Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 8.00 lower, feeder steers 10.00 to 12.00 lower, feeder heifers 10.00 lower, feeder bulls 7.00 to 10.00 lower, replacement cattle lightly tested

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.39/cwt on 17 head, up $5.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −57.49 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$345.39

▲ 5.66 vs prior sale

17 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$2.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.14

vs GA average

−5.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	347.50	1,956	3thin
Medium and Large 2	538	344.94	1,856	14thin

One grade step is worth $2.56/cwt here — about $101 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

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 sale17 hd

345.39

—

GA average13 barns · 389 hd

336.25

+9.14

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

−5.79

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−57.49

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	1,652	194.41	3,211	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	166.86	2,473	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	161.02	1,931	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,138	148.66	1,692	8thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	171.06/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,135	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	155.01/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,780	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	170.40/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,524	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	161.91/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,401	5
Bulls	—	—	1,345	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,488	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	199.11/cwt	198.00–200.00	3,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	358.89/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,952	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	374.93/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,961	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	425.79/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	367.54/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,066	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,936	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	392.50/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	370.05/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	382.54/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	361.63/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	344.94/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,856	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,709	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	166.39/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	716	290.56/cwt	285.00–292.50	2,080	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	141.51/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,500	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	163.01/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,997	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	151.04/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,758	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,028	153.35/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,294	1

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 Aug 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 449Year ago 443

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 105Year ago 145

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 21Year ago 113

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,248	170.00–174.00	171.06
18	—	1,148	150.00–158.00	155.01
24	—	1,225	159.00–167.00	163.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,481	168.00–175.00	170.40
5	—	1,483	160.00–165.00	161.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	141.00–142.00	141.51
6	—	1,164	148.00–153.00	151.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	185.00	185.00
2	—	1,805	198.00–200.00	199.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	475	365.00–375.00	370.05
3	500–550	537	360.00–365.00	361.63
6	550–600	578	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	605	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	555.00	555.00
2	300–350	335	510.00	510.00
4	400–450	407	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	465	385.00–400.00	392.50
1	650–700	695	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	544	355.00–360.00	358.89
11	550–600	582	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	387.50	387.50
2	500–550	523	370.00–380.00	374.93
3	700–750	732	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	695	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	425.00–430.00	425.79
3	550–600	563	347.50	347.50
4	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	360.00–375.00	367.54
4	700–750	716	285.00–292.50	290.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	380.00–385.00	382.54
4	450–500	463	370.00	370.00
14	500–550	538	340.00–350.00	344.94

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,193	165.00–169.00	166.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,028	151.00–156.00	153.35

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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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

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