Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves firm, bull calves 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 $320.73/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −82.15 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$320.73

11 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$11.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.92

vs GA average

−0.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	522	323.32	1,688	6thin
Medium and Large 1	557	321.68	1,792	3thin
Medium and Large 3	515	311.51	1,604	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $83 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 sale11 hd

320.73

—

GA average14 barns · 392 hd

305.81

+14.92

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−0.65

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−82.15

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	1,684	183.80	3,094	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	155.61	1,992	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,748	144.50	2,525	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,400	132.21	1,851	41

Every lot, as filed

22 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	500–550	522	323.32/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,688	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	311.51/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	382.44/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	321.68/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,792	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,638	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,788	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,935	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,690	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,879	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,425	129.29/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,842	21
Bulls	—	—	1,572	182.93/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,876	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,391	134.76/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,875	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,340	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	161.41/cwt	159.00–164.00	2,047	2
Bulls	—	—	1,905	188.52/cwt	188.00–189.00	3,591	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	464.96/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	354.82/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	400.85/cwt	395.00–403.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	346.56/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	375.06/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	369.97/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,676	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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 263Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 122Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	395.00–403.00	400.85
2	400–450	420	350.00–360.00	354.82
5	450–500	464	340.00–350.00	346.56
6	500–550	522	320.00–325.00	323.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	310.00–313.00	311.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	370.00–380.00	375.06
2	450–500	453	365.00–375.00	369.97
3	550–600	557	315.00–325.00	321.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	380.00–385.00	382.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	460.00–470.00	464.96

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	144.00	144.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	177.00	177.00
3	—	1,572	180.00–187.00	182.93
2	—	1,905	188.00–189.00	188.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,560	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	144.00	144.00
2	—	1,268	159.00–164.00	161.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,425	125.00–132.00	129.29
19	—	1,391	133.00–139.00	134.76
1	—	1,045	145.00	145.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle