Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Breaker and boner slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, lean slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves weak, bull calves sharply higher, feeder steers 10.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows sharply lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.84/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −53.03 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$349.84

47 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$14.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.82

vs GA average

−0.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	357.37	1,949	19thin
Medium and Large 2	545	344.90	1,880	26
Medium and Large 3	523	342.51	1,791	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.86/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale47 hd

349.84

—

GA average13 barns · 573 hd

326.02

+23.82

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−0.73

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−53.03

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	1,545	181.91	2,810	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	168.15	2,155	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	991	163.32	1,619	4thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,306	155.61	2,031	12

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$3,150	4thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	3,150.00/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,565	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	154.14/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,965	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	162.36/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,000	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,960	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,163	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,284	144.91/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,861	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	398.33/cwt	395.00–403.00	2,115	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	357.82/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,936	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	407.44/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,724	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	1,549	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,390	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	457.26/cwt	455.00–458.00	1,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	391.12/cwt	385.00–393.00	1,897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	428.31/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	442.57/cwt	440.00–443.00	1,938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	372.56/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,131	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	149.31/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,672	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	164.14/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,699	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	170.91/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,196	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,385	172.31/cwt	168.00–176.00	2,386	3
Bulls	—	—	1,510	177.89/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,686	5
Bulls	—	—	1,579	185.93/cwt	182.00–189.00	2,936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	364.25/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,592	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	333.04/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,928	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	467.46/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,472	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,655	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	174.97/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,140	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	472.60/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	377.64/cwt	377.00–380.00	1,567	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	380.02/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	342.51/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	359.61/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	366.85/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,713	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	357.38/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	352.32/cwt	345.00–353.00	1,846	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	491	358.00/cwt	350.00–359.00	1,758	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	265.05/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	358.86/cwt	355.00–363.00	1,884	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	353.37/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	316.02/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,032	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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 470Last week 350Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 106Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 34Year ago 12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,375	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,120	145.00–155.00	149.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	168.00	168.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,223	170.00–180.00	174.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	180.00	180.00
3	—	1,232	158.00–165.00	162.36
2	—	1,285	169.00–173.00	170.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	175.00	175.00
1	—	775	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,035	160.00–168.00	164.14
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	151.00–157.00	154.14
4	—	1,284	141.00–148.00	144.91
3	—	1,385	168.00–176.00	172.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,510	173.00–181.00	177.89
5	—	1,579	182.00–189.00	185.93

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	478.00	478.00
3	400–450	410	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	458	425.00–435.00	428.31
10	500–550	531	395.00–403.00	398.33
11	650–700	664	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	438	440.00–443.00	442.57
4	450–500	485	385.00–393.00	391.12
4	500–550	511	378.00	378.00
28	550–600	572	365.00–375.00	372.56
5	600–650	626	353.00–360.00	357.38
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	525	355.00–363.00	358.86
5	550–600	553	350.00–362.00	359.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	465.00–470.00	467.46
4	400–450	406	400.00–410.00	407.44
11	450–500	450	383.00	383.00
16	500–550	541	355.00–358.00	357.82
3	550–600	568	355.00	355.00
3	650–700	668	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	415	377.00–380.00	377.64
8	450–500	467	365.00–370.00	366.85
16	500–550	524	345.00–353.00	352.32
10	550–600	579	325.00–335.00	333.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	437	360.00–368.00	364.25
13	450–500	491	350.00–359.00	358.00
2	500–550	523	340.00–345.00	342.51
2	650–700	688	260.00–270.00	265.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	470.00–475.00	472.60
3	400–450	427	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	306	455.00–458.00	457.26
3	350–400	380	445.00	445.00
3	500–550	527	350.00–355.00	353.37
2	600–650	643	312.00–320.00	316.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	375.00–385.00	380.02

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Replacement Cattle

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