Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, steer calves, heifer calves, bull calves, and feeder steers sharply higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.80/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −125.78 against this barn's trailing median of $450.58.

Average price

$324.80

35 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$24.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.18

vs GA average

−17.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	329.08	1,762	29
Medium and Large 2	571	304.16	1,737	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.92/cwt here — about $25 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

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.82, low $357.60, median $450.58 across 26 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 sale35 hd

324.80

—

GA average15 barns · 428 hd

306.63

+18.18

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−17.65

This barn, trailing median26 sales

450.58

−125.78

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	1,733	159.50	2,763	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,653	132.10	2,184	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,519	124.22	1,887	4thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	306.97/cwt	304.00–313.00	1,427	3
Bulls	—	—	1,680	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	342.51/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	398.29/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	334.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	391.79/cwt	387.00–393.00	1,336	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	296.96/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	304.16/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	278.26/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	292.03/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,816	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	318.64/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	346.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,489	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	331.25/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,749	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	677	278.81/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,888	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	324.45/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,385	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	324.93/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	348.44/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	267.87/cwt	263.00–273.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	330.59/cwt	328.00–338.00	1,296	12
Bulls	—	—	1,785	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,698	131.29/cwt	129.00–133.00	2,229	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,545	116.84/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,805	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,493	131.60/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,965	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,693	136.00/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,302	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	119.43/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,586	3

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 Jan 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 321Last week 247Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 153Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	387.00–393.00	391.79
2	400–450	418	330.00–340.00	334.91
3	450–500	465	304.00–313.00	306.97
5	500–550	528	292.00–300.00	296.96
6	550–600	580	277.00–285.00	278.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	270.00–280.00	274.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	328.00–338.00	330.59
17	400–450	427	320.00–327.00	324.45
2	550–600	575	263.00–273.00	267.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	335.00–345.00	342.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	395.00–405.00	398.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	340.00–350.00	346.28
3	450–500	477	320.00–330.00	324.93
6	550–600	571	300.00–305.00	304.16
12	600–650	622	290.00–293.00	292.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	478	342.00–352.00	348.44
24	500–550	528	325.00–334.00	331.25
5	550–600	571	317.00–325.00	318.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	677	270.00–279.00	278.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,785	149.00	149.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,698	129.00–133.00	131.29
12	—	1,693	134.00–141.00	136.00
3	—	1,328	116.00–122.00	119.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	115.00–119.00	116.84
2	—	1,493	131.00–132.00	131.60

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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