Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.88/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −95.00 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$307.88

14 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$7.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.91

vs GA average

−6.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	535	312.51	1,672	5thin
Medium and Large 2	561	305.31	1,713	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.20/cwt here — about −$41 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

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.71, low $339.73, median $402.88 across 29 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 sale14 hd

307.88

—

GA average16 barns · 425 hd

299.97

+7.91

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−6.70

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−95.00

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	1,654	177.36	2,933	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	159.33	2,257	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,432	150.77	2,159	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,444	142.38	2,056	54

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)	1,043	$2,162	26

Every lot, as filed

47 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 2	450–500	467	346.48/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,618	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	277.53/cwt	275.00–278.00	1,760	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	252.10/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,777	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	240.23/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,862	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	444.89/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,481	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	372.62/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	382.99/cwt	377.00–387.00	1,685	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	368.39/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,728	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	350.07/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	382.85/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,842	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	363.72/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	467.42/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	408.38/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,491	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	155.05/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,098	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,511	146.40/cwt	143.00–150.00	2,212	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,040	1
Bulls	—	—	2,360	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	4,484	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,149	1
Bulls	—	—	1,263	168.71/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,131	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,063	2,243.75/head	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,244	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	983	2,250.00/head	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,250	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	1,050	1,700.00/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	401.69/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,434	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,479	147.84/cwt	146.00–153.00	2,187	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,507	133.13/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,006	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,370	141.18/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,934	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	164.22/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,319	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	371.40/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,604	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	569	345.04/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	342.63/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	331.28/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,524	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,672	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	414.39/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,749	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	480.04/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	396.32/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	284.94/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,918	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	500.32/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	402.29/cwt	400.00–403.00	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	325.91/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,128	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	354.46/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,999	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	397.48/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	305.31/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,713	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	361.66/cwt	355.00–363.00	1,656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	392.58/cwt	388.00–398.00	1,822	8

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 Mar 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 429Last week 199Year ago 351

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 103Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 78Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	467	340.00–350.00	346.48
9	550–600	561	302.00–312.00	305.31
19	600–650	634	275.00–278.00	277.53
10	700–750	705	250.00–253.00	252.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	370.00–375.00	372.62
2	400–450	423	340.00–345.00	342.63
16	450–500	460	325.00–335.00	331.28
5	500–550	535	310.00–315.00	312.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	400.00–403.00	402.29
7	400–450	432	370.00–375.00	371.40
6	450–500	458	355.00–363.00	361.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	440.00–450.00	444.89
3	350–400	365	405.00–415.00	408.38
4	400–450	439	390.00–400.00	396.32
8	450–500	481	380.00–388.00	382.85
4	500–550	507	360.00–365.00	363.72
2	650–700	673	282.00–288.00	284.94
5	750–800	775	237.00–245.00	240.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	400.00–405.00	401.69
10	400–450	440	377.00–387.00	382.99
6	450–500	469	367.00–375.00	368.39
2	500–550	533	345.00–355.00	350.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	495.00–505.00	500.32
2	300–350	343	475.00–485.00	480.04
8	400–450	422	410.00–415.00	414.39
8	450–500	464	388.00–398.00	392.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	465.00–470.00	467.42
7	450–500	459	395.00–400.00	397.48
11	550–600	564	350.00–360.00	354.46
11	650–700	653	325.00–326.00	325.91
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	569	340.00–350.00	345.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	150.00	150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	138.00	138.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,063	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,243.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	983	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,353	153.00–159.00	155.05
7	—	1,511	143.00–150.00	146.40
1	—	1,275	160.00	160.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,479	146.00–153.00	147.84
11	—	1,507	130.00–136.00	133.13
20	—	1,370	137.00–144.00	141.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,412	160.00–167.00	164.22
2	—	1,423	152.00	152.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,360	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,730	182.00	182.00
2	—	1,263	165.00–172.00	168.71

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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