Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, steer calves and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves, feeder heifers, and feeder steers sharply lower, bull calves weak, replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.37/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −60.51 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$342.37

14 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.22

vs GA average

−32.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	350.08	1,813	10thin
Medium and Large 3	562	323.08	1,814	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about −$1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd

342.37

—

GA average13 barns · 403 hd

317.15

+25.22

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−32.52

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−60.51

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	1,731	192.99	3,341	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,579	163.56	2,582	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,065	154.00	1,640	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,213	146.14	1,773	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,334	147.46	1,967	16

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)	1,500	$2,825	4thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 2-3	—	1,500	2,825.00/head	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,825	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,610	3
Bulls	—	—	1,630	189.73/cwt	184.00–192.00	3,093	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,242	141.39/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,756	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,640	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	155.05/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,453	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	172.07/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	364.62/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	371.37/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	357.48/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,184	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	389.00/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	338.98/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,220	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	788	287.49/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	350.08/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,813	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	373.98/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	409.92/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	298	509.00/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,517	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	307.39/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	637	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	380.70/cwt	368.00–385.00	1,607	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	334.29/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,952	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	308	426.01/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	671	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,147	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	797	271.64/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,165	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	417.58/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,553	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	328.36/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,088	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	367.84/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	311.02/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	335.14/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	362.87/cwt	357.00–367.00	1,883	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,308	155.34/cwt	151.00–160.00	2,032	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,355	148.86/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,017	13
Bulls	—	—	1,883	197.89/cwt	196.00–200.00	3,726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	430.06/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,664	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,362	178.31/cwt	172.00–193.00	2,429	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,359	175.41/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,384	7

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 297Last week 312Year ago 246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 60Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 30Year ago 45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,500	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	655	163.00	163.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,362	172.00–193.00	178.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,359	170.00–185.00	175.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,308	151.00–160.00	155.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	154.00	154.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,582	150.00–159.00	155.05
3	—	1,575	170.00–175.00	172.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,630	184.00–192.00	189.73
2	—	1,883	196.00–200.00	197.89
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	140.00–142.00	141.39
13	—	1,355	145.00–153.00	148.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	298	500.00–515.00	509.00
2	350–400	372	415.00–420.00	417.58
8	400–450	424	400.00–415.00	409.92
3	450–500	474	362.00–370.00	364.62
15	500–550	519	357.00–367.00	362.87
7	550–600	584	332.00–340.00	334.29
5	600–650	618	305.00–317.00	307.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	620.00	620.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	420.00–435.00	430.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	579	360.00–375.00	371.37
15	600–650	611	350.00–358.00	357.48
3	650–700	655	337.00–340.00	338.98
22	700–750	700	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	788	285.00–290.00	287.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	671	320.00	320.00
6	750–800	797	270.00–280.00	271.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	385.00–390.00	389.00
11	400–450	422	368.00–385.00	380.70
3	450–500	455	357.00	357.00
10	500–550	518	345.00–355.00	350.08
22	600–650	636	315.00–329.00	328.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	230	500.00	500.00
5	300–350	308	425.00–430.00	426.01
5	350–400	360	360.00–370.00	367.84
2	500–550	530	330.00–340.00	335.14
2	550–600	593	307.00–315.00	311.02
3	600–650	637	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	372.00–375.00	373.98

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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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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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