485.00	481.64
2	500–550	505	470.00–475.00	472.50
11	600–650	621	405.00–415.00	412.78
5	650–700	657	390.00–397.50	395.50
8	700–750	729	355.00–360.00	359.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	474	490.00–500.00	493.03
6	500–550	504	475.00–480.00	479.17
17	600–650	632	420.00–425.00	421.13
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	465.00–475.00	471.75
10	500–550	513	450.00–460.00	457.91
2	550–600	560	435.00–445.00	440.00
17	600–650	631	392.50–400.00	396.60
4	650–700	668	360.00–445.00	387.22

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	—	1,340	182.50	182.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,155	175.00–187.50	181.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,097	170.00–217.50	183.72
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	230.00–265.00	246.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	210.00	210.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	295.00	295.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,445	3,700.00	3,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	165.00	165.00
9	—	1,446	182.00–191.00	185.21
2	—	1,433	170.00–172.50	171.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,126	180.00–193.00	185.65
4	—	1,169	170.00–177.00	172.64
3	—	915	165.00–167.50	166.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,074	170.00–180.00	173.19
4	—	1,060	165.00–168.00	166.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	195.00	195.00
2	—	1,760	222.50–227.50	224.75

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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Replacement Cattle

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