Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows firm, slaughter bulls 10.00 to 12.00 higher, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves sharply higher, bull calves 7.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.86/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −112.70 against this barn's trailing median of $396.56.

Average price

$283.86

6 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.85

vs GA average

−23.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	283.86	1,493	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale6 hd

283.86

—

GA average12 barns · 224 hd

265.01

+18.85

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−23.15

This barn, trailing median33 sales

396.56

−112.70

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	1,730	181.65	3,142	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	156.19	2,025	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	153.30	2,239	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,402	136.72	1,917	77

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,067	6

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,049	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	2,050.00/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,050	4
Bulls	—	—	1,796	184.59/cwt	180.00–187.00	3,315	4
Bulls	—	—	1,956	191.44/cwt	191.00–192.00	3,745	5
Bulls	—	—	1,530	172.98/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,647	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	152.70/cwt	149.00–156.00	2,136	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	158.97/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,453	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,910	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	296	370.49/cwt	363.00–373.00	1,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	363.86/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,368	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	283.86/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,493	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	308.39/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	382.94/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	366.14/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	396.29/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,522	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	348.97/cwt	343.00–353.00	1,626	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	405.49/cwt	400.00–408.00	1,330	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	372.96/cwt	372.00–380.00	1,212	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,495	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	353.41/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	367.42/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	315.78/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,326	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	366.24/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	376.90/cwt	372.00–380.00	1,455	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,423	136.06/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,936	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,376	142.62/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,962	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,393	128.51/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,790	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	153.94/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,994	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	160.17/cwt	158.00–164.00	2,023	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,453	148.36/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,156	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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 341Year ago 150

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 115Year ago 142

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 58Year ago 79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,049	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,125	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,495	147.00	147.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,796	180.00–187.00	184.59
5	—	1,956	191.00–192.00	191.44
7	—	1,530	170.00–177.00	172.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,399	149.00–156.00	152.70
2	—	1,543	158.00–160.00	158.97
1	—	1,910	148.00	148.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,423	132.00–139.00	136.06
25	—	1,376	140.00–147.00	142.62
15	—	1,393	125.00–131.00	128.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,295	151.00–157.00	153.94
9	—	1,263	158.00–164.00	160.17
2	—	1,453	146.00–150.00	148.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	296	363.00–373.00	370.49
8	300–350	325	372.00–380.00	372.96
4	350–400	376	362.00–370.00	363.86
2	450–500	465	305.00–312.00	308.39
6	500–550	526	280.00–288.00	283.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	380.00–388.00	382.94
5	350–400	386	372.00–380.00	376.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	352	347.00–355.00	353.41
11	400–450	420	310.00–320.00	315.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	471	360.00–368.00	366.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	364	365.00–370.00	367.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	400.00–408.00	405.49
6	350–400	384	390.00–398.00	396.29
10	450–500	466	343.00–353.00	348.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	365.00–370.00	366.24

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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