Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows 3.00-6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10.00 lower, feeder steers & feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls 15.00 higher, steer calves 5.00-10.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows 15.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.36/cwt on 34 head, up $4.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −70.19 against this barn's trailing median of $396.56.

Average price

$326.36

▲ 4.80 vs prior sale

34 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$2.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.44

vs GA average

−29.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	328.07	1,822	9thin
Medium and Large 2	527	325.75	1,718	25

One grade step is worth $2.32/cwt here — about $104 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 sale34 hd

326.36

—

GA average14 barns · 435 hd

319.93

+6.44

National average178 barns · 11,809 hd

356.25

−29.89

This barn, trailing median33 sales

396.56

−70.19

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	1,482	174.00	2,579	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	140.94	2,067	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	140.05	1,740	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,193	124.96	1,491	9thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 2	350–400	372	441.81/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	356.63/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,329	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	463.11/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,672	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,770	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	322.83/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,801	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	340.15/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	406.78/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,953	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	508.76/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	387.00/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,761	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,987	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,014	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	368.71/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,127	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	420.04/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	494	314.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,552	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	417.64/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	442.51/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,733	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,211	114.74/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,390	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	152.98/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,840	2
Bulls	—	—	1,410	170.81/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,408	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	130.73/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	181.98/cwt	181.00–183.00	3,026	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	146.05/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,793	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	145.11/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,110	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	153.17/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,103	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	134.61/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,023	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	135.32/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	667	258.78/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,179	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,282	139.21/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,261	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	327.12/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,711	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	298.76/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,894	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	280.06/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,833	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,205	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	362.35/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,219	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	307.82/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,758	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	489	357.79/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,750	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	422.25/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,617	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	188.05/cwt	180.00–196.00	2,196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	455.10/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,659	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	292.36/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	402.85/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,966	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	379.31/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,048	21

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 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 378Last week 222Year ago 328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 72Year ago 89

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 39Year ago 42

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	430.00–445.00	441.81
21	500–550	540	375.00–380.00	379.31
5	600–650	634	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	465.00	465.00
11	450–500	488	395.00–420.00	402.85
3	500–550	523	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	577	360.00–370.00	368.71
18	650–700	653	345.00–360.00	356.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	415.00–420.00	417.64
3	400–450	447	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	530	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	480.00	480.00
8	350–400	361	460.00–465.00	463.11
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	455	385.00–395.00	387.00
1	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
8	550–600	558	322.50–325.00	322.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	378	415.00–425.00	420.04
3	400–450	433	355.00	355.00
13	450–500	494	310.00–320.00	314.22
2	600–650	618	275.00–285.00	280.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	450.00–460.00	455.10
6	350–400	377	440.00	440.00
8	400–450	434	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	461	355.00–370.00	362.35
23	500–550	523	320.00–335.00	327.12
2	550–600	578	310.00	310.00
26	600–650	634	295.00–300.00	298.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	495.00	495.00
2	350–400	383	415.00–430.00	422.25
12	400–450	437	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	455	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	545	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	673	285.00–300.00	292.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	500.00–545.00	508.76
1	350–400	370	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	403	420.00	420.00
8	450–500	480	405.00–410.00	406.78
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
4	550–600	576	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	660	330.00–350.00	340.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	485.00	485.00
4	300–350	324	440.00–450.00	442.51
9	450–500	489	350.00–365.00	357.79
5	550–600	571	300.00–320.00	307.82
4	650–700	667	255.00–260.00	258.78
1	700–750	715	235.00	235.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	165.00	165.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,168	180.00–196.00	188.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	150.00	150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,282	138.00–140.00	139.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,211	110.00–123.00	114.74
3	—	1,162	135.00–136.00	135.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	150.00–156.00	152.98
6	—	1,267	125.00–135.00	130.73
5	—	1,228	141.00–149.00	146.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,454	140.00–150.00	145.11
4	—	1,373	150.00–157.00	153.17
13	—	1,503	130.00–139.00	134.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,410	168.00–175.00	170.81
2	—	1,663	181.00–183.00	181.98

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

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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