Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2026-02-24

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 24
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▼ 197 vs last sale 460▲ 0 vs year ago 263 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 81▼ 119 vs year ago 157 · −75.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 22▼ 29 vs year ago 46 · −63.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, steer calves, heifer calves, bull calves, and feeder heifers sharply lower, feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $433.88/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 15 of 23 comparable sales and sits +17.82 against this barn's trailing median of $416.06.
Average price
$433.88
31 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,332
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$26.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.83
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2514451.942,32310thin
Medium and Large 3549425.282,33321
One grade step is worth $26.66/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale31 hd
433.88
—
GA average13 barns · 353 hd
420.06
+13.83
This barn, trailing median23 sales
416.06
+17.82
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—High1,654197.573,2686thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273180.832,3018thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,246176.372,1984thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,588174.722,7748thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,365155.472,1226thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,0933
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481486.30/cwt475.00–490.002,3394
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516482.93/cwt475.00–485.002,4925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529459.74/cwt450.00–470.002,4326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,5547
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2647410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,65310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1306580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,7756
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333542.33/cwt535.00–550.001,8066
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335485.00/cwt480.00–490.001,6252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392489.98/cwt480.00–495.001,9219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418462.44/cwt460.00–465.001,9334
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0296
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490436.85/cwt435.00–450.002,1418
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1685
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0982
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572396.96/cwt390.00–400.002,27110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342588.00/cwt588.00–588.002,0115
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3344550.50/cwt550.00–555.001,8949
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360535.14/cwt525.00–545.001,9272
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3447485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1683
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2451512.18/cwt505.00–513.002,31010
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2805
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514451.94/cwt450.00–460.002,32310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3519437.77/cwt425.00–440.002,27211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3581411.55/cwt410.00–415.002,39110
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629399.15/cwt395.00–400.002,5116
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2662371.19/cwt365.00–375.002,4575
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2748340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5433
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,225190.42/cwt184.00–195.002,3332
Bulls——1,785217.00/cwt217.00–217.003,8731
Bulls——1,897195.86/cwt192.00–200.003,7153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173171.22/cwt168.00–175.002,0082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,246176.37/cwt172.00–179.002,1984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293181.44/cwt177.00–185.002,3465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,6991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,582179.11/cwt176.00–181.002,8345
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,597167.41/cwt160.00–172.002,6743
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,361159.42/cwt155.00–164.002,1704
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,373147.57/cwt144.00–150.002,0262
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,9161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,233230.01/cwt212.00–245.002,8362

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.