Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, steer calves, heifer calves, bull calves, and feeder heifers sharply lower, feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $433.88/cwt on 31 head, down $10.81 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 19 comparable sales and sits −0.48 against this barn's trailing median of $434.36.

Average price

$433.88

▼ 10.81 vs prior sale

31 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$26.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.83

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	451.94	2,323	10thin
Medium and Large 3	549	425.28	2,333	21

One grade step is worth $26.66/cwt here — about −$10 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

19 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $477.55, low $356.55, median $434.36 across 19 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 sale31 hd

433.88

—

GA average13 barns · 353 hd

420.06

+13.83

This barn, trailing median19 sales

434.36

−0.48

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	1,654	197.57	3,268	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	180.83	2,301	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,246	176.37	2,198	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	174.72	2,774	8thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,365	155.47	2,122	6thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	514	451.94/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,323	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	371.19/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,457	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	512.18/cwt	505.00–513.00	2,310	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	399.15/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,511	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	535.14/cwt	525.00–545.00	1,927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	437.77/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,272	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	482.93/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,492	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	486.30/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,093	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,653	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,185	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	462.44/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,933	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	485.00/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,029	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	542.33/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,806	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	344	550.50/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,894	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	489.98/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,921	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	436.85/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,141	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	459.74/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,432	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	396.96/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,271	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,168	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	588.00/cwt	588.00–588.00	2,011	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	581	411.55/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,391	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,280	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	230.01/cwt	212.00–245.00	2,836	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,916	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	181.44/cwt	177.00–185.00	2,346	5
Bulls	—	—	1,785	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,873	1
Bulls	—	—	1,225	190.42/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,333	2
Bulls	—	—	1,897	195.86/cwt	192.00–200.00	3,715	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,699	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,246	176.37/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,198	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	171.22/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,008	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	179.11/cwt	176.00–181.00	2,834	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	167.41/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,674	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,361	159.42/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,170	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,373	147.57/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,026	2

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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 460Year ago 263

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 81Year ago 157

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 22Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	588.00	588.00
2	350–400	360	525.00–545.00	535.14
10	450–500	451	505.00–513.00	512.18
10	500–550	514	450.00–460.00	451.94
6	600–650	629	395.00–400.00	399.15
5	650–700	662	365.00–375.00	371.19
3	700–750	748	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	550.00–555.00	550.50
3	400–450	447	485.00	485.00
5	450–500	485	470.00	470.00
11	500–550	519	425.00–440.00	437.77
10	550–600	581	410.00–415.00	411.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	480.00–490.00	485.00
6	400–450	446	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	545	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	535.00–550.00	542.33
9	350–400	392	480.00–495.00	489.98
4	400–450	418	460.00–465.00	462.44
8	450–500	490	435.00–450.00	436.85
7	500–550	533	410.00	410.00
10	550–600	572	390.00–400.00	396.96
3	600–650	617	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	580.00	580.00
5	500–550	510	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	516	475.00–485.00	482.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	364	575.00	575.00
4	450–500	481	475.00–490.00	486.30
6	500–550	529	450.00–470.00	459.74
7	550–600	574	445.00	445.00
10	600–650	647	410.00	410.00

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)	2	—	1,233	212.00–245.00	230.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,155	252.50	252.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,293	177.00–185.00	181.44
1	—	1,370	197.00	197.00
2	—	1,173	168.00–175.00	171.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,246	172.00–179.00	176.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,582	176.00–181.00	179.11
3	—	1,597	160.00–172.00	167.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	217.00	217.00
2	—	1,225	184.00–195.00	190.42
3	—	1,897	192.00–200.00	195.86
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,361	155.00–164.00	159.42
2	—	1,373	144.00–150.00	147.57

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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Bulls · 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

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