Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00-8.00 higher, feeder bulls steady, and replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.56/cwt on 11 head, up $9.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −69.86 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$327.56

▲ 9.92 vs prior sale

11 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$15

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

$30.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.14

vs GA average

−3.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	337.07	1,743	5thin
Medium and Large 2	587	332.50	1,952	3thin
Medium and Large 3	573	306.77	1,758	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.30/cwt here — about −$15 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.71, low $317.64, median $397.42 across 32 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 sale11 hd

327.56

—

GA average13 barns · 355 hd

310.42

+17.14

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

−3.96

This barn, trailing median32 sales

397.42

−69.86

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	—	High	1,760	203.88	3,589	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,597	157.63	2,517	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	150.14	2,011	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	141.51	1,647	31

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	142.69/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,759	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	151.30/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,719	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	156.26/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,908	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	145.37/cwt	139.00–150.00	2,035	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	148.16/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,311	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	156.00/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	475.39/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,705	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,381	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	398.32/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	379.22/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,002	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	332.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,094	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	337.07/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,968	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	387.44/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	397.25/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,609	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	372.91/cwt	367.50–382.50	1,693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	441.48/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,435	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	358.76/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	334.94/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,602	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	306.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	382.00/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	360.62/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,760	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	427.41/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	303.75/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	347.61/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	371.75/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,714	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,864	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Bulls	—	—	2,035	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	4,375	1
Bulls	—	—	1,623	198.32/cwt	195.00–201.00	3,219	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	163.47/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,081	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	163.18/cwt	161.00–166.00	2,551	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	134.79/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,400	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,070	1

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 Sep 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 252Last week 226Year ago 358

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 121Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 17Year ago 98

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00-8.00 higher, feeder bulls steady, and replacement cattle lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,233	140.00–149.00	142.69
4	—	1,136	150.00–153.00	151.30
9	—	1,039	130.00–138.00	134.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,221	153.00–159.00	156.26
12	—	1,400	139.00–150.00	145.37
2	—	1,273	163.00–164.00	163.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	146.00–150.00	148.16
2	—	1,700	155.00–157.00	156.00
4	—	1,563	161.00–166.00	163.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,035	215.00	215.00
2	—	1,623	195.00–201.00	198.32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	460.00–490.00	475.39
10	300–350	325	440.00–455.00	441.48
1	350–400	375	430.00	430.00
33	400–450	405	390.00–400.00	397.25
14	450–500	454	367.50–382.50	372.91
5	500–550	517	335.00–345.00	337.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	485.00	485.00
4	300–350	333	425.00–430.00	427.41
5	400–450	411	380.00–385.00	382.00
8	450–500	488	355.00–365.00	360.62
3	550–600	587	332.50	332.50
4	700–750	729	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	340.00–350.00	347.61
1	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	573	300.00–310.00	306.77
1	700–750	745	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	341	500.00	500.00
5	350–400	365	460.00	460.00
6	450–500	451	390.00–400.00	398.32
26	500–550	528	375.00–385.00	379.22
1	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
4	600–650	630	330.00–340.00	332.46
8	750–800	768	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	425.00	425.00
3	550–600	583	332.50–340.00	334.94
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	461	360.00–375.00	371.75
3	700–750	710	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	385.00–390.00	387.44
1	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
4	500–550	535	355.00–360.00	358.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	545	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	600	300.00–305.00	303.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	555.00	555.00
2	300–350	305	490.00	490.00
2	350–400	365	470.00	470.00
8	450–500	478	390.00	390.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	145.00	145.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	200.00	200.00

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.

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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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Slaughter Cattle

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