Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2024-06-19

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 19
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
568 head
▲ 208 vs last sale 360▲ 257 vs year ago 311 · +82.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 49▲ 1 vs year ago 84 · +1.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 14▲ 8 vs year ago 24 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, Extreme high yielding slaughter cows up to 169.00. Feeder Classes: steers unevenly steady, heifers 2.00 higher, bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.37/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −140.06 against this barn's trailing median of $431.43.
Average price
$291.37
66 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.13
vs GA average
−9.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544294.631,60340
Medium and Large 2545292.221,5939thin
Medium and Large 3547283.241,54817thin
One grade step is worth $11.39/cwt here — about $54 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale66 hd
291.37
—
GA average15 barns · 576 hd
290.24
+1.13
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
−9.29
This barn, trailing median30 sales
431.43
−140.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
504449394339median 431.4303/0204/2706/2208/1711/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.02, low $353.49, median $431.43 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,353147.461,9955thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,430149.022,13017
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,145142.831,63643
CowsLean 85-90%Low955120.001,1463thin

Every lot

65 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3307336.53/cwt330.00–340.001,0333
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379332.09/cwt330.00–340.001,25912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421338.69/cwt335.00–345.001,42610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433323.95/cwt320.00–330.001,40316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472323.22/cwt320.00–325.001,52614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3474301.59/cwt300.00–305.001,4303
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490315.28/cwt310.00–317.501,54510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524302.96/cwt300.00–305.001,58819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525296.26/cwt295.00–297.501,5556
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540285.38/cwt280.00–290.001,54113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562287.09/cwt285.00–295.001,61321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3568276.27/cwt275.00–277.501,5694
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585284.14/cwt282.50–287.501,6623
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619268.03/cwt262.50–270.001,6599
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620272.75/cwt272.50–275.001,69110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3631256.16/cwt250.00–260.001,6166
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3656242.52/cwt240.00–245.001,5912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667248.18/cwt248.00–252.501,65526
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674260.71/cwt257.50–261.001,75712
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3720224.18/cwt220.00–227.501,6143
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2744235.82/cwt235.00–237.501,7553
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330330.06/cwt325.00–335.001,0898
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2352293.32/cwt290.00–295.001,0323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1356316.79/cwt315.00–320.001,12811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363286.22/cwt285.00–287.501,0392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415262.49/cwt260.00–267.501,08920
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438275.60/cwt270.00–280.001,20722
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476273.96/cwt270.00–275.001,30421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483261.65/cwt260.00–265.001,2649
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3512242.26/cwt240.00–247.501,2407
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524251.60/cwt250.00–257.501,31825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526265.38/cwt260.00–268.001,39617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576240.86/cwt235.00–245.001,3876
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609236.30/cwt227.50–237.501,43927
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3637209.53/cwt205.00–212.501,3355
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641220.58/cwt215.00–225.001,41413
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684218.73/cwt215.00–220.001,4964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371332.63/cwt330.00–340.001,2344
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3376323.03/cwt320.00–325.001,2155
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385350.19/cwt345.00–355.001,3484
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413322.45/cwt320.00–325.001,3324
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423315.78/cwt314.00–317.501,3362
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428300.85/cwt297.50–305.001,2883
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480284.38/cwt280.00–290.001,3659
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518285.97/cwt285.00–295.001,48110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522275.16/cwt272.50–280.001,43614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3554258.76/cwt255.00–260.001,4344
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565265.01/cwt262.50–267.501,4976
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622253.38/cwt250.00–255.001,5763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3635240.00/cwt235.00–245.001,5244
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665246.85/cwt242.50–250.001,6424
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3699232.50/cwt227.50–237.501,6252
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,310149.32/cwt148.00–150.001,9564
Bulls——1,525140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860110.00/cwt110.00–110.009461
Cows—Lean 85-90%970132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100136.96/cwt133.00–140.001,50720
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173145.18/cwt142.00–149.001,70316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210154.24/cwt153.00–157.001,8667
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,403159.58/cwt157.00–162.002,2395
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,407139.56/cwt137.00–144.001,9647
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488151.69/cwt149.00–154.002,2575
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,048138.04/cwt135.00–148.001,4478
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,243141.30/cwt136.00–153.001,75613

This sale against other markets

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.