Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, steer calves 4.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 10.00 higher, bull calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.39/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −68.49 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$334.39

28 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$11.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.70

vs GA average

+5.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	335.19	1,745	26
Medium and Large 2	510	323.96	1,652	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.23/cwt here — about $93 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 sale28 hd

334.39

—

GA average14 barns · 465 hd

310.69

+23.70

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+5.05

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−68.49

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	1,755	168.77	2,962	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,418	137.04	1,943	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,184	129.68	1,535	9thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	134.00/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,967	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,734	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	143.11/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,961	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,420	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,279	125.38/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,604	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	135.39/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	383.40/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,160	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,998	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	350.37/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,643	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	336.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,739	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	382.62/cwt	382.00–388.00	1,561	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	432.55/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,397	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	421.61/cwt	412.00–422.00	1,729	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	359.76/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,871	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,548	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	419.80/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,793	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	341.00/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	375.03/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	372.55/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	386.91/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	323.96/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	304.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	414.51/cwt	410.00–418.00	1,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	273.76/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	302.01/cwt	298.00–308.00	1,894	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	270	535.19/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	390.68/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,293	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	267.34/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,711	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	404.49/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,699	6
Bulls	—	—	1,855	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,228	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,231	1
Bulls	—	—	1,695	159.54/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	420.98/cwt	417.00–425.00	1,907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	408.52/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	319.99/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,805	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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 415Last week 417Year ago 375

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 84Year ago 68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,468	132.00–137.00	134.00
1	—	1,355	128.00	128.00
4	—	1,370	140.00–147.00	143.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	124.00	124.00
4	—	1,279	121.00–128.00	125.38
4	—	1,098	132.00–137.00	135.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	174.00	174.00
1	—	1,775	182.00	182.00
2	—	1,695	159.00–160.00	159.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	380.00–385.00	383.40
15	550–600	559	357.50	357.50
9	600–650	640	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	362	427.50	427.50
26	400–450	427	415.00–420.00	419.80
2	450–500	458	370.00–380.00	375.03
20	500–550	520	355.00–360.00	359.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	402.00–410.00	408.52
55	400–450	408	382.00–388.00	382.62
21	450–500	469	350.00–358.00	350.37
24	500–550	517	330.00–340.00	336.46
2	550–600	564	315.00–325.00	319.99
3	600–650	627	298.00–308.00	302.01
4	650–700	663	270.00–275.00	273.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	385.00–395.00	386.91
3	400–450	424	370.00–378.00	372.55
5	450–500	464	340.00–345.00	341.00
2	500–550	510	320.00–328.00	323.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	390.00–395.00	390.68
10	600–650	640	260.00–270.00	267.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	425.00–435.00	432.55
28	400–450	410	412.00–422.00	421.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	410.00–418.00	414.51
6	400–450	420	400.00–410.00	404.49
2	600–650	633	300.00–310.00	304.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	530.00–540.00	535.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	417.00–425.00	420.98

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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