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Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Dec 18

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

555 head

▲ 257 vs last sale 298▲ 295 vs year ago 260 · +113.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 52▼ 15 vs year ago 61 · −24.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

63 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 48▲ 15 vs year ago 48 · +31.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 6.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers 4.00 lower, feeder bulls 3.00 lower, steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 6.00 lower, bull calves 7.00 lower, replacement cows 7.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.96/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −134.99 against this barn's trailing median of $383.95.

Average price

$248.96

35 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,337

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$21.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.49

vs GA average

−35.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	258.40	1,374	11thin
Medium and Large 2	522	250.44	1,308	14thin
Medium and Large 3	564	236.50	1,334	10thin

One grade step is worth $21.89/cwt here — about $40 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 sale35 hd

248.96

—

GA average15 barns · 562 hd

251.45

−2.49

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−35.99

This barn, trailing median35 sales

383.95

−134.99

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,549	139.85	2,166	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,375	120.00	1,650	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,094	112.54	1,231	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,034	108.72	1,124	6thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	410.00/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,087	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	306	361.01/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,105	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	372.52/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,166	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	416	335.36/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,395	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	310.62/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,423	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	462	301.89/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,395	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	327.67/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,517	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	290.36/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,530	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	262.61/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,505	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	275.00/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,598	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	263.47/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,607	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	248.32/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,515	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	631	235.35/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,485	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	331	293.81/cwt	290.00–300.00	973	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	307.81/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,034	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	291.57/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,105	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	275.34/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,060	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	275.72/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,153	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	263.06/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,126	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	284.65/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,298	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	261.27/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,236	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	250.31/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,201	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	253.00/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,303	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	262.13/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,358	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	242.52/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,310	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	251.86/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,400	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	235.09/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,328	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	235.00/cwt	232.50–237.50	1,340	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	226.00/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,397	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	637	211.01/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,344	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	356.68/cwt	352.00–357.50	1,081	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	312	343.62/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,072	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	288.71/cwt	237.50–335.00	1,218	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	427	323.82/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,383	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	288.69/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,351	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	484	273.93/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,326	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	262.85/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,385	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	265.04/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,497	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	239.00/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,410	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	244.35/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,525	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,346	134.65/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,812	7
Bulls	—	—	1,572	140.98/cwt	138.00–145.00	2,216	7
Bulls	—	—	1,968	149.33/cwt	146.00–153.00	2,939	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	820	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	910	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	108.26/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,166	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,081	108.65/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,175	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,088	122.79/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,336	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,108	113.86/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,262	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,650	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	908	137.28/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,247	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	136.24/cwt	135.00–137.50	1,328	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,059	155.30/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,645	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,088	138.46/cwt	130.00–147.50	1,506	5

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 Dec 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 555Last week 298Year ago 260

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 52Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 63Last week 48Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	427	320.00–325.00	323.82
5	450–500	484	270.00–280.00	273.93
6	500–550	527	260.00–267.50	262.85
5	550–600	590	235.00–245.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	312	340.00–345.00	343.62
2	450–500	468	285.00–292.50	288.69
4	600–650	624	240.00–247.50	244.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	303	352.00–357.50	356.68
15	400–450	422	237.50–335.00	288.71
3	550–600	565	260.00–267.50	265.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	355.00–365.00	361.01
15	400–450	416	330.00–340.00	335.36
8	450–500	462	300.00–305.00	301.89
7	500–550	527	290.00–292.50	290.36
7	600–650	631	230.00–240.00	235.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	405.00–415.00	410.00
18	450–500	463	320.00–330.00	327.67
15	550–600	581	272.50–277.50	275.00
2	600–650	610	260.00–267.00	263.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	370.00–375.00	372.52
8	450–500	458	310.00–315.00	310.62
2	550–600	573	257.50–267.50	262.61
6	600–650	610	245.00–250.00	248.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	450–500	456	280.00–290.00	284.65
7	500–550	518	260.00–265.00	262.13
4	550–600	556	250.00–255.00	251.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	305.00–310.00	307.81
12	350–400	379	290.00–297.50	291.57
11	400–450	418	270.00–277.50	275.72
4	450–500	473	260.00–265.00	261.27
12	500–550	515	250.00–257.50	253.00
2	550–600	565	230.00–240.00	235.09
5	600–650	618	225.00–227.50	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	290.00–300.00	293.81
13	350–400	385	270.00–280.00	275.34
9	400–450	428	260.00–267.50	263.06
8	450–500	480	250.00–252.50	250.31
2	500–550	540	240.00–245.00	242.52
8	550–600	570	232.50–237.50	235.00
10	600–650	637	210.00–215.00	211.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,108	112.00–116.00	113.86
8	—	1,081	105.00–110.00	108.65
2	—	1,088	120.00–125.00	122.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	111.00	111.00
5	—	1,077	107.00–109.00	108.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,346	130.00–137.00	134.65
3	—	1,968	146.00–153.00	149.33
7	—	1,572	138.00–145.00	140.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	5	—	1,059	150.00–160.00	155.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,088	130.00–147.50	138.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	975	135.00–137.50	136.24

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)	6	—	908	135.00–140.00	137.28

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.