Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2026-03-31

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 31
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
720 head
▲ 378 vs last sale 342▲ 595 vs year ago 125 · +476.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 75▲ 24 vs year ago 73 · +32.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 3▲ 35 vs year ago 13 · +269.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 9.00 higher, feeder steers 15.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 10.00 higher, 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 $411.76/cwt on 47 head, up $8.89 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +39.09 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$411.76
▲ 8.89 vs prior sale
47 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,312
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.76
vs GA average
−11.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2540427.522,3092thin
Medium and Large 1522421.852,20212thin
Medium and Large 3577407.142,34933
One grade step is worth $20.38/cwt here — about −$41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale47 hd
411.76
—
GA average13 barns · 377 hd
398.00
+13.76
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
−11.43
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
+39.09
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—Average1,724210.023,62013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,451178.162,58631
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,147176.252,02136
CowsLean 85-90%Low953157.981,5056thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322578.58/cwt575.00–585.001,8633
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343612.98/cwt610.00–615.002,10329
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419533.67/cwt530.00–535.002,2364
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459499.68/cwt495.00–500.002,29416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511486.03/cwt480.00–487.502,4845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522466.89/cwt465.00–475.002,43718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560448.95/cwt440.00–450.002,51410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3584422.00/cwt420.00–430.002,46410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627403.05/cwt400.00–410.002,5275
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632430.82/cwt425.00–435.002,7233
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635384.03/cwt380.00–385.002,4395
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666416.86/cwt410.00–417.502,77612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2691396.30/cwt392.50–397.502,73823
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727363.26/cwt360.00–370.002,6413
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773327.51/cwt325.00–330.002,5322
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3778307.47/cwt305.00–310.002,3922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271591.57/cwt590.00–600.001,6036
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275584.36/cwt575.00–585.001,60716
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3308527.83/cwt520.00–530.001,6265
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324566.55/cwt565.00–570.001,8363
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325548.40/cwt545.00–550.001,78210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3387511.72/cwt505.00–515.001,9803
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420461.59/cwt460.00–465.001,9393
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429507.43/cwt500.00–510.002,1774
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433475.22/cwt470.00–480.002,05835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464477.13/cwt470.00–480.002,21432
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3481441.25/cwt440.00–445.002,1228
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490460.00/cwt455.00–465.002,2544
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522421.85/cwt420.00–427.502,20212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540427.52/cwt425.00–430.002,3092
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3577407.14/cwt400.00–410.002,34933
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605412.17/cwt410.00–412.502,4948
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2611395.94/cwt390.00–397.502,4195
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670363.89/cwt362.50–370.002,43827
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3688344.65/cwt340.00–345.002,37114
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2721332.34/cwt330.00–332.502,39615
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3739318.06/cwt310.00–320.002,3505
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2307551.68/cwt550.00–555.001,6943
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1341608.62/cwt600.00–610.002,0757
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377594.83/cwt590.00–600.002,2437
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429500.42/cwt500.00–505.002,14712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3431491.57/cwt490.00–500.002,1196
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1459521.03/cwt515.00–525.002,39233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460488.33/cwt485.00–490.002,24621
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472495.61/cwt490.00–500.002,33911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538447.51/cwt445.00–450.002,4082
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571443.29/cwt440.00–450.002,53117
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576473.66/cwt470.00–480.002,7284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615412.46/cwt410.00–415.002,5372
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621428.40/cwt425.00–435.002,6603
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3621367.53/cwt360.00–370.002,28232
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2694389.40/cwt385.00–390.002,70225
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2714349.53/cwt347.50–350.002,49616
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,445192.49/cwt190.00–195.002,7812
Bulls——1,763218.76/cwt216.00–224.003,8576
Bulls——1,788206.54/cwt204.00–209.003,6935
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%848163.43/cwt161.00–165.001,3862
Cows—Lean 85-90%980148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,4501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013157.68/cwt155.00–159.001,5973
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135176.10/cwt171.00–179.001,99912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,149182.84/cwt180.00–187.002,10114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157167.20/cwt162.00–170.001,93510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,367163.87/cwt160.00–167.002,2403
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417183.89/cwt180.00–189.002,60612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493176.55/cwt170.00–179.002,63616
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,450165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3931

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.