Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, steer calves 8.00 higher, heifer calves firm, bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.73/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −97.14 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$305.73

51 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$38.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs GA average

−15.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	322.19	1,682	13thin
Medium and Large 2	570	303.84	1,731	31
Medium and Large 3	587	283.56	1,664	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.63/cwt here — about $17 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 sale51 hd

305.73

—

GA average16 barns · 615 hd

304.00

+1.73

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−15.45

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−97.14

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	1,824	174.25	3,178	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,219	136.65	1,665	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,454	133.30	1,938	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,063	130.20	1,384	20

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,640	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,903	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	146.02/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,873	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	141.06/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,443	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	127.43/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,422	5
Bulls	—	—	1,835	169.49/cwt	169.00–170.00	3,110	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	120.52/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,243	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	332.35/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,954	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	302.90/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,736	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	408.05/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	391.83/cwt	387.00–395.00	1,501	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	325.90/cwt	322.00–330.00	2,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	322.19/cwt	318.00–328.00	1,682	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	303.39/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	379.92/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	344.48/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,492	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	357.40/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,683	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	331.82/cwt	327.00–333.00	1,649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	456.79/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	317.49/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	418.49/cwt	417.00–420.00	1,620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	323.41/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,572	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	357.44/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	373.91/cwt	372.00–378.00	1,593	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	342.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	451.97/cwt	450.00–453.00	1,496	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	333.04/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,728	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	268.99/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	587	283.56/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,664	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	417.10/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,531	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,380	133.24/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,839	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,324	134.83/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	516	329.50/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	273.89/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,983	9
Bulls	—	—	1,985	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,593	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	135.92/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,669	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	137.17/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,929	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	127.88/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,944	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	131.52/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,428	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	317.78/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,471	4

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 248Year ago 451

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 48Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 26Year ago 86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,835	169.00–170.00	169.49
1	—	1,985	181.00	181.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,283	143.00–148.00	146.02
5	—	1,116	125.00–129.00	127.43
14	—	1,228	132.00–139.00	135.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	138.00–144.00	141.06
5	—	1,031	119.00–126.00	120.52
12	—	1,086	127.00–134.00	131.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,406	134.00–140.00	137.17
5	—	1,520	124.00–130.00	127.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	417.00–420.00	418.49
5	400–450	425	400.00–410.00	408.05
22	550–600	588	325.00–335.00	332.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	455.00–460.00	456.79
3	500–550	528	355.00–360.00	357.44
2	600–650	620	322.00–330.00	325.90
9	700–750	724	265.00–275.00	273.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	486	320.00–327.00	323.41
2	500–550	523	315.00–320.00	317.49
29	550–600	573	297.00–305.00	302.90
6	650–700	688	265.00–273.00	268.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	383	387.00–395.00	391.83
26	400–450	426	372.00–378.00	373.91
5	450–500	497	327.00–333.00	331.82
13	500–550	522	318.00–328.00	322.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	375.00–385.00	379.92
10	400–450	433	340.00–350.00	344.48
4	450–500	463	317.00–320.00	317.78
7	550–600	587	275.00–285.00	283.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	415.00–425.00	417.10
2	500–550	516	327.00–332.00	329.50
3	550–600	580	300.00–310.00	303.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	471	350.00–358.00	357.40
2	500–550	535	340.00–345.00	342.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	331	450.00–453.00	451.97
8	500–550	519	332.00–340.00	333.04

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,380	131.00–135.00	133.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,324	133.00–136.00	134.83

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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