Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls 6.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.45/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −91.43 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$311.45

34 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$24.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.36

vs GA average

−10.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	321.46	1,710	20
Medium and Large 3	562	297.15	1,671	14thin

One grade step is worth $24.31/cwt here — about $39 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale34 hd

311.45

—

GA average13 barns · 461 hd

302.10

+9.36

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−10.29

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−91.43

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	—	Low	1,768	184.02	3,253	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,459	146.60	2,138	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,010	143.14	1,446	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	963	130.61	1,258	3thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,568	177.01/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,776	2
Bulls	—	—	1,803	189.94/cwt	189.00–191.00	3,425	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,029	138.38/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,424	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	152.84/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,129	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	141.92/cwt	138.00–144.00	2,140	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	130.61/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,258	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	399.12/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,473	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	341.31/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,997	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	354.98/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,551	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	413.01/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	367.52/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	305.98/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	303	469.97/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	262.46/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	601	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	361.24/cwt	360.00–362.50	1,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	321.46/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,710	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	433.71/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	357.49/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	445.27/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	469.81/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	332.44/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	395.08/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,509	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	362.13/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,028	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	424.97/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,819	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	438.16/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	384.85/cwt	382.50–387.50	1,393	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	403.34/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,823	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	387.49/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	267.48/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	317.71/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,957	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	481.48/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,521	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	372.74/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,607	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	370.63/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,883	4
Bulls	—	—	1,850	184.56/cwt	180.00–187.00	3,414	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,023	143.91/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,472	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	805	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	292.25/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,672	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	335.01/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	350.25/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,804	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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 429Year ago 461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 92Year ago 68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	174.00–179.00	177.01
2	—	1,803	189.00–191.00	189.94
4	—	1,850	180.00–187.00	184.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,029	135.00–142.00	138.38
9	—	1,023	142.00–150.00	143.91
1	—	805	160.00	160.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,393	150.00–155.00	152.84
12	—	1,508	138.00–144.00	141.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	963	129.00–134.00	130.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	369	397.50–400.00	399.12
2	400–450	431	365.00–370.00	367.52
8	500–550	515	345.00–352.50	350.25
3	550–600	580	330.00–340.00	335.01
12	600–650	616	317.50–320.00	317.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	465.00–475.00	469.97
6	350–400	372	410.00–417.50	413.01
4	650–700	676	255.00–265.00	262.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	316	480.00–485.00	481.48
8	350–400	374	430.00–440.00	438.16
4	400–450	428	420.00–430.00	424.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	385.00–390.00	387.49
2	550–600	585	337.50–345.00	341.31
2	600–650	601	320.00–325.00	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	465.00–475.00	469.81
4	350–400	374	430.00–435.00	433.71
9	450–500	452	402.50–410.00	403.34
2	600–650	616	330.00–335.00	332.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	508	370.00–372.50	370.63
7	550–600	560	360.00–362.50	362.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	362	382.50–387.50	384.85
6	400–450	437	350.00–360.00	354.98
20	500–550	532	317.50–327.50	321.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	360.00–362.50	361.24
5	500–550	545	305.00–310.00	305.98
9	550–600	572	290.00–295.00	292.25
4	600–650	605	260.00–270.00	267.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	440.00–450.00	445.27
9	350–400	382	390.00–400.00	395.08
15	400–450	431	370.00–377.50	372.74
2	450–500	463	355.00–360.00	357.49

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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