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Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 1

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

125 head

▼ 138 vs last sale 263▼ 67 vs year ago 192 · −34.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

73 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 122▲ 0 vs year ago 73 · +0.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 0▼ 45 vs year ago 58 · −77.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.73/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −51.95 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.

Average price

$320.73

11 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$11.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.92

vs GA average

−0.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	522	323.32	1,688	6thin
Medium and Large 1	557	321.68	1,792	3thin
Medium and Large 3	515	311.51	1,604	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $83 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

320.73

—

GA average14 barns · 392 hd

305.81

+14.92

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−0.65

This barn, trailing median33 sales

372.68

−51.95

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,684	183.80	3,094	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	155.61	1,992	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,748	144.50	2,525	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,400	132.21	1,851	41

Every lot

22 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	382.44/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,625	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	400.85/cwt	395.00–403.00	1,359	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	375.06/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,575	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	354.82/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,490	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	369.97/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,676	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	346.56/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,608	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	311.51/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,604	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	323.32/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,688	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	321.68/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,792	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	464.96/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,502	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,572	182.93/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,876	3
Bulls	—	—	1,575	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,788	1
Bulls	—	—	1,905	188.52/cwt	188.00–189.00	3,591	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,515	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	161.41/cwt	159.00–164.00	2,047	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,879	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,391	134.76/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,875	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,425	129.29/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,842	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,340	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,935	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,690	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,638	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,010	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,454	1

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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 263Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 122Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	395.00–403.00	400.85
2	400–450	420	350.00–360.00	354.82
5	450–500	464	340.00–350.00	346.56
6	500–550	522	320.00–325.00	323.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	310.00–313.00	311.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	370.00–380.00	375.06
2	450–500	453	365.00–375.00	369.97
3	550–600	557	315.00–325.00	321.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	380.00–385.00	382.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	460.00–470.00	464.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	144.00	144.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	177.00	177.00
3	—	1,572	180.00–187.00	182.93
2	—	1,905	188.00–189.00	188.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,560	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	144.00	144.00
2	—	1,268	159.00–164.00	161.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,425	125.00–132.00	129.29
19	—	1,391	133.00–139.00	134.76
1	—	1,045	145.00	145.00

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.