Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls sharply higher, steer calves and feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves sharply higher, bull calves firm, feeder steers 7.00 higher, feeder bulls 5.00 lower, replacement cows weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.57/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 7 of 29 comparable sales and sits −39.31 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$363.57

20 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$0.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.18

vs GA average

−2.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	363.62	2,010	17thin
Medium and Large 3	525	363.27	1,907	3thin

One grade step is worth $0.35/cwt here — about $103 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 sale20 hd

363.57

—

GA average14 barns · 487 hd

336.39

+27.18

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−2.28

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−39.31

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	1,593	189.46	3,017	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,670	164.32	2,744	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	160.69	2,009	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,142	142.63	1,628	26
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,259	146.54	1,846	15

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	411.92/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	457.41/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	423.19/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,837	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	436.12/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,814	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	491.64/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,780	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	361.21/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	381.40/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,262	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	450.90/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,065	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	418.46/cwt	417.00–420.00	2,230	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	374.94/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,980	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	282.48/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	439.95/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	585.09/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	475.07/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,537	17
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,289	155.03/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,998	7
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,269	146.79/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,863	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	131.43/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,575	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	135.46/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,533	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	157.01/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,815	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	146.88/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,695	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,575	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	166.71/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,231	4
Bulls	—	—	1,584	178.88/cwt	175.00–183.00	2,833	7
Bulls	—	—	1,743	201.85/cwt	198.00–208.00	3,518	5
Bulls	—	—	1,477	191.47/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,828	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	164.32/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,744	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,275	168.97/cwt	153.00–180.00	2,154	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,343	152.70/cwt	150.00–156.00	2,051	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	248.05/cwt	242.00–255.00	2,748	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	175.95/cwt	161.00–195.00	2,639	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	180.52/cwt	164.00–200.00	2,334	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	156.22/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	377.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	589	355.02/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,091	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	403.31/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	572.71/cwt	570.00–575.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	347.48/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	366.71/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,951	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	332.57/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	455.14/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	363.27/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,907	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	409.97/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	378.13/cwt	375.00–379.00	1,917	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	467.54/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	353.47/cwt	352.00–355.00	2,068	10

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 Sep 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 328Last week 364Year ago 321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 63Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 64Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	455.00–460.00	457.41
6	400–450	434	420.00–430.00	423.19
5	450–500	473	410.00–420.00	411.92
7	500–550	507	375.00–379.00	378.13
10	550–600	585	352.00–355.00	353.47
2	600–650	610	345.00–350.00	347.48
7	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	492.00	492.00
2	350–400	355	470.00–480.00	475.07
9	400–450	416	435.00–445.00	436.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	435.00	435.00
2	400–450	443	405.00–415.00	409.97
2	450–500	480	375.00–380.00	377.42
3	500–550	525	360.00–365.00	363.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	580.00–590.00	585.09
4	300–350	320	570.00	570.00
6	350–400	362	490.00–500.00	491.64
2	450–500	455	435.00–445.00	439.95
3	500–550	528	370.00–380.00	374.94
4	550–600	585	360.00–365.00	361.21
2	700–750	730	280.00–285.00	282.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	470.00	470.00
11	450–500	458	450.00–460.00	450.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	570.00–575.00	572.71
2	350–400	370	450.00–460.00	455.14
3	450–500	468	400.00–410.00	403.31
3	500–550	532	365.00–370.00	366.71
3	550–600	589	350.00–360.00	355.02
2	600–650	623	330.00–335.00	332.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	465.00–470.00	467.54
17	500–550	533	417.00–420.00	418.46
7	550–600	593	380.00–385.00	381.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	637	392.00	392.00
17	650–700	659	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	720	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,289	151.00–158.00	155.03
4	—	1,269	143.00–149.00	146.79
4	—	1,198	128.00–135.00	131.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,132	132.00–140.00	135.46
6	—	1,156	155.00–160.00	157.01
5	—	1,154	145.00–151.00	146.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,338	164.00–169.00	166.71
3	—	1,200	153.00–161.00	156.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	163.00–165.00	164.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,584	175.00–183.00	178.88
5	—	1,743	198.00–208.00	201.85
6	—	1,477	185.00–195.00	191.47

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,275	153.00–180.00	168.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,343	150.00–156.00	152.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,108	242.00–255.00	248.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,500	161.00–195.00	175.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,293	164.00–200.00	180.52

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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