Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder steers 10.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder heifers 7.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder bulls 8.00 to 10.00 lower, replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.64/cwt on 25 head, down $27.75 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −78.92 against this barn's trailing median of $396.56.

Average price

$317.64

▼ 27.75 vs prior sale

25 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.47

vs GA average

−20.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	335.00	1,692	12thin
Medium and Large 2	555	301.61	1,674	13thin

One grade step is worth $33.39/cwt here — about $18 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.71, low $317.64, median $396.56 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

317.64

—

GA average13 barns · 316 hd

311.17

+6.47

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

−20.38

This barn, trailing median33 sales

396.56

−78.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,681	190.60	3,204	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	160.44	2,407	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	154.48	1,822	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	140.41	1,378	21

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)	983	$2,633	6

Every lot, as filed

56 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	350.94/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,513	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	366.69/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,544	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	294.66/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,792	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,076	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	372.55/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	312.52/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,047	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	462.50/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,767	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,306	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	650	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	346.67/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,959	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	156.19/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,871	39
Bulls	—	—	1,738	197.86/cwt	191.00–200.00	3,439	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	155.58/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,340	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	145.50/cwt	144.00–147.00	2,274	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	144.51/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,601	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	169.93/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,122	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	341.29/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	303.37/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	340.76/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	331.71/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	301.61/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,674	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,930	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,882	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	287.91/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,949	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	379.19/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,653	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,296	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	275.33/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,696	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	429.00/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	410.59/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	359.14/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,630	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	145.52/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,460	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	150.66/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,541	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	135.29/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,299	12
Bulls	—	—	1,596	179.70/cwt	175.00–189.00	2,868	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	167.78/cwt	163.00–174.00	2,493	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	2

How this sale compares

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 →

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Tue Aug 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 226Last week 130Year ago 320

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 75Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 11Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	470.00	470.00
1	300–350	335	460.00	460.00
10	400–450	436	370.00–392.50	379.19
1	450–500	495	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
6	350–400	382	450.00–475.00	462.50
3	400–450	417	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	460	370.00–375.00	372.55
10	500–550	522	335.00–347.50	341.29
1	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	425.00	425.00
14	600–650	616	270.00–285.00	275.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
5	400–450	431	350.00–355.00	350.94
6	450–500	468	335.00–342.50	340.76
13	550–600	555	300.00–310.00	301.61
8	600–650	608	290.00–297.50	294.66
5	650–700	677	270.00–292.50	287.91
2	700–750	745	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	205	525.00	525.00
3	250–300	287	455.00	455.00
5	300–350	336	425.00–430.00	429.00
6	350–400	380	405.00–420.00	410.59
7	400–450	421	360.00–375.00	366.69
6	450–500	454	355.00–360.00	359.14
12	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	655	310.00–315.00	312.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	330.00–335.00	331.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	490.00	490.00
4	400–450	425	435.00	435.00
6	450–500	471	377.50	377.50
6	500–550	536	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	565	340.00–350.00	346.67
3	600–650	619	327.50	327.50
4	650–700	696	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	579	325.00	325.00
3	650–700	688	300.00–305.00	303.37
1	750–800	755	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	480	350.00	350.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	650	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	3,350.00	3,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	3,350.00	3,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,198	150.00–164.00	156.19
16	—	1,108	140.00–149.00	144.51
6	—	1,249	167.00–177.00	169.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,504	150.00–160.00	155.58
2	—	1,563	144.00–147.00	145.50
12	—	1,486	163.00–174.00	167.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,003	144.00–147.00	145.52
3	—	1,023	150.00–151.00	150.66
12	—	960	130.00–139.00	135.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,738	191.00–200.00	197.86
4	—	1,596	175.00–189.00	179.70

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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Replacement Cattle

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