Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2026-02-10

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 10
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 200▲ 16 vs year ago 411 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 89▲ 89 vs year ago 57 · +156.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 21▼ 4 vs year ago 28 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher, steer calves weak, heifer calves and bulls calves sharply lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers 10.00 lower, feeder bulls 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 $391.70/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 19 of 33 comparable sales and sits +19.02 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$391.70
41 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,234
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.42
vs GA average
−32.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560400.002,24021
Medium and Large 3581382.992,22520
One grade step is worth $17.01/cwt here — about $15 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 sale41 hd
391.70
—
GA average14 barns · 462 hd
395.12
−3.42
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−32.25
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
+19.02
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—High1,619194.543,14911
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,242177.112,19928
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,432176.602,52918
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,065169.031,80136
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,353152.502,06330

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)1,125$1,7504thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3273637.34/cwt635.00–640.001,7402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2409488.83/cwt485.00–490.001,9999
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9694
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1444
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495487.52/cwt485.00–505.002,41315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,6945
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558477.47/cwt470.00–480.002,6644
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,44810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,7645
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2216685.00/cwt685.00–685.001,4804
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270677.64/cwt670.00–685.001,8302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327538.70/cwt530.00–550.001,7623
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334591.57/cwt580.00–595.001,9764
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383539.91/cwt535.00–545.002,0683
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383497.57/cwt492.00–510.001,90610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,97013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429459.77/cwt450.00–470.001,9724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467437.59/cwt430.00–440.002,0444
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474456.02/cwt450.00–465.002,1624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,24021
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3581382.99/cwt378.00–390.002,22520
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605351.25/cwt350.00–355.002,1254
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625374.88/cwt370.00–380.002,3432
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2684335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2915
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330602.16/cwt595.00–610.001,9872
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3363507.48/cwt505.00–510.001,8422
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365591.60/cwt585.00–600.002,1593
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415552.56/cwt550.00–555.002,2932
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416509.86/cwt505.00–520.002,1213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428460.29/cwt450.00–470.001,9702
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462522.93/cwt510.00–525.002,41612
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508477.51/cwt475.00–480.002,4262
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3562383.69/cwt375.00–385.002,1568
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4356
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2614394.79/cwt392.00–400.002,4244
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,543185.66/cwt180.00–189.002,8653
Bulls——1,628192.93/cwt190.00–197.003,1416
Bulls——1,705212.69/cwt206.00–218.003,6262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%979158.40/cwt154.00–164.001,55111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071170.98/cwt165.00–175.001,83119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,206182.36/cwt178.00–188.002,1996
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237187.78/cwt185.00–191.002,3237
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241169.21/cwt164.00–172.002,10010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245177.50/cwt173.00–181.002,21011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396167.48/cwt164.00–172.002,3385
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435177.58/cwt173.00–181.002,54810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483188.56/cwt185.00–194.002,7963
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,322153.69/cwt150.00–158.002,03211
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,352142.66/cwt138.00–147.001,92911
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,396164.40/cwt160.00–170.002,2958
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,0001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002

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.