Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2025-06-25

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jun 25
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
576 head
▲ 264 vs last sale 312▲ 117 vs year ago 459 · +25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 50▼ 55 vs year ago 132 · −41.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 15▲ 49 vs year ago 31 · +158.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 7.00 lower, feeder steers 4.00 higher, feeder heifer and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 5.00 lower, bull calves 10.00 higher, replacement cows 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.23/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 5 of 35 comparable sales and sits −66.72 against this barn's trailing median of $383.95.
Average price
$317.23
29 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,792
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$5.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.59
vs GA average
−18.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3533321.661,7146thin
Medium and Large 2573316.071,81223
One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about −$98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale29 hd
317.23
—
GA average14 barns · 332 hd
313.64
+3.59
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−18.68
This barn, trailing median35 sales
383.95
−66.72
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—Low1,663179.872,9918thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,413159.912,25912
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,136157.131,78535
CowsLean 85-90%Low902137.111,2378thin

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)1,097$3,1008

Every lot

56 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322459.01/cwt455.00–465.001,4786
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2341441.62/cwt440.00–450.001,5069
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3341423.51/cwt420.00–430.001,4447
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378407.45/cwt400.00–410.001,5404
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422414.99/cwt410.00–420.001,7519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428393.27/cwt390.00–395.001,6833
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485395.01/cwt390.00–400.001,91616
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516377.43/cwt375.00–380.001,9482
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534350.96/cwt350.00–360.001,87415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3538326.23/cwt320.00–330.001,7558
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578356.60/cwt355.00–360.002,0613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613340.99/cwt335.00–345.002,09018
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3619304.22/cwt300.00–310.001,88313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625319.18/cwt315.00–322.501,9953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275441.27/cwt440.00–445.001,2134
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328394.13/cwt390.00–395.001,2936
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330424.85/cwt420.00–430.001,4022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359374.00/cwt370.00–375.001,3435
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372357.62/cwt350.00–360.001,3306
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377403.04/cwt400.00–405.001,51910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419364.28/cwt360.00–365.001,5267
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425368.63/cwt366.00–370.001,5673
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3432346.64/cwt340.00–350.001,4973
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475331.02/cwt330.00–337.501,57212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2492341.23/cwt340.00–345.001,67916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522333.35/cwt330.00–335.001,7403
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533321.66/cwt320.00–325.001,7146
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581313.48/cwt305.00–315.001,82120
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632317.31/cwt315.00–317.502,00513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3657274.99/cwt270.00–277.501,8073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376398.89/cwt395.00–405.001,5004
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467373.25/cwt370.00–375.001,7433
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508351.68/cwt350.00–360.001,78712
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533335.12/cwt330.00–340.001,7862
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568343.12/cwt340.00–345.001,9494
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590335.00/cwt330.00–340.001,9772
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2611329.92/cwt325.00–335.002,0162
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3622306.28/cwt300.00–310.001,9054
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585193.00/cwt193.00–193.003,0591
Bulls——1,602174.64/cwt174.00–176.002,7985
Bulls——1,853186.38/cwt184.00–189.003,4542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890138.83/cwt137.50–140.001,2362
Cows—Lean 85-90%905128.86/cwt124.00–131.001,1664
Cows—Lean 85-90%908151.87/cwt150.00–154.001,3792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,134158.34/cwt155.00–161.001,7969
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135166.63/cwt164.00–169.001,89110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137150.52/cwt147.00–154.001,71116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,337161.98/cwt158.00–164.002,1663
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,352153.48/cwt150.00–157.002,0756
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610170.70/cwt170.00–171.002,7483
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2910189.59/cwt175.00–205.001,7252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005188.86/cwt177.50–200.001,8982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,100152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6721
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,194156.35/cwt143.00–169.001,8674
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0803,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1032,982.93/head2,950.00–3,050.002,9836

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.