Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2025-01-14

Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 14

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

321 head

▲ 74 vs last sale 247▼ 51 vs year ago 372 · −13.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▼ 117 vs last sale 153▼ 34 vs year ago 70 · −48.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, steer calves, heifer calves, bull calves, and feeder steers sharply higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.80/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −111.19 against this barn's trailing median of $435.99.

Average price

$324.80

35 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$24.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.18

vs GA average

−17.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	329.08	1,762	29
Medium and Large 2	571	304.16	1,737	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.92/cwt here — about $25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale35 hd

324.80

—

GA average15 barns · 428 hd

306.63

+18.18

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−17.65

This barn, trailing median32 sales

435.99

−111.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.82, low $346.15, median $435.99 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,733	159.50	2,763	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,653	132.10	2,184	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,519	124.22	1,887	4thin

Every lot

26 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	346.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,489	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	324.93/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,550	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	348.44/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,666	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	331.25/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,749	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	318.64/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,819	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	304.16/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,737	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	292.03/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,816	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	677	278.81/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,888	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	391.79/cwt	387.00–393.00	1,336	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	330.59/cwt	328.00–338.00	1,296	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	334.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,400	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	324.45/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,385	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	306.97/cwt	304.00–313.00	1,427	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	296.96/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,568	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,465	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	267.87/cwt	263.00–273.00	1,540	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	278.26/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,614	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	398.29/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,733	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	452	342.51/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,548	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,680	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,856	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,660	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	119.43/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,586	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,493	131.60/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,965	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,545	116.84/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,805	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,693	136.00/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,302	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,698	131.29/cwt	129.00–133.00	2,229	11

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 321Last week 247Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 153Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	387.00–393.00	391.79
2	400–450	418	330.00–340.00	334.91
3	450–500	465	304.00–313.00	306.97
5	500–550	528	292.00–300.00	296.96
6	550–600	580	277.00–285.00	278.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	270.00–280.00	274.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	328.00–338.00	330.59
17	400–450	427	320.00–327.00	324.45
2	550–600	575	263.00–273.00	267.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	335.00–345.00	342.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	395.00–405.00	398.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	340.00–350.00	346.28
3	450–500	477	320.00–330.00	324.93
6	550–600	571	300.00–305.00	304.16
12	600–650	622	290.00–293.00	292.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	478	342.00–352.00	348.44
24	500–550	528	325.00–334.00	331.25
5	550–600	571	317.00–325.00	318.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	677	270.00–279.00	278.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,785	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,698	129.00–133.00	131.29
12	—	1,693	134.00–141.00	136.00
3	—	1,328	116.00–122.00	119.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	115.00–119.00	116.84
2	—	1,493	131.00–132.00	131.60

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.