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Donalsonville

Name: Donalsonville livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Mon, May 4

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

411 head

▼ 515 vs last sale 926▼ 138 vs year ago 549 · −25.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 91▼ 20 vs year ago 53 · −37.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 171 vs last sale 226▲ 31 vs year ago 24 · +129.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter breaker and boner cows mostly steady, slaughter lean cows 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 10.00 lower, feeder bulls 15.00 higher, steer calves and heifer calves 5.00 higher, bull calves 17.00 higher, replacement cows 4.00-10.00 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 $472.51/cwt on 44 head, up $13.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 30 comparable sales and sits +41.08 against this barn's trailing median of $431.43.

Average price

$472.51

▲ 13.99 vs prior sale

44 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$48.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.30

vs GA average

−15.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	490.44	2,533	26
Medium and Large 2	564	449.49	2,535	11thin
Medium and Large 3	544	442.10	2,406	7thin

One grade step is worth $48.34/cwt here — about $127 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 sale44 hd

472.51

—

GA average13 barns · 375 hd

452.21

+20.30

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−15.04

This barn, trailing median30 sales

431.43

+41.08

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	1,700	209.06	3,555	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,409	156.99	2,212	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,186	156.06	1,851	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	136.50	1,447	2thin

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)	1,407	$3,217	6

Every lot

66 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	603.83/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,860	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	573.97/cwt	570.00–575.00	1,894	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	584.86/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,965	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	566.65/cwt	565.00–570.00	2,085	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	386	540.14/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,085	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	409	529.02/cwt	525.00–530.00	2,164	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	544.38/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,254	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	418	506.77/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,118	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	511.60/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,399	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	481	490.97/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,362	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	518.97/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,501	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	462.50/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,336	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	492.96/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,524	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	453.70/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,337	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	460.16/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,618	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	446.60/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,577	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	583	426.63/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,487	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	621	402.21/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,498	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	437.07/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,740	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	740	357.52/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,646	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	772	353.30/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,727	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	539.64/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,484	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	520.73/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,604	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	308	485.11/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,494	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	312	508.07/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,585	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	502.57/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,860	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	491.89/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,889	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	416	456.78/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,900	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	473.73/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,980	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	449.89/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,101	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	450.02/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,196	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	447.55/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,309	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	429.41/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,229	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	521	413.91/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,156	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	392.45/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,249	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	601	346.67/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,083	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	367.49/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,334	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	671	327.44/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,197	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	555.16/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,749	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	523.58/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,011	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	391	503.67/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,969	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	525.88/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,193	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	499.84/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,354	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	472.47/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,400	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	462.50/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,474	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	449.98/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,533	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	581	435.05/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,528	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	688	366.73/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,523	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	334.93/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,562	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	207.97/cwt	207.00–209.00	3,494	2
Bulls	—	—	1,695	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,322	1
Bulls	—	—	1,723	216.69/cwt	215.00–218.00	3,734	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,565	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,327	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	166.42/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,919	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	156.07/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,854	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,725	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,378	162.97/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,246	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,389	155.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,165	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,620	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,365	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,040	157.13/cwt	140.00–185.00	1,634	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,206	162.08/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,955	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,215	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	1,325	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,680	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	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

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 411Last week 926Year ago 549

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 91Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 226Year ago 24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	124.00	124.00
1	—	1,050	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,389	150.00–160.00	155.84
1	—	1,620	146.00	146.00
3	—	1,378	162.00–165.00	162.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	140.00–141.00	140.50
3	—	1,153	164.00–168.00	166.42
9	—	1,188	150.00–160.00	156.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	207.00–209.00	207.97
1	—	1,695	196.00	196.00
2	—	1,723	215.00–218.00	216.69

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)	10	—	1,206	150.00–175.00	162.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,040	140.00–185.00	157.13

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	285.00	285.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,325	2,900.00	2,900.00

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	—	1,680	3,650.00	3,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,215	3,100.00	3,100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	308	515.00–525.00	520.73
4	350–400	370	500.00–505.00	502.57
2	500–550	516	445.00–450.00	447.55
6	600–650	635	365.00–370.00	367.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	480.00–490.00	485.11
3	400–450	416	455.00–460.00	456.78
3	450–500	467	445.00–455.00	449.89
5	500–550	521	410.00–420.00	413.91
10	550–600	573	390.00–400.00	392.45
2	650–700	671	325.00–330.00	327.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	535.00–545.00	539.64
5	300–350	312	500.00–510.00	508.07
8	350–400	384	485.00–495.00	491.89
8	400–450	418	470.00–475.00	473.73
2	450–500	488	445.00–455.00	450.02
9	500–550	519	425.00–435.00	429.41
3	600–650	601	345.00–350.00	346.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	500.00–510.00	503.67
2	500–550	535	460.00–465.00	462.50
2	550–600	581	430.00–440.00	435.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	550.00–560.00	555.16
4	350–400	384	520.00–530.00	523.58
2	500–550	508	470.00–475.00	472.47
2	550–600	563	445.00–455.00	449.98
3	650–700	688	360.00–370.00	366.73
2	750–800	765	330.00–340.00	334.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	520.00–530.00	525.88
2	450–500	471	495.00–505.00	499.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	570.00–575.00	573.97
2	350–400	386	535.00–545.00	540.14
3	400–450	418	505.00–510.00	506.77
5	450–500	481	490.00–495.00	490.97
4	500–550	515	450.00–455.00	453.70
3	550–600	583	425.00–430.00	426.63
11	600–650	621	400.00–405.00	402.21
4	700–750	740	355.00–365.00	357.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	600.00–610.00	603.83
8	400–450	414	540.00–550.00	544.38
5	450–500	482	515.00–520.00	518.97
24	500–550	512	490.00–495.00	492.96
2	550–600	569	455.00–465.00	460.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	336	580.00–590.00	584.86
3	350–400	368	565.00–570.00	566.65
5	400–450	409	525.00–530.00	529.02
3	450–500	469	510.00–515.00	511.60
2	500–550	505	460.00–465.00	462.50
9	550–600	577	445.00–450.00	446.60
5	600–650	627	430.00–440.00	437.07
3	750–800	772	350.00–360.00	353.30

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.