Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2025-07-29

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 29
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
350 head
▼ 296 vs last sale 646▼ 35 vs year ago 385 · −9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 37▼ 29 vs year ago 135 · −21.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 39▼ 66 vs year ago 100 · −66.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.24/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −32.44 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$340.24
35 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.95
vs GA average
−7.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508363.341,8466thin
Medium and Large 2525342.651,79922
Medium and Large 3587312.871,8377thin
One grade step is worth $50.47/cwt here — about $9 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
340.24
—
GA average13 barns · 479 hd
321.29
+18.95
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−7.26
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−32.44
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—High1,327207.002,7471thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,429169.472,4218thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,254168.952,11915
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,101162.521,78919
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,411154.482,17932

Every lot

45 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378471.03/cwt470.00–475.001,7805
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2391453.00/cwt453.00–453.001,7714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415446.28/cwt443.00–455.001,8526
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426439.95/cwt437.00–443.001,8743
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459420.95/cwt415.00–423.001,9324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473397.75/cwt397.00–405.001,88111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495387.33/cwt382.00–390.001,91712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513380.81/cwt375.00–383.001,95421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3543369.97/cwt367.00–373.002,0099
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575367.30/cwt367.00–370.002,11210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2603347.99/cwt347.00–350.002,0983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3631321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,02611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1703
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277492.70/cwt490.00–495.001,3652
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358427.45/cwt425.00–430.001,5302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362391.00/cwt390.00–400.001,41510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408399.91/cwt395.00–405.001,6322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428377.05/cwt370.00–380.001,61417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456367.30/cwt365.00–370.001,67515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458389.02/cwt380.00–390.001,78210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3492352.51/cwt345.00–355.001,7349
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505346.89/cwt340.00–350.001,75216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508363.34/cwt355.00–365.001,8466
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578331.35/cwt330.00–338.001,9156
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3587312.87/cwt310.00–315.001,8377
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1604328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9814
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367451.93/cwt450.00–460.001,6595
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438407.54/cwt405.00–410.001,7852
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1593337.49/cwt335.00–340.002,0012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,327207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,7471
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%998150.54/cwt148.00–155.001,5026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,132165.81/cwt162.00–168.001,87710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,202175.49/cwt170.00–179.002,1093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244175.68/cwt173.00–180.002,1854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256168.71/cwt164.00–172.002,1198
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262160.62/cwt159.00–163.002,0273
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,373166.96/cwt164.00–169.002,2923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,403178.28/cwt176.00–181.002,5013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4802
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,383149.41/cwt146.00–153.002,06615
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,427157.02/cwt154.00–161.002,24113
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,460165.26/cwt163.00–170.002,4134
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2960225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,055170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7941
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,123194.07/cwt183.00–205.002,1792

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.