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Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 19

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Aug 12Aug 19Aug 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

443 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 412▲ 64 vs year ago 379 · +16.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

145 head

▲ 74 vs last sale 71▲ 14 vs year ago 131 · +10.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

113 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 68▲ 72 vs year ago 41 · +175.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 6.00 higher, steer calves 10.00 higher, heifer calves and feeder heifers firm, bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows unevenly steady.

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 $352.23/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 15 of 33 comparable sales and sits −20.45 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.

Average price

$352.23

26 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$7.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.75

vs GA average

−7.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	352.84	1,881	24
Medium and Large 3	527	344.88	1,818	2thin

One grade step is worth $7.96/cwt here — about $64 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 sale26 hd

352.23

—

GA average14 barns · 759 hd

338.48

+13.75

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−7.57

This barn, trailing median33 sales

372.68

−20.45

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	—	High	1,780	192.17	3,421	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,233	170.90	2,107	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,471	169.19	2,488	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	164.54	1,823	35
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,477	145.23	2,145	34

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,421	$2,586	14

Every lot

65 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	275	480.00/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,320	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	465.10/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,805	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	472.11/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,846	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	400.03/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,892	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	491	386.20/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,896	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	370.97/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,981	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	371.35/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,117	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	374.45/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,288	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	673	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,557	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	350.68/cwt	347.00–353.00	2,479	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	729	338.63/cwt	337.00–347.00	2,469	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	729	336.00/cwt	335.00–337.00	2,449	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	767	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,531	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	472.55/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,300	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	486.76/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,524	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	470.05/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,471	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	334	444.98/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,486	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	421.30/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,538	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	382	403.04/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,540	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	403	394.35/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,589	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	437	375.43/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,641	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	366.31/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,722	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	353.65/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,860	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	344.88/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,818	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	348.81/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,985	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	329.29/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,025	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	322.52/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,000	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	321.73/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,149	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,363	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	458.34/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,755	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	441.55/cwt	438.00–445.00	1,700	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	464.96/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,874	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	442.29/cwt	435.00–443.00	1,880	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	433	426.58/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,847	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	355.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,775	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	502	347.43/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,744	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	362.48/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,012	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	348.27/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,968	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	331.00/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,118	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,640	182.93/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,000	3
Bulls	—	—	1,806	192.79/cwt	192.00–194.00	3,482	4
Bulls	—	—	1,940	204.77/cwt	202.00–208.00	3,973	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	165.94/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,761	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,117	159.09/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,777	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,152	163.19/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,880	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	174.62/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,040	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	170.52/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,097	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	178.38/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,335	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,406	170.55/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,398	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	159.71/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,404	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	179.56/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,753	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,260	129.81/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,636	3
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,490	150.06/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,236	14
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,504	143.97/cwt	140.00–146.00	2,165	17
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,333	2,366.67/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,367	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,350	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	1,350	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,600	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,650	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,904	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,834	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,388	169.61/cwt	168.00–171.00	2,354	2

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 Aug 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 443Last week 412Year ago 379

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 71Year ago 131

Replacement CattleReceipts 113Last week 68Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	470.00–475.00	472.55
3	300–350	313	465.00–475.00	470.05
4	350–400	365	420.00–425.00	421.30
3	400–450	403	390.00–398.00	394.35
20	500–550	526	350.00–360.00	353.65
4	550–600	569	345.00–355.00	348.81
5	600–650	615	325.00–337.00	329.29
3	650–700	668	315.00–325.00	321.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	480.00–490.00	486.76
3	350–400	350	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	440.00–450.00	444.98
10	350–400	382	400.00–410.00	403.04
13	400–450	437	370.00–380.00	375.43
23	450–500	470	360.00–370.00	366.31
2	500–550	527	340.00–350.00	344.88
2	600–650	620	320.00–325.00	322.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	450.00–460.00	458.34
11	400–450	425	435.00–443.00	442.29
2	500–550	500	350.00–360.00	355.00
6	550–600	565	345.00–350.00	348.27
5	600–650	640	330.00–335.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	545.00	545.00
3	400–450	403	460.00–470.00	464.96
2	550–600	555	360.00–365.00	362.48
3	700–750	700	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	438.00–445.00	441.55
18	400–450	433	425.00–430.00	426.58
7	500–550	502	347.00–350.00	347.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	673	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	470.00–475.00	472.11
2	450–500	473	395.00–405.00	400.03
11	550–600	570	370.00–373.00	371.35
6	700–750	729	337.00–347.00	338.63
3	750–800	767	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
9	600–650	611	370.00–375.00	374.45
13	700–750	707	347.00–353.00	350.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	475.00–485.00	480.00
2	350–400	388	460.00–470.00	465.10
8	450–500	491	385.00–395.00	386.20
5	500–550	534	370.00–375.00	370.97
2	700–750	729	335.00–337.00	336.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,940	202.00–208.00	204.77
4	—	1,806	192.00–194.00	192.79
3	—	1,640	180.00–185.00	182.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,061	163.00–170.00	165.94
16	—	1,117	155.00–161.00	159.09
7	—	1,168	172.00–179.00	174.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,505	156.00–163.00	159.71
3	—	1,533	176.00–182.00	179.56
5	—	1,406	166.00–173.00	170.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,152	160.00–166.00	163.19
9	—	1,309	176.00–182.00	178.38
15	—	1,230	168.00–175.00	170.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	128.00–132.00	129.81
14	—	1,490	147.00–154.00	150.06
17	—	1,504	140.00–146.00	143.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,850.00	1,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,650	3,350.00	3,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,600	3,300.00	3,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,333	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,366.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	2,500.00	2,500.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,388	168.00–171.00	169.61

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	—	810	235.00	235.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	225.00	225.00

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.