Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2024-06-26

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 26
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
459 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 568▲ 164 vs year ago 295 · +55.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 85▲ 16 vs year ago 116 · +13.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 32▲ 3 vs year ago 28 · +10.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers 2.00 lower, feeder heifers unevenly steady, feeder bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.64/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −140.31 against this barn's trailing median of $383.95.
Average price
$243.64
22 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.84
vs GA average
−25.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513261.241,3402thin
Medium and Large 2564246.281,38914thin
Medium and Large 3590231.621,3676thin
One grade step is worth $29.62/cwt here — about −$26 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
243.64
—
GA average14 barns · 554 hd
247.48
−3.84
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−25.64
This barn, trailing median35 sales
383.95
−140.31
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

35 sales
445393340287median 383.9503/0204/2707/0609/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.18, low $301.32, median $383.95 across 35 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—Low1,544171.562,6484thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,409144.442,03514
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,151142.751,64335
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,063123.861,31638

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$1,7806

Every lot

61 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1303352.05/cwt350.00–360.001,0675
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318344.04/cwt342.00–345.001,0943
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370347.04/cwt345.00–347.501,28411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376330.78/cwt330.00–335.001,24413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385323.00/cwt320.00–325.001,2445
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3412316.16/cwt310.00–317.501,30313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3466301.26/cwt300.00–305.001,4044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476324.47/cwt320.00–325.001,5449
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530291.01/cwt285.00–295.001,54210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566277.44/cwt275.00–280.001,5704
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624266.24/cwt265.00–270.001,66112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655260.63/cwt260.00–262.501,7074
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662242.51/cwt240.00–250.001,6058
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3668233.37/cwt230.00–235.001,5593
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3742224.03/cwt220.00–225.001,6625
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268346.99/cwt345.00–347.509305
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311331.49/cwt330.00–335.001,0317
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328320.04/cwt315.00–325.001,0506
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333306.80/cwt300.00–310.001,0223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3431283.36/cwt280.00–285.001,2213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468270.86/cwt270.00–275.001,2686
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480250.22/cwt250.00–255.001,20123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485261.66/cwt260.00–267.501,26916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2512254.93/cwt250.00–257.501,3053
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513261.24/cwt260.00–262.501,3402
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578243.92/cwt240.00–247.501,41011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590231.62/cwt230.00–235.001,3676
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625214.73/cwt210.00–215.001,34219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633223.51/cwt220.00–225.001,41520
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664210.74/cwt210.00–215.001,39914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2681204.29/cwt200.00–205.001,39114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375323.38/cwt320.00–325.001,2133
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433302.43/cwt300.00–305.001,3102
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3464283.47/cwt280.00–285.001,3155
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473304.81/cwt300.00–310.001,4422
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478289.72/cwt288.00–290.001,3857
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518267.51/cwt265.00–270.001,3862
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523284.00/cwt280.00–287.501,4855
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3559250.79/cwt250.00–257.501,40210
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560262.52/cwt260.00–265.001,4702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562272.47/cwt270.00–275.001,5312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629241.51/cwt240.00–247.501,51918
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3664223.50/cwt220.00–227.501,4845
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2679233.75/cwt230.00–235.001,5874
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,000150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5001
Bulls——1,595170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,7121
Bulls——1,790183.12/cwt181.00–185.003,2782
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026119.18/cwt114.00–121.001,22318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086131.12/cwt130.00–134.001,42410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100155.64/cwt153.00–159.001,7123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,102145.53/cwt143.00–150.001,60413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,106125.04/cwt123.00–129.001,38310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193138.81/cwt135.00–142.001,65619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,384144.73/cwt142.00–149.002,0039
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440152.47/cwt150.00–155.002,1962
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462138.23/cwt137.00–140.002,0213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3945116.19/cwt113.00–119.001,0982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,5201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,093141.71/cwt133.00–151.001,5496
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,193136.19/cwt130.00–144.001,6252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,779.99/head1,700.00–1,880.001,7806

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.