Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2025-06-11

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 11
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 450▲ 6 vs year ago 360 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 74▲ 36 vs year ago 49 · +73.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 132▲ 109 vs year ago 14 · +778.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 8.00 higher, extremely high yielding bull up to 208.00, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 8.00 higher, replacement cows 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.92/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 11 of 35 comparable sales and sits −55.03 against this barn's trailing median of $383.95.
Average price
$328.92
19 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.63
vs GA average
−12.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536329.821,76717thin
Medium and Large 3538321.261,7282thin
One grade step is worth $8.56/cwt here — about $38 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 sale19 hd
328.92
—
GA average13 barns · 447 hd
320.30
+8.63
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−12.00
This barn, trailing median35 sales
383.95
−55.03
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—High1,517183.082,7776thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,458165.142,40711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,056157.211,66135
CowsLean 85-90%Average915138.151,26410

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)1,387$2,80012

Every lot

57 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365411.76/cwt410.00–415.001,5033
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370461.67/cwt455.00–465.001,7083
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382441.90/cwt435.00–445.001,6883
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477392.49/cwt390.00–395.001,8722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537374.31/cwt370.00–375.002,0107
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566359.12/cwt355.00–360.002,0336
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3589344.33/cwt340.00–345.002,0287
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628315.88/cwt312.50–320.001,9843
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677336.45/cwt330.00–340.002,27819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2681326.27/cwt325.00–327.502,2222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2202418.31/cwt415.00–420.008453
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277411.75/cwt405.00–415.001,1413
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308402.65/cwt400.00–410.001,24010
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2341390.01/cwt385.00–395.001,33011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364391.61/cwt390.00–395.001,4253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367379.24/cwt360.00–385.001,3926
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3403352.99/cwt350.00–355.001,4235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422374.21/cwt370.00–380.001,57919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481362.03/cwt360.00–370.001,7417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490343.62/cwt340.00–350.001,6849
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533331.30/cwt330.00–337.501,76615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538321.26/cwt320.00–322.501,7282
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556318.74/cwt317.50–320.001,7722
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630308.30/cwt306.00–310.001,94212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3636288.79/cwt280.00–290.001,8378
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270447.64/cwt445.00–450.001,2094
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338438.35/cwt435.00–440.001,4823
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3364398.08/cwt390.00–400.001,44911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383410.10/cwt405.00–415.001,5712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405418.33/cwt415.00–420.001,6943
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440389.96/cwt385.00–395.001,7163
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3458352.51/cwt350.00–360.001,6144
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472373.28/cwt370.00–375.001,7623
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3512336.81/cwt335.00–345.001,72414
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568327.49/cwt325.00–330.001,8604
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625315.81/cwt315.00–320.001,9749
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3712282.53/cwt280.00–285.002,0122
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713297.73/cwt292.50–300.002,12310
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,447176.16/cwt174.00–180.002,5493
Bulls——1,500186.99/cwt185.00–189.002,8052
Bulls——1,760196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,4501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%733140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0263
Cows—Lean 85-90%945146.26/cwt144.00–148.001,3822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,012133.79/cwt130.00–137.001,3545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,033147.86/cwt144.00–151.001,5278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060156.41/cwt153.00–160.001,65817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,069166.05/cwt162.00–169.001,77510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428159.73/cwt157.00–161.002,2814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451165.46/cwt163.00–169.002,4015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533175.15/cwt174.00–176.002,6852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2870185.30/cwt182.50–187.501,6122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3878181.78/cwt172.50–192.501,5963
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3915172.68/cwt160.00–182.501,5803
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,031160.78/cwt152.00–177.501,6587
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,4031
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3222,632.91/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6336
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4522,966.13/head2,900.00–3,000.002,9666

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.