Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls weak, steer calves 10.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves sharply higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $420.00/cwt on 6 head, up $42.99 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 27 of 29 comparable sales and sits +17.12 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$420.00

▲ 42.99 vs prior sale

6 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.39

vs GA average

−17.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	430.00	2,361	4thin
Medium and Large 3	570	400.00	2,280	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $81 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 sale6 hd

420.00

—

GA average8 barns · 161 hd

385.61

+34.39

National average68 barns · 7,217 hd

437.65

−17.65

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

+17.12

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	1,501	188.55	2,829	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	171.50	2,684	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	157.61	1,722	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,345	153.15	2,060	6thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,325	160.96	2,133	20

Every lot, as filed

34 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	600–650	632	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,518	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,388	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	240	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	2,016	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	265	778.80/cwt	775.00–780.00	2,064	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,263	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,270	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	487.28/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,964	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	615.08/cwt	610.00–620.00	1,968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	572.51/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,027	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	596.67/cwt	590.00–600.00	2,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	494	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	532.50/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	590.00/cwt	585.00–595.00	2,360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	481.59/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	398	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,235	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,361	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	604.96/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	644.96/cwt	640.00–650.00	2,019	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,071	1
Bulls	—	—	1,408	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,534	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	146.74/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,789	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,625	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,738	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	154.70/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,661	4
Bulls	—	—	1,593	197.09/cwt	195.00–199.00	3,140	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	163.44/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,847	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,598	165.97/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,652	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,353	160.36/cwt	156.00–164.00	2,170	12
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,440	169.18/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,436	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	149.65/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,529	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 Jan 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 160Last week 380Year ago 312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 34Year ago 177

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 23Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	625.00	625.00
10	400–450	410	545.00	545.00
4	450–500	489	515.00	515.00
4	500–550	508	470.00	470.00
3	600–650	632	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	840.00	840.00
4	250–300	265	775.00–780.00	778.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	600.00–610.00	604.96
3	350–400	398	545.00	545.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	610.00–620.00	615.08
4	350–400	354	570.00–580.00	572.51
9	450–500	473	480.00	480.00
4	500–550	549	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	590.00–600.00	596.67
9	400–450	403	485.00–495.00	487.28
4	450–500	494	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	570	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	680.00	680.00
2	300–350	313	640.00–650.00	644.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	525.00–535.00	532.50
3	500–550	514	475.00–485.00	481.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	585.00–595.00	590.00

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)	1	—	1,010	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,408	180.00	180.00
3	—	1,593	195.00–199.00	197.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,219	144.00–149.00	146.74
2	—	1,598	165.00–167.00	165.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,630	168.00	168.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,074	153.00–156.00	154.70
2	—	1,130	163.00–164.00	163.44
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,353	156.00–164.00	160.36
5	—	1,440	165.00–173.00	169.18
3	—	1,022	145.00–155.00	149.65

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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