Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00-10.00 higher, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves 5.00-15.00 higher, feeder classes lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $411.93/cwt on 19 head, up $20.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 29 comparable sales and sits +9.06 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$411.93

▲ 20.01 vs prior sale

19 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$18.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.28

vs GA average

−4.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	413.70	2,238	14thin
Medium and Large 1	554	410.00	2,270	4thin
Medium and Large 3	535	395.00	2,113	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.70/cwt here — about $125 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 sale19 hd

411.93

—

GA average13 barns · 472 hd

389.65

+22.28

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−4.19

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

+9.06

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	1,701	201.00	3,419	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	172.73	2,210	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,586	168.82	2,677	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	928	168.05	1,560	3thin

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)	1,182	$3,017	8

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	407.53/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,770	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	3,522.21/head	2,900.00–4,450.00	3,522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	367.05/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,111	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,033	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	482.08/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,020	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	508.30/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	550.16/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	487.41/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	485.98/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,338	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	857	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	487.80/cwt	482.50–505.00	1,844	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	417.43/cwt	415.00–429.00	2,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,998	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,045	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	592.62/cwt	590.00–595.00	1,867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	428.70/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,113	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,829	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,550	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	168.78/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,660	4
Bulls	—	—	1,750	201.95/cwt	197.00–212.00	3,534	5
Bulls	—	—	1,340	187.39/cwt	184.00–189.00	2,511	3
Bulls	—	—	2,120	219.02/cwt	214.00–224.00	4,643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	177.54/cwt	177.00–178.00	2,344	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	173.10/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,223	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	155.82/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,543	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	168.90/cwt	161.00–177.00	2,711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	467.50/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,384	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,019	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	489	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	605.08/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	438.68/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	491.00/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	464.84/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,231	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	520.86/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,146	6

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 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 256Year ago 429

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 61Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 49

Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00-10.00 higher, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves 5.00-15.00 higher, feeder classes lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	585.00	585.00
2	450–500	465	520.00	520.00
1	500–550	500	470.00	470.00
2	550–600	588	400.00–415.00	407.53
1	600–650	645	390.00	390.00
3	700–750	725	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	760	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	560.00	560.00
1	350–400	365	550.00	550.00
9	450–500	481	480.00–492.50	485.98
8	550–600	575	362.50–380.00	367.05
8	850–900	857	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	485	415.00	415.00
4	500–550	541	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	585.00	585.00
2	300–350	310	540.00–560.00	550.16
8	350–400	373	545.00	545.00
7	400–450	419	480.00–485.00	482.08
5	450–500	485	422.50	422.50
11	500–550	533	415.00–429.00	417.43
3	550–600	570	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	600	360.00	360.00
3	800–850	805	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	520.00	520.00
7	350–400	378	482.50–505.00	487.80
1	400–450	425	470.00	470.00
1	500–550	535	395.00	395.00
1	650–700	660	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	590.00	590.00
2	350–400	358	577.50	577.50
5	400–450	406	490.00–495.00	491.00
2	450–500	480	460.00–470.00	464.84
1	500–550	505	440.00	440.00
3	550–600	570	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	600	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	315	590.00–595.00	592.62
3	400–450	440	500.00–515.00	508.30
1	450–500	450	515.00	515.00
4	500–550	540	435.00–450.00	438.68
4	550–600	578	420.00–435.00	428.70
1	600–650	605	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	660	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	540.00	540.00
2	400–450	430	480.00–495.00	487.41
4	450–500	489	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	575	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	605	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	630.00	630.00
2	300–350	320	600.00–610.00	605.08
1	350–400	395	525.00	525.00
6	400–450	412	520.00–525.00	520.86
1	450–500	465	520.00	520.00
2	500–550	510	465.00–470.00	467.50
1	750–800	750	365.00	365.00

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	6	—	1,227	2,900.00–4,450.00	3,522.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	159.00	159.00
2	—	1,320	177.00–178.00	177.54
11	—	1,284	170.00–176.00	173.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	192.50	192.50
2	—	990	153.00–159.00	155.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,576	168.00–169.00	168.78
2	—	1,605	161.00–177.00	168.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,750	197.00–212.00	201.95
3	—	1,340	184.00–189.00	187.39
2	—	2,120	214.00–224.00	219.02

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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