Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls 9.00 to 12.00 lower, steer calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 7.00 lower, bull calves weak, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $367.87/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −66.49 against this barn's trailing median of $434.36.

Average price

$367.87

32 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$18.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.85

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	529	378.26	2,001	11thin
Medium and Large 1	553	377.00	2,085	3thin
Medium and Large 3	513	360.00	1,847	18thin

One grade step is worth $18.26/cwt here — about $154 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

19 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $477.55, low $356.55, median $434.36 across 19 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 sale32 hd

367.87

—

GA average14 barns · 501 hd

342.02

+25.85

This barn, trailing median19 sales

434.36

−66.49

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	1,396	171.55	2,395	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,478	167.25	2,471	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	166.67	2,063	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	153.12	1,721	25
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,347	152.60	2,056	15

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)	1,262	$3,167	6

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	1,300	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	3,150.00/head	3,050.00–3,250.00	3,150	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,386	148.60/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,060	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	151.51/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,856	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	165.97/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,184	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	152.83/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,638	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	164.31/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,972	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	140.73/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,565	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	454.91/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	375.03/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	468.99/cwt	467.00–475.00	2,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,199	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	351.54/cwt	350.00–353.00	1,839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	448.32/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,071	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	536.74/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,750	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,828	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	387.40/cwt	385.00–388.00	1,863	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	386	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	1,880	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	159.52/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,457	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	174.98/cwt	174.00–176.00	2,476	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,289	158.61/cwt	154.00–162.00	2,044	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	177.72/cwt	177.00–178.00	2,030	3
Bulls	—	—	1,493	185.43/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,768	2
Bulls	—	—	1,348	164.61/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	459.46/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,921	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,847	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	330.87/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	480.83/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,769	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,153	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	378.26/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,001	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	395.64/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	448.18/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,869	30
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	624	357.21/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,229	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	330.94/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	428.01/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,964	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	365.11/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,698	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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 428Last week 297Year ago 319

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 30Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 28Year ago 56

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	2	—	1,300	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,243	3,050.00–3,250.00	3,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,445	149.00	149.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,515	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,386	145.00–153.00	148.60
6	—	1,289	154.00–162.00	158.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	150.00–153.00	151.51
4	—	1,316	161.00–169.00	165.97
3	—	1,142	177.00–178.00	177.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,072	149.00–155.00	152.83
8	—	1,200	160.00–169.00	164.31
7	—	1,112	138.00–146.00	140.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	159.00–160.00	159.52
2	—	1,415	174.00–176.00	174.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	180.00–190.00	185.43
4	—	1,348	160.00–169.00	164.61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	418	455.00–465.00	459.46
5	450–500	479	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	554	397.00	397.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	457	467.00–475.00	468.99
2	750–800	758	325.00–337.00	330.94
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	390.00–400.00	395.64
15	600–650	624	357.00–360.00	357.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	450.00–460.00	454.91
10	400–450	422	425.00–430.00	428.01
4	450–500	473	370.00–380.00	375.03
4	500–550	510	367.00	367.00
8	550–600	550	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	445.00	445.00
3	400–450	445	412.00	412.00
2	450–500	465	360.00–370.00	365.11
2	500–550	523	350.00–353.00	351.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	480.00–485.00	480.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	553	377.00	377.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	326	535.00–545.00	536.74
3	350–400	355	515.00	515.00
3	450–500	462	445.00–450.00	448.32
11	500–550	529	377.00–385.00	378.26
2	650–700	680	325.00–337.00	330.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	386	487.00	487.00
30	400–450	417	440.00–450.00	448.18
5	450–500	481	385.00–388.00	387.40
18	500–550	513	360.00	360.00

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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Bulls · 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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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