Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Breaker and boner slaughter cows 9.00 lower, lean slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 7.00 to 9.00 lower, steer calves, bull calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves sharply lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.74/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −109.13 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$293.74

12 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.63

vs GA average

−22.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	293.74	1,579	12thin

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

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 sale12 hd

293.74

—

GA average14 barns · 371 hd

299.38

−5.63

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−22.81

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−109.13

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	1,802	171.79	3,095	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,382	131.15	1,812	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,403	127.59	1,790	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,418	127.41	1,807	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	136.18/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,475	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,449	126.36/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,831	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	131.15/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,812	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,807	2
Bulls	—	—	1,610	178.71/cwt	177.00–180.00	2,877	2
Bulls	—	—	1,993	164.87/cwt	161.00–168.00	3,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	294.45/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,558	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	392.48/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	327.37/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	314.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	291.63/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	343.74/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	378.33/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	269.60/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,639	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	325.54/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,810	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	331.67/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	341.34/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,683	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	351.05/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,506	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	302.05/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,830	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,206	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	402.28/cwt	400.00–403.00	1,263	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	367.97/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	337.51/cwt	335.00–338.00	1,586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	309.15/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	263.31/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	296.52/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,438	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,535	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,057	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	305.07/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	418.69/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	307	378.09/cwt	377.00–383.00	1,161	6

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 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 248Last week 125Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 73Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 13Year ago 141

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	133.00–140.00	136.18
21	—	1,449	122.00–130.00	126.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,382	128.00–135.00	131.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	125.00–130.00	127.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	177.00–180.00	178.71
2	—	1,993	161.00–168.00	164.87

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	390.00–395.00	392.48
3	350–400	359	375.00–380.00	378.33
9	400–450	429	345.00–355.00	351.05
2	450–500	485	310.00–320.00	314.95
9	500–550	529	290.00–295.00	294.45
3	550–600	563	285.00–295.00	291.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	360.00–370.00	367.97
6	450–500	470	335.00–338.00	337.51
13	600–650	608	265.00–270.00	269.60
3	650–700	680	260.00–265.00	263.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	307	377.00–383.00	378.09
8	450–500	485	290.00–300.00	296.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	325.00–335.00	327.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	314	400.00–403.00	402.28
3	500–550	512	337.00–347.00	343.74
14	550–600	556	317.00–327.00	325.54
2	600–650	606	297.00–307.00	302.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	624	307.00–315.00	309.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	493	340.00–350.00	341.34
3	500–550	510	330.00–335.00	331.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	415.00–420.00	418.69
2	550–600	568	300.00–310.00	305.07

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)	2	—	670	180.00	180.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,535	134.00	134.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	155.00	155.00

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

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