Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows 8.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, steer calves unevenly steady, feeder steers lightly tested, heifer calves 17.00 to 20.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, bulls lightly tested, replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.25/cwt on 20 head, down $3.31 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −72.31 against this barn's trailing median of $396.56.

Average price

$324.25

▼ 3.31 vs prior sale

20 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$23.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.51

vs GA average

−13.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	331.24	1,868	4thin
Medium and Large 2	518	324.64	1,683	14thin
Medium and Large 3	503	307.49	1,547	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.75/cwt here — about $322 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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.71, low $317.64, median $396.56 across 33 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 sale20 hd

324.25

—

GA average13 barns · 397 hd

309.74

+14.51

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

−13.54

This barn, trailing median33 sales

396.56

−72.31

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	1,752	190.61	3,339	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,608	146.00	2,348	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	138.85	1,693	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,056	136.54	1,441	12

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	383.55/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,588	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	497.52/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	409.37/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,478	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	342.71/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,686	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,014	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	259	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	379.94/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,622	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	394.61/cwt	387.50–405.00	2,068	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,991	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	331.24/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,868	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	142.29/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,769	6
Bulls	—	—	1,975	193.91/cwt	191.00–196.00	3,830	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	125.51/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,569	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	142.53/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,487	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	137.80/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,392	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,156	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	390.34/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	307.49/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,539	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	327.52/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,729	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	134.25/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,639	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,189	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,895	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	3,013	1
Bulls	—	—	1,305	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,401	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	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 Sep 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 225Last week 252Year ago 557

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 76Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
6	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
11	450–500	492	342.50–345.00	342.71
11	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	567	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	745	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	259	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	345	440.00	440.00
9	350–400	361	405.00–415.00	409.37
10	400–450	427	375.00–385.00	379.94
4	550–600	564	330.00–335.00	331.24
11	600–650	632	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	675	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	705	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	481	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	503	305.00–310.00	307.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	495.00–500.00	497.52
1	300–350	345	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	370	425.00	425.00
7	400–450	414	380.00–385.00	383.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
6	500–550	507	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	640	325.00–330.00	327.52
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
7	450–500	494	385.00–397.50	390.34
9	500–550	523	385.00	385.00
7	550–600	576	357.50	357.50
20	600–650	634	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	455.00	455.00
6	400–450	406	420.00	420.00
15	500–550	524	387.50–405.00	394.61
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	510	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	140.00–145.00	142.29
8	—	1,221	130.00–137.00	134.25
1	—	1,065	155.00	155.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	124.00–127.00	125.51
2	—	1,043	142.00–143.00	142.53
8	—	1,010	132.00–140.00	137.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,520	144.00	144.00
1	—	1,895	159.00	159.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	191.00–196.00	193.91
1	—	1,305	184.00	184.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	170.00	170.00

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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

Slaughter Cattle

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