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Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Jul 23

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

592 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 569▲ 220 vs year ago 372 · +59.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 93 vs last sale 128▼ 104 vs year ago 139 · −74.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 110▲ 7 vs year ago 37 · +18.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter breaker and boner cows mostly steady, lean cows 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 8.00 lower, feeder steers 8.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 lower, feeder bulls steady, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows 6.00 lower.

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 $330.62/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 12 of 35 comparable sales and sits −53.33 against this barn's trailing median of $383.95.

Average price

$330.62

133 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$30.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.55

vs GA average

−9.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	349.34	1,871	30
Medium and Large 2	555	328.63	1,825	68
Medium and Large 3	558	318.43	1,776	35

One grade step is worth $30.91/cwt here — about $95 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 sale133 hd

330.62

—

GA average14 barns · 649 hd

322.07

+8.55

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−9.56

This barn, trailing median35 sales

383.95

−53.33

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	—	High	1,785	189.35	3,379	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,363	165.71	2,259	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	161.12	1,948	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,122	133.03	1,493	3thin

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)	1,298	$2,607	6

Every lot

63 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	283	525.13/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,486	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	502.54/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,457	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	491.58/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,583	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	503.27/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,721	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	476.28/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,686	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	458.49/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,646	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	376	439.90/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,654	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	424.00/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,700	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	411	396.22/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,628	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	392.96/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,796	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	374.95/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,781	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	341.67/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,725	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	369.12/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,897	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	356.91/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,877	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	350.75/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,971	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	342.88/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,978	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	339.53/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,047	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	323.12/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,049	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	668	298.73/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,996	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	312.28/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,114	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	318.15/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,272	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	442.54/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,354	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	430.05/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,363	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	405.14/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,523	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	388.74/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,501	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	367.85/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,670	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	359.24/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,645	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	344.09/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,628	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	358.77/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,844	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	339.08/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,767	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	544	330.70/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,799	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	567	310.25/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,759	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	321.75/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,860	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	330.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,913	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	673	291.13/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,959	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	723	281.53/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,035	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	758	267.49/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,028	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	450.04/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,481	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	411.74/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,536	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	385.08/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,667	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	371.59/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,754	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	351.15/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,801	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	332.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,812	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	322.10/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,830	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	298.33/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,850	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	318.49/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,000	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,044	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,555	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,706	1
Bulls	—	—	1,797	186.94/cwt	184.00–189.00	3,359	3
Bulls	—	—	1,833	195.00/cwt	192.00–199.00	3,574	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	130.55/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,401	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,194	160.81/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,920	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,202	153.67/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,847	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,684	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	167.17/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,066	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,361	167.24/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,276	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,139	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,028	196.72/cwt	190.00–212.50	2,022	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,050	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,706	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,155	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,176	171.47/cwt	164.00–182.50	2,016	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,268	192.12/cwt	190.00–195.00	2,436	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,298	2,606.80/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,607	6

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 Jul 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 592Last week 569Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 128Year ago 139

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 110Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	425.00–435.00	430.05
12	350–400	386	385.00–390.00	388.74
7	450–500	458	355.00–360.00	359.24
27	500–550	521	335.00–345.00	339.08
41	550–600	578	320.00–325.00	321.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	306	440.00–445.00	442.54
2	350–400	376	400.00–410.00	405.14
7	450–500	454	365.00–370.00	367.85
20	500–550	514	350.00–360.00	358.77
10	550–600	579	330.00–335.00	330.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	473	340.00–350.00	344.09
14	500–550	544	330.00–335.00	330.70
21	550–600	567	310.00–315.00	310.25
9	650–700	673	290.00–295.00	291.13
5	700–750	723	280.00–285.00	281.53
2	750–800	758	265.00–270.00	267.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	500.00–505.00	502.54
5	350–400	376	435.00–445.00	439.90
4	400–450	411	390.00–400.00	396.22
22	450–500	475	370.00–380.00	374.95
3	500–550	505	340.00–345.00	341.67
2	650–700	668	297.50–300.00	298.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	520.00–530.00	525.13
3	300–350	322	490.00–495.00	491.58
7	350–400	359	455.00–460.00	458.49
15	450–500	457	385.00–395.00	392.96
24	500–550	526	350.00–360.00	356.91
7	550–600	577	340.00–345.00	342.88
26	600–650	634	320.00–330.00	323.12
11	650–700	677	305.00–315.00	312.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	500.00–510.00	503.27
8	350–400	354	470.00–480.00	476.28
5	400–450	401	420.00–425.00	424.00
6	500–550	514	365.00–375.00	369.12
7	550–600	562	350.00–355.00	350.75
11	600–650	603	335.00–340.00	339.53
7	700–750	714	310.00–320.00	318.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	410.00–415.00	411.74
2	400–450	433	380.00–390.00	385.08
12	500–550	513	345.00–355.00	351.15
13	600–650	628	310.00–320.00	318.49
3	650–700	670	300.00–310.00	305.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	330.00–335.00	332.50
19	550–600	568	320.00–325.00	322.10
3	600–650	620	295.00–300.00	298.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	445.00–455.00	450.04
6	450–500	472	365.00–375.00	371.59

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,028	190.00–212.50	196.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,268	190.00–195.00	192.12

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	162.50	162.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,176	164.00–182.50	171.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	177.50	177.50

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	6	—	1,298	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,606.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,236	166.00–169.00	167.17
3	—	1,202	150.00–156.00	153.67
6	—	1,194	158.00–164.00	160.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	128.00–133.00	130.55
1	—	1,220	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	155.00	155.00
7	—	1,361	165.00–169.00	167.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,833	192.00–199.00	195.00
3	—	1,797	184.00–189.00	186.94
1	—	1,555	174.00	174.00

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.