Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher, steer calves and heifer calves steady to 3.00 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 $357.00/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 6 of 29 comparable sales and sits −45.88 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$357.00

29 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$17.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.93

vs GA average

−40.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	366.30	1,934	14thin
Medium and Large 3	539	348.32	1,876	15thin

One grade step is worth $17.98/cwt here — about $58 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 sale29 hd

357.00

—

GA average15 barns · 592 hd

341.07

+15.93

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−40.86

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−45.88

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	1,481	181.50	2,687	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,323	170.15	2,251	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,595	165.40	2,639	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,143	159.37	1,822	11
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,185	145.05	1,719	5thin

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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,650	$3,650	4thin

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	—	1,650	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	166.81/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,940	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,791	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	150.44/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,783	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	174.61/cwt	171.00–177.00	2,340	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	141.46/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,676	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,717	158.94/cwt	158.00–160.00	2,729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	437.52/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	391.59/cwt	387.00–395.00	1,848	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,981	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	442.45/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	463.41/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,951	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	592.48/cwt	590.00–595.00	1,706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	395.66/cwt	390.00–397.00	2,271	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	373.99/cwt	372.00–380.00	2,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	366.30/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,934	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	436.78/cwt	435.00–442.00	2,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	564.98/cwt	555.00–570.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	349.98/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,865	10
Bulls	—	—	1,576	186.03/cwt	179.00–193.00	2,932	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,020	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	178.48/cwt	178.00–179.00	2,597	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	172.43/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,224	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	151.81/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,656	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	168.32/cwt	167.00–170.00	2,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	370.83/cwt	367.00–375.00	2,136	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	339.47/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,224	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	152.63/cwt	146.00–161.00	1,442	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,421	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	162.02/cwt	161.00–163.00	2,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	375.05/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	411.25/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	342.77/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,995	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	389.97/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	363.50/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,199	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	366.02/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	5

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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 428Year ago 323

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 72Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 48Year ago 97

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,650	3,650.00	3,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	945	146.00–161.00	152.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,163	160.00–170.00	166.81
1	—	1,235	145.00	145.00
4	—	1,091	148.00–155.00	151.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	171.00–177.00	174.61
1	—	1,295	156.00	156.00
2	—	1,303	167.00–170.00	168.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,717	158.00–160.00	158.94
2	—	1,455	178.00–179.00	178.48
2	—	1,553	161.00–163.00	162.02
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	147.00–155.00	150.44
3	—	1,185	138.00–144.00	141.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,576	179.00–193.00	186.03
3	—	1,290	168.00–175.00	172.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	274	555.00–570.00	564.98
4	300–350	325	502.00	502.00
2	400–450	403	435.00–440.00	437.52
7	450–500	472	387.00–395.00	391.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	475.00	475.00
8	450–500	463	372.00–382.00	375.05
14	500–550	528	360.00–370.00	366.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	405.00–415.00	411.25
5	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	533	340.00–355.00	349.98
5	550–600	550	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	490.00	490.00
3	400–450	417	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	435.00–442.00	436.78
8	500–550	515	427.00	427.00
5	550–600	574	390.00–397.00	395.66
5	600–650	625	372.00–380.00	373.99
2	650–700	670	360.00–367.00	363.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	421	455.00–470.00	463.41
2	450–500	460	440.00–445.00	442.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	590.00–595.00	592.48
9	550–600	576	367.00–375.00	370.83
5	650–700	655	335.00–345.00	339.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	495.00	495.00
3	450–500	478	385.00–400.00	389.97
5	500–550	510	365.00–370.00	366.02
4	550–600	582	342.00–345.00	342.77

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

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