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Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Nov 13

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

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Feeder Cattle receipts

239 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 316▼ 138 vs year ago 377 · −36.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

58 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 49▲ 8 vs year ago 50 · +16.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

47 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 83▲ 33 vs year ago 14 · +235.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Breaker and boner slaughter cows 2.00 higher, lean slaughter cows sharply lower, slaughter bulls 7.00 lower, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 7.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows 4.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.26/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −177.17 against this barn's trailing median of $431.43.

Average price

$254.26

38 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$25.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.79

vs GA average

−51.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	273.99	1,488	5thin
Medium and Large 2	540	265.50	1,434	5thin
Medium and Large 3	524	248.73	1,304	28

One grade step is worth $25.26/cwt here — about $184 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 sale38 hd

254.26

—

GA average14 barns · 225 hd

263.04

−8.79

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−51.18

This barn, trailing median30 sales

431.43

−177.17

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,492	128.13	1,911	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	109.21	1,300	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,383	108.10	1,495	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	90.02	976	10

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)	1,285	$1,650	2thin

Every lot

48 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	323.06/cwt	320.00–325.00	998	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	312.44/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,025	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	311.60/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,175	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	303.39/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,283	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	272.40/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,166	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	284.83/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,305	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	265.03/cwt	262.50–267.50	1,272	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	291.61/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,406	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	517	250.22/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,294	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	280.84/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,500	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	265.50/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,434	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	263.71/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,469	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	239.77/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,362	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	616	223.77/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,378	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	683	214.95/cwt	212.50–217.50	1,468	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	271.03/cwt	270.00–277.50	827	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	265.62/cwt	262.50–267.50	879	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	265.76/cwt	262.50–267.50	965	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	243.65/cwt	240.00–247.50	926	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	250.69/cwt	250.00–252.50	963	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	407	245.82/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,000	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	254.11/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,166	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	236.68/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,105	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	222.47/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,046	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	504	206.49/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,041	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	223.77/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,182	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	228.66/cwt	226.00–245.00	1,237	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	223.85/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,289	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	213.66/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,316	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	616	181.68/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,119	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	169.93/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,240	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	310.92/cwt	308.00–312.50	1,135	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	296.16/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,093	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,117	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	257.48/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,450	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,488	126.55/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,883	5
Bulls	—	—	1,510	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,054	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	989	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	82.65/cwt	80.00–86.00	887	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,116	93.51/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,044	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	105.49/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,240	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,211	114.16/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,382	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,501	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,382	104.96/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,451	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,708	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	121.82/cwt	116.00–127.50	987	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,240	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,228	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA

Wed Nov 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 316Year ago 377

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 49Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 83Year ago 14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	136.00	136.00
5	—	1,488	122.00–129.00	126.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	110.00–111.00	110.50
1	—	1,435	119.00	119.00
5	—	1,382	101.00–108.00	104.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,116	90.00–95.00	93.51
1	—	970	102.00	102.00
4	—	1,073	80.00–86.00	82.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,175	104.00–109.00	105.49
6	—	1,211	110.00–117.00	114.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	310.00–315.00	312.44
16	450–500	458	282.50–285.00	284.83
5	500–550	540	265.00–267.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	270.00–275.00	272.40
2	450–500	480	262.50–267.50	265.03
24	500–550	517	250.00–255.00	250.22
4	550–600	568	236.00–241.00	239.77
4	600–650	616	220.00–225.00	223.77
2	650–700	683	212.50–217.50	214.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	309	320.00–325.00	323.06
3	350–400	377	310.00–315.00	311.60
3	400–450	423	300.00–305.00	303.39
3	450–500	482	290.00–295.00	291.61
3	500–550	534	280.00–282.50	280.84
2	550–600	557	260.00–267.50	263.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	240.00–247.50	243.65
2	450–500	470	220.00–225.00	222.47
7	500–550	504	205.00–215.00	206.49
6	600–650	616	180.00–190.00	181.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	262.50–267.50	265.62
7	350–400	384	250.00–252.50	250.69
3	400–450	407	245.00–247.50	245.82
3	450–500	467	235.00–240.00	236.68
2	500–550	528	220.00–227.50	223.77
2	700–750	730	165.00–175.00	169.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	305	270.00–277.50	271.03
3	350–400	363	262.50–267.50	265.76
3	450–500	459	250.00–257.50	254.11
14	500–550	541	226.00–245.00	228.66
5	550–600	576	220.00–230.00	223.85
2	600–650	616	210.00–217.50	213.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	369	292.50–300.00	296.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	308.00–312.50	310.92
4	400–450	410	270.00–275.00	272.47
3	550–600	563	255.00–260.00	257.48

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	99.00	99.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	810	116.00–127.50	121.82

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	2	—	1,285	1,650.00	1,650.00

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.