Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2025-06-10

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 643▼ 348 vs year ago 872 · −39.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 145▲ 24 vs year ago 50 · +48.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 73▼ 4 vs year ago 33 · −12.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Breaker and boner slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower, lean slaughter cows firm, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves 3.00 to 7.00 higher, bull calves firm, feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 4.00 higher, 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 $335.96/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 7 of 33 comparable sales and sits −36.72 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$335.96
66 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.51
vs GA average
−4.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529343.431,81631
Medium and Large 2530329.331,74435
One grade step is worth $14.10/cwt here — about $72 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 sale66 hd
335.96
—
GA average12 barns · 530 hd
317.44
+18.51
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−4.97
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−36.72
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—Average1,767184.133,25312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,645162.002,6654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,708150.482,5709thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,326146.341,94131

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,500$3,5002thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6388
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420425.06/cwt420.00–430.001,7852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added452447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,0235
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468414.97/cwt410.00–420.001,9422
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469395.33/cwt395.00–400.001,85415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3493375.33/cwt370.00–380.001,85013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523365.08/cwt360.00–370.001,90925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3548355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,94519
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561350.34/cwt350.00–360.001,96529
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574347.49/cwt347.00–350.001,9956
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620341.10/cwt337.00–347.002,11512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,23112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2314398.90/cwt390.00–400.001,2539
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332431.34/cwt427.00–437.001,4329
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3343383.78/cwt375.00–385.001,3168
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357388.01/cwt380.00–390.001,3855
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,5638
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423371.86/cwt367.00–373.001,5738
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457367.16/cwt360.00–368.001,67810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469348.79/cwt345.00–353.001,63614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469339.93/cwt335.00–345.001,5942
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513347.34/cwt340.00–348.001,78221
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522331.13/cwt327.00–337.001,72827
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555323.26/cwt322.00–332.001,7948
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562335.23/cwt332.00–340.001,88410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608318.51/cwt317.00–319.001,9374
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,05411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1269531.16/cwt530.00–535.001,4294
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329447.91/cwt447.00–455.001,4748
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368447.52/cwt445.00–450.001,6472
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415404.88/cwt400.00–410.001,6802
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8914
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533347.71/cwt347.00–350.001,8534
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557332.87/cwt330.00–335.001,8547
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605321.49/cwt320.00–323.001,9452
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,735184.98/cwt182.00–189.003,2095
Bulls——1,761178.32/cwt175.00–180.003,1405
Bulls——1,860196.52/cwt196.00–197.003,6552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,191140.11/cwt136.00–143.001,6698
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,280155.81/cwt152.00–160.001,9945
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,399146.47/cwt144.00–151.002,04918
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645162.00/cwt159.00–164.002,6654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,661154.96/cwt152.00–159.002,5744
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,746146.89/cwt144.00–149.002,5655
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2865220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9031

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.