Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2025-03-25

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 25
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▼ 166 vs last sale 429▼ 198 vs year ago 461 · −43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 92▲ 54 vs year ago 68 · +79.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls 6.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.45/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −61.23 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$311.45
34 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.36
vs GA average
−10.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2532321.461,71020
Medium and Large 3562297.151,67114thin
One grade step is worth $24.31/cwt here — about $39 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale34 hd
311.45
—
GA average13 barns · 461 hd
302.10
+9.36
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−10.29
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−61.23
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

33 sales
453403354304median 372.6803/0305/0507/0709/0111/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.40, low $317.64, median $372.68 across 33 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,768184.023,2538thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,459146.602,13821
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,010143.141,44615
CowsLean 85-90%Low963130.611,2583thin

Every lot

40 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333469.81/cwt465.00–475.001,5642
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374433.71/cwt430.00–435.001,6224
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452403.34/cwt402.50–410.001,8239
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3458387.49/cwt385.00–390.001,7752
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508370.63/cwt370.00–372.501,8834
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560362.13/cwt360.00–362.502,0287
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585341.31/cwt337.50–345.001,9972
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3601322.50/cwt320.00–325.001,9382
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2616332.44/cwt330.00–335.002,0482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280445.27/cwt440.00–450.001,2472
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358361.24/cwt360.00–362.501,2932
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362384.85/cwt382.50–387.501,39313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382395.08/cwt390.00–400.001,5099
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431372.74/cwt370.00–377.501,60715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437354.98/cwt350.00–360.001,5516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463357.49/cwt355.00–360.001,6552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532321.46/cwt317.50–327.501,71020
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545305.98/cwt305.00–310.001,6685
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3572292.25/cwt290.00–295.001,6729
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605267.48/cwt260.00–270.001,6184
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2303469.97/cwt465.00–475.001,4242
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1316481.48/cwt480.00–485.001,52114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3369399.12/cwt397.50–400.001,4733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372413.01/cwt410.00–417.501,5366
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374438.16/cwt430.00–440.001,6398
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428424.97/cwt420.00–430.001,8194
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3431367.52/cwt365.00–370.001,5842
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515350.25/cwt345.00–352.501,8048
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580335.01/cwt330.00–340.001,9433
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3616317.71/cwt317.50–320.001,95712
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2676262.46/cwt255.00–265.001,7744
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,568177.01/cwt174.00–179.002,7762
Bulls——1,803189.94/cwt189.00–191.003,4252
Bulls——1,850184.56/cwt180.00–187.003,4144
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%805160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2881
Cows—Lean 85-90%963130.61/cwt129.00–134.001,2583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,023143.91/cwt142.00–150.001,4729
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,029138.38/cwt135.00–142.001,4245
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,393152.84/cwt150.00–155.002,1299
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508141.92/cwt138.00–144.002,14012

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.