Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows firm, slaughter bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves firm, bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers 3.00 lower, feeder heifers 5.00 lower, 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 $350.77/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −52.11 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$350.77

40 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$5.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.77

vs GA average

−6.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	351.91	1,969	32
Medium and Large 3	537	346.23	1,859	8thin

One grade step is worth $5.68/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale40 hd

350.77

—

GA average15 barns · 517 hd

324.00

+26.77

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−6.12

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−52.11

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	1,647	189.20	3,116	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,053	153.65	1,618	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,580	153.00	2,417	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,108	138.90	1,539	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,347	138.52	1,866	14

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	388.31/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	467.08/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,261	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	349.49/cwt	338.00–352.00	2,024	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	414.80/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	422.50/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,564	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	382.50/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,245	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	395.31/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,692	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	321.39/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,282	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	333.29/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	431.91/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,103	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,276	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	445.36/cwt	435.00–447.00	1,866	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	499.81/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	443.03/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,644	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	462.46/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	404.88/cwt	402.00–408.00	1,858	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	408.75/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,085	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	443.70/cwt	430.00–447.00	1,850	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	511.06/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	415.16/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,930	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,417	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	153.65/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,618	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	126.35/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,617	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,376	149.17/cwt	146.00–152.00	2,053	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,593	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	141.75/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	464.86/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	253	597.52/cwt	595.00–600.00	1,512	2
Bulls	—	—	1,721	193.65/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,333	4
Bulls	—	—	1,573	184.75/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,906	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,371	137.60/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,886	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	404.82/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	282.52/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	422.50/cwt	420.00–423.00	1,855	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	426.10/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,220	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,931	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,089	202.38/cwt	172.00–252.00	2,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	407.42/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	641	368.55/cwt	367.00–375.00	2,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	722	314.88/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	351.56/cwt	350.00–353.00	1,663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	609	307.52/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,873	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	390.00/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,470	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	569	375.16/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	346.23/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,859	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	377.26/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,784	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	358.08/cwt	350.00–363.00	1,826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	323.33/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	424.84/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	393.84/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	377.57/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,322	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	374.14/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	478.51/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,512	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	413.04/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,689	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 Nov 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 429Last week 235Year ago 215

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 44Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 48Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	470.00–480.00	478.51
5	400–450	409	410.00–420.00	413.04
3	500–550	528	385.00–390.00	388.31
2	550–600	570	370.00–378.00	374.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	595.00–600.00	597.52
4	300–350	319	500.00–515.00	511.06
2	350–400	360	460.00–470.00	464.86
5	400–450	417	430.00–447.00	443.70
2	450–500	465	410.00–420.00	415.16
8	500–550	510	400.00–410.00	408.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	400.00–410.00	404.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	460.00–475.00	467.08
2	300–350	315	420.00–430.00	424.84
2	350–400	380	410.00–420.00	414.80
10	400–450	428	390.00–400.00	395.31
23	450–500	473	370.00–380.00	377.26
9	500–550	510	350.00–363.00	358.08
23	550–600	579	338.00–352.00	349.49
3	600–650	619	320.00–330.00	323.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	495.00–505.00	499.81
2	300–350	340	460.00–465.00	462.46
20	350–400	371	430.00–450.00	443.03
12	400–450	439	420.00–423.00	422.50
19	450–500	459	402.00–408.00	404.88
3	600–650	614	330.00–340.00	333.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	405.00–410.00	407.42
6	350–400	377	385.00–405.00	390.00
2	450–500	473	350.00–353.00	351.56
8	500–550	537	340.00–350.00	346.23
4	600–650	609	300.00–310.00	307.52
2	650–700	670	280.00–285.00	282.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	287	545.00	545.00
2	400–450	445	420.00–425.00	422.50
4	500–550	528	385.00–400.00	393.84
10	550–600	587	380.00–385.00	382.50
8	600–650	615	375.00–382.00	377.57
6	700–750	710	320.00–328.00	321.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	550.00	550.00
7	400–450	419	435.00–447.00	445.36
5	450–500	487	430.00–440.00	431.91
22	500–550	521	425.00–430.00	426.10
8	550–600	569	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	634	387.00	387.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	569	370.00–380.00	375.16
5	600–650	641	367.00–375.00	368.55
2	700–750	722	310.00–320.00	314.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	153.00	153.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	152.00–155.00	153.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	151.00	151.00
2	—	1,185	138.00–146.00	141.75
2	—	1,058	130.00	130.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,280	125.00–130.00	126.35
5	—	1,376	146.00–152.00	149.17
5	—	1,371	134.00–141.00	137.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,721	190.00–199.00	193.65
4	—	1,573	180.00–189.00	184.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	217.00	217.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,089	172.00–252.00	202.38

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

Replacement Cattle