Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2026-01-13

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 344▼ 62 vs year ago 321 · −19.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 96▲ 4 vs year ago 36 · +11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 18▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder cattle sharply higher, replacement cows 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $424.39/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 13 of 23 comparable sales and sits +8.33 against this barn's trailing median of $416.06.
Average price
$424.39
8 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,318
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+41.89
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3546424.392,3188thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
424.39
—
GA average14 barns · 344 hd
382.51
+41.89
This barn, trailing median23 sales
416.06
+8.33
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

23 sales
492434377320median 416.0603/0304/1407/1409/1510/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $477.55, low $333.78, median $416.06 across 23 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—Average1,652190.003,1393thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,435169.512,4326thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,267164.672,0863thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,046150.501,57415

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 PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,458$3,4254thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430534.93/cwt532.00–540.002,3008
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,5255
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,48113
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377503.64/cwt500.00–510.001,8994
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384497.56/cwt495.00–500.001,9112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3402420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6886
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428492.43/cwt490.00–495.002,1082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475405.00/cwt400.00–410.001,9242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480428.30/cwt425.00–430.002,0563
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530377.64/cwt370.00–385.002,0012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534398.21/cwt390.00–405.002,12611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1092
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570377.43/cwt375.00–380.002,1512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570365.04/cwt360.00–370.002,0813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2604356.49/cwt350.00–365.002,15310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670342.39/cwt340.00–343.002,2945
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200705.00/cwt705.00–705.001,4104
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280647.23/cwt640.00–655.001,8122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320594.92/cwt590.00–600.001,9042
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326631.10/cwt625.00–640.002,0575
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1397582.51/cwt575.00–585.002,3134
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410544.91/cwt540.00–550.002,2344
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415501.07/cwt490.00–505.002,0794
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2461496.72/cwt490.00–510.002,29014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528438.38/cwt435.00–440.002,3153
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3557416.00/cwt415.00–420.002,3175
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625367.48/cwt365.00–370.002,2972
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,7202
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2657382.46/cwt375.00–390.002,5136
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3677350.14/cwt340.00–355.002,3704
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3700338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,3663
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,620188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,0461
Bulls——1,668191.00/cwt190.00–192.003,1862
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018142.55/cwt139.00–148.001,4519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078157.41/cwt155.00–160.001,6973
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098167.46/cwt163.00–171.001,8393
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,3432
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,407173.31/cwt173.00–174.002,4383
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463165.70/cwt165.00–166.002,4243
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3402,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5754,250.00/head4,250.00–4,250.004,2502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3850140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3925148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3691
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,198170.49/cwt170.00–171.002,0422

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.