Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls sharply lower, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.01/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 6 of 26 comparable sales and sits −62.57 against this barn's trailing median of $450.58.

Average price

$388.01

5 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$19.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.04

vs GA average

−42.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	400.00	2,252	2thin
Medium and Large 2	563	380.01	2,139	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.99/cwt here — about $113 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

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.82, low $357.60, median $450.58 across 26 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 sale5 hd

388.01

—

GA average12 barns · 210 hd

383.97

+4.04

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−42.62

This barn, trailing median26 sales

450.58

−62.57

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	—	High	1,571	179.12	2,815	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	160.00	1,932	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,117	148.76	1,662	23
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,249	137.89	1,722	13

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)	1,210	$2,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	350–400	355	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,059	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	373.19/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,836	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	504.61/cwt	495.00–515.00	1,630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,816	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,252	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	447.45/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	457.57/cwt	457.00–460.00	2,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	380.01/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,139	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,175	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,715	187.45/cwt	183.00–193.00	3,215	12
Bulls	—	—	1,389	165.61/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,300	5
Bulls	—	—	1,531	177.50/cwt	172.00–182.00	2,718	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	158.66/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,890	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	149.86/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,797	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	170.53/cwt	167.00–175.00	2,121	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	149.53/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,670	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	161.62/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,862	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	140.85/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,547	9
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	143.25/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,855	7
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	127.81/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,454	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,253	135.47/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,697	3

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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 228Year ago 265

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 58Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 16Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	455.00	455.00
4	500–550	549	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	492	372.00–375.00	373.19
5	500–550	524	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	445.00–450.00	447.45
2	600–650	620	310.00–315.00	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	527.00	527.00
5	400–450	440	457.00–460.00	457.57
2	550–600	563	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	608	382.00	382.00
3	650–700	675	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	495.00–515.00	504.61
3	550–600	563	375.00–385.00	380.01
5	700–750	724	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	415.00	415.00
5	450–500	454	400.00	400.00

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 · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,210	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,715	183.00–193.00	187.45
5	—	1,389	160.00–170.00	165.61
20	—	1,531	172.00–182.00	177.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,191	155.00–164.00	158.66
4	—	1,199	145.00–155.00	149.86
5	—	1,244	167.00–175.00	170.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,117	146.00–155.00	149.53
5	—	1,152	156.00–166.00	161.62
9	—	1,098	135.00–145.00	140.85
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,295	140.00–147.00	143.25
3	—	1,138	125.00–129.00	127.81
3	—	1,253	130.00–139.00	135.47

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

Steers · 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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