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Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 3

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

200 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 160▼ 285 vs year ago 485 · −58.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

89 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 47▲ 23 vs year ago 66 · +34.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 8▼ 7 vs year ago 28 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sharply higher, steer calves, feeder steers, and feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves weak, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, replacement cows 10.00 higher.

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 $440.71/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 34 of 33 comparable sales and sits +68.03 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.

Average price

$440.71

10 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,294

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$24.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+46.47

vs GA average

+9.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	455.17	2,312	4thin
Medium and Large 2	529	431.07	2,280	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.10/cwt here — about $32 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 sale10 hd

440.71

—

GA average11 barns · 357 hd

394.24

+46.47

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

+9.17

This barn, trailing median33 sales

372.68

+68.03

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	—	Low	1,569	196.76	3,088	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	190.12	2,787	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,302	179.93	2,343	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	178.23	1,954	38

Every lot

41 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	2,316	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	341	593.76/cwt	590.00–610.00	2,025	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	636.64/cwt	635.00–645.00	2,356	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	434	481.28/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,089	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	489	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,078	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	512	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,176	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	470.82/cwt	465.00–472.00	2,750	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,640	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	697.45/cwt	695.00–700.00	1,778	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	343	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,835	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	563.77/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,951	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	562.99/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,032	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	551.66/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,008	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	500.86/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,109	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	492.39/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,260	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	458.68/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,142	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	455.17/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,312	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	431.07/cwt	425.00–437.00	2,280	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	340.99/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,319	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,389	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,040	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	642.41/cwt	640.00–650.00	2,370	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	567.47/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,242	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	522.91/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,280	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	514.95/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,343	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	497.46/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,353	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,236	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	607	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,428	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,423	183.46/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,611	2
Bulls	—	—	1,559	207.95/cwt	204.00–212.00	3,242	4
Bulls	—	—	1,625	193.73/cwt	186.00–198.00	3,148	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,031	169.42/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,747	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	177.72/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,935	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,221	193.52/cwt	186.00–199.00	2,363	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	172.12/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,134	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	199.40/cwt	191.00–206.00	2,618	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,344	181.51/cwt	178.00–188.00	2,439	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,418	181.04/cwt	179.00–186.00	2,567	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	203.73/cwt	201.00–207.00	3,133	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,033	209.73/cwt	194.00–232.00	2,167	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,153	173.06/cwt	160.00–188.00	1,995	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 Feb 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 160Year ago 485

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 47Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 8Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	565.00–575.00	567.47
7	400–450	436	520.00–530.00	522.91
2	450–500	455	510.00–520.00	514.95
5	600–650	607	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	600.00	600.00
2	450–500	473	495.00–500.00	497.46
3	500–550	520	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	640.00–650.00	642.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	590.00–610.00	593.76
4	400–450	434	470.00–485.00	481.28
4	450–500	489	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	512	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	785.00	785.00
6	350–400	370	635.00–645.00	636.64
6	550–600	584	465.00–472.00	470.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	660	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	695.00–700.00	697.45
5	350–400	361	560.00–575.00	562.99
6	450–500	459	485.00–495.00	492.39
4	500–550	508	450.00–470.00	455.17
12	700–750	709	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	560.00–565.00	563.77
3	350–400	364	545.00–560.00	551.66
5	400–450	421	495.00–510.00	500.86
7	450–500	467	450.00–470.00	458.68
6	500–550	529	425.00–437.00	431.07
3	650–700	680	338.00–345.00	340.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	535.00	535.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,153	160.00–188.00	173.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,033	194.00–232.00	209.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	182.00–185.00	183.46
6	—	1,625	186.00–198.00	193.73
4	—	1,559	204.00–212.00	207.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	191.00–206.00	199.40
10	—	1,344	178.00–188.00	181.51
7	—	1,240	169.00–176.00	172.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	179.00–186.00	181.04
2	—	1,538	201.00–207.00	203.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,089	170.00–184.00	177.72
7	—	1,221	186.00–199.00	193.52
11	—	1,031	165.00–173.00	169.42

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.