Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2025-05-13

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
221 vs last sale 413 312 vs year ago 504 · 61.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
52 vs last sale 75 17 vs year ago 40 · 42.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
34 vs last sale 48 7 vs year ago 21 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Breaker and boner slaughter cows sharply higher, lean slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 8.00 to 12.00 higher, steer calves and heifer calves sharply higher, bull calves firm, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.69/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 67.19 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.
Average price
$335.69
5 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.70
vs GA average
4.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2516335.691,7325thin
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
455412369326median 402.8801/1303/1005/0506/2308/18
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 sale5 hd
335.69
GA average14 barns · 477 hd
320.99
+14.70
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−4.19
This barn, trailing median29 sales
402.88
−67.19
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,851185.403,43110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,215163.001,9801thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,339159.642,1375thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,119138.631,5516thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,600$3,4002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,500$2,7002thin

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,9751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,433164.06/cwt160.00–167.002,3513
Bulls1,908186.53/cwt185.00–188.003,5592
Bulls1,958193.70/cwt190.00–200.003,7935
CowsLean 85-90%1,173144.59/cwt140.00–147.001,6963
CowsLean 85-90%1,125128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,4401
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573366.51/cwt365.00–368.002,1006
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424388.98/cwt388.00–395.001,6497
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450439442.05/cwt437.00–445.001,9419
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476420.56/cwt417.00–423.002,0025
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383390.10/cwt385.00–395.001,4942
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330397.74/cwt397.00–400.001,3134
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550516335.69/cwt332.00–342.001,7325
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450416374.68/cwt373.00–383.001,55914
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400377462.51/cwt460.00–465.001,7443
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550517342.49/cwt340.00–350.001,7714
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600563324.98/cwt320.00–330.001,8302
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650601298.00/cwt290.00–300.001,7915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2865232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,0111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,8231
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475340.16/cwt335.00–345.001,6162
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600577304.07/cwt300.00–310.001,7543
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450418423.98/cwt420.00–428.001,7722
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535336.47/cwt335.00–338.001,8002
Bulls1,633170.81/cwt169.00–175.002,7893
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,215163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,9801
CowsLean 85-90%1,035135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,145148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,6951
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320470.31/cwt465.00–475.001,5052
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670295.88/cwt292.00–300.001,9822

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.