Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 to 11.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, steer calves, feeder steers, and feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves sharply lower, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.93/cwt on 26 head, down $15.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −10.95 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$391.93

▼ 15.13 vs prior sale

26 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$12.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.81

vs GA average

−21.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	559	392.92	2,194	24
Medium and Large 3	500	380.00	1,900	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.92/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale26 hd

391.93

—

GA average13 barns · 332 hd

386.11

+5.81

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−21.85

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−10.95

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	1,568	184.65	2,895	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,345	164.80	2,217	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,496	161.94	2,423	15
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,358	148.86	2,021	11

Every lot, as filed

37 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 3	500–550	534	440.41/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,352	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	490.06/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,882	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	556.36/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,758	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,289	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	662	350.78/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,322	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	402.78/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,388	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	501.46/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,211	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	367.81/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,483	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	380.00/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	565.04/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	470.64/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	381.62/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,213	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	480.86/cwt	480.00–483.00	2,404	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	334.70/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	404.22/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,171	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	497.20/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,700	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	344.25/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,269	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	452.74/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,074	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	367.55/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,437	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	407.50/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,302	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	739	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	482.00/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,063	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	359.32/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,278	7
Bulls	—	—	1,519	177.22/cwt	171.00–187.00	2,692	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	158.09/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,123	4
Bulls	—	—	1,665	199.51/cwt	198.00–201.00	3,322	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	167.78/cwt	162.00–172.00	2,258	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	157.69/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,315	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	166.80/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,549	7
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	143.66/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,789	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,400	150.81/cwt	146.00–156.00	2,111	8

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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 256Last week 266Year ago 199

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 164Year ago 103

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	316	550.00–560.00	556.36
5	350–400	384	485.00–500.00	490.06
11	500–550	534	435.00–450.00	440.41
2	550–600	565	400.00–415.00	407.50
6	650–700	662	345.00–365.00	350.78
4	700–750	739	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	505.00	505.00
7	450–500	472	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	342	495.00–500.00	497.20
2	500–550	500	370.00–390.00	380.00
3	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	560.00–570.00	565.04
4	350–400	389	490.00	490.00
7	400–450	439	465.00–475.00	470.64
11	450–500	458	450.00–460.00	452.74
12	500–550	537	395.00–405.00	404.22
12	550–600	580	380.00–390.00	381.62
7	600–650	634	355.00–360.00	359.32
7	650–700	659	340.00–350.00	344.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	480.00–495.00	482.00
2	650–700	663	365.00–370.00	367.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	538	450.00	450.00
13	550–600	593	400.00–403.00	402.78
9	650–700	675	350.00–370.00	367.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	560.00	560.00
10	400–450	441	495.00–510.00	501.46
4	750–800	784	332.00–340.00	334.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	500	480.00–483.00	480.86
2	750–800	750	357.00	357.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,519	171.00–187.00	177.22
4	—	1,665	198.00–201.00	199.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,343	156.00–161.00	158.09
9	—	1,346	162.00–172.00	167.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,468	152.00–162.00	157.69
7	—	1,528	164.00–174.00	166.80
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	142.00–145.00	143.66
8	—	1,400	146.00–156.00	150.81

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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