Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2025-09-09

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 9
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
557 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 358▲ 222 vs year ago 335 · +66.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 82▼ 36 vs year ago 106 · −34.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves and feeder bulls weak, bull calves 4.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder steers 3.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, 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 $361.25/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 17 of 33 comparable sales and sits −11.43 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$361.25
60 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.79
vs GA average
−7.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571371.492,1218thin
Medium and Large 2542363.001,96831
Medium and Large 3523354.751,85521
One grade step is worth $16.74/cwt here — about $266 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 sale60 hd
361.25
—
GA average14 barns · 620 hd
345.46
+15.79
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−7.09
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−11.43
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—High1,682191.623,2237thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,628173.292,8212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,376168.562,3197thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,146167.181,91619

Every lot

51 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 2381481.69/cwt475.00–483.001,8356
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443482.13/cwt475.00–483.002,1369
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3443464.31/cwt460.00–465.002,0577
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460417.77/cwt415.00–420.001,9229
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485405.06/cwt402.00–410.001,9658
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517406.33/cwt400.00–412.002,10116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3539386.58/cwt385.00–395.002,08418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574375.66/cwt372.00–380.002,15622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586390.48/cwt387.00–395.002,28810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2607362.67/cwt360.00–368.002,2013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613370.20/cwt368.00–375.002,2695
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3626357.42/cwt355.00–360.002,2372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,7353
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365453.33/cwt450.00–460.001,6553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370447.47/cwt445.00–450.001,6562
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428434.98/cwt430.00–440.001,8623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433419.13/cwt415.00–425.001,81513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435402.37/cwt400.00–410.001,7506
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460394.47/cwt390.00–395.001,81510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478370.71/cwt370.00–373.001,77213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523354.75/cwt350.00–355.001,85521
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530363.00/cwt360.00–365.001,92417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2557363.01/cwt360.00–368.002,02214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571371.49/cwt368.00–375.002,1218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3627335.00/cwt330.00–340.002,1003
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631354.03/cwt350.00–355.002,2345
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664344.18/cwt340.00–345.002,2856
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2691330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2805
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3295480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4163
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3354468.00/cwt468.00–468.001,6573
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378481.65/cwt480.00–485.001,8213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3418383.79/cwt380.00–385.001,6044
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1444445.95/cwt440.00–452.001,9808
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2444437.52/cwt435.00–440.001,9432
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467378.32/cwt375.00–385.001,7673
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482392.66/cwt390.00–402.001,89315
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508372.51/cwt370.00–375.001,8922
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533355.02/cwt350.00–360.001,8922
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1552367.99/cwt362.00–372.002,03110
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2614340.54/cwt340.00–345.002,0919
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2697310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1616
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2747285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1296
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425194.76/cwt192.00–200.002,7752
Bulls——1,710185.71/cwt181.00–189.003,1764
Bulls——2,085209.00/cwt209.00–209.004,3581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,104170.25/cwt167.00–174.001,8805
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151162.08/cwt159.00–166.001,86611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,198180.74/cwt178.00–184.002,1653
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363172.33/cwt170.00–177.002,3494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,393163.53/cwt162.00–167.002,2783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,628173.29/cwt169.00–177.002,8212

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.