Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls 7.00 to 10.00 higher, steer calves, bull calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves firm, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.58/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 7 of 29 comparable sales and sits −39.30 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$363.58

9 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$32.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.60

vs GA average

−26.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	370.88	2,019	7thin
Medium and Large 2	575	338.04	1,944	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.84/cwt here — about $75 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale9 hd

363.58

—

GA average14 barns · 482 hd

342.98

+20.60

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−26.33

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−39.30

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	—	Low	1,919	192.66	3,698	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,414	171.60	2,426	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,227	166.95	2,048	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,092	161.93	1,769	16
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,242	147.69	1,835	10

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1	350–400	363	547.45/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	411.04/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,076	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,342	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	540.04/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	562.36/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	303.98/cwt	302.00–310.00	2,192	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	702	336.00/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	544.82/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	339.51/cwt	337.00–343.00	2,129	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	327.55/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	338.04/cwt	333.00–343.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	434.73/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	504.97/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	535.22/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	363.37/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,100	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	327.52/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,221	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	473.33/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,149	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	345.96/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,166	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	415.00/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	467.50/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	376.51/cwt	372.00–378.00	1,954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	489.76/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,802	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	185.31/cwt	165.00–210.00	1,859	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	149.13/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,618	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	156.70/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,591	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	169.06/cwt	162.00–177.00	1,948	8
Bulls	—	—	1,993	179.47/cwt	178.00–180.00	3,577	3
Bulls	—	—	1,901	195.96/cwt	191.00–200.00	3,725	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	153.64/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,811	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	138.57/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,704	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	165.70/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,018	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	175.16/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,209	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,019	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	175.80/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,570	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	145.75/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,600	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,334	152.50/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,034	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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 166Last week 129Year ago 267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 104Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 22Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	226	700.00	700.00
2	300–350	318	560.00–565.00	562.36
2	350–400	363	545.00–550.00	547.45
2	400–450	403	500.00–510.00	504.97
5	500–550	505	410.00–415.00	411.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	465.00–470.00	467.50
2	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	535.00–545.00	540.04
3	450–500	475	410.00–420.00	415.00
8	600–650	626	340.00–352.00	345.96
2	750–800	768	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	530.00–540.00	535.22
2	550–600	575	333.00–343.00	338.04
2	600–650	628	325.00–330.00	327.55
4	700–750	721	302.00–310.00	303.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	215	655.00	655.00
3	250–300	283	540.00–550.00	544.82
2	350–400	368	485.00–495.00	489.76
2	400–450	423	430.00–440.00	434.73
4	500–550	519	372.00–378.00	376.51
3	550–600	578	360.00–370.00	363.37
6	600–650	627	337.00–343.00	339.51
6	650–700	678	325.00–330.00	327.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	702	335.00–340.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	454	470.00–475.00	473.33

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,003	165.00–210.00	185.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	147.00–151.00	149.13
6	—	1,015	153.00–160.00	156.70
8	—	1,152	162.00–177.00	169.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	150.00–158.00	153.64
10	—	1,218	160.00–170.00	165.70
8	—	1,261	172.00–179.00	175.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	159.00	159.00
3	—	1,462	174.00–179.00	175.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,993	178.00–180.00	179.47
12	—	1,901	191.00–200.00	195.96
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	138.00–139.00	138.57
3	—	1,098	144.00–147.00	145.75
5	—	1,334	149.00–155.00	152.50

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

Replacement Cattle

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