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Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 21

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

452 head

▲ 115 vs last sale 337▲ 35 vs year ago 417 · +8.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 78▼ 28 vs year ago 84 · −33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 77▼ 26 vs year ago 41 · −63.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 9.00 lower, feeder steers 10.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 10.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.97/cwt on 51 head, up $16.45 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 32 of 33 comparable sales and sits +49.45 against this barn's trailing median of $428.52.

Average price

$477.97

▲ 16.45 vs prior sale

51 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+25.77

vs GA average

−1.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	477.97	2,577	51

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 sale51 hd

477.97

—

GA average13 barns · 372 hd

452.20

+25.77

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−1.06

This barn, trailing median33 sales

428.52

+49.45

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.82, low $346.15, median $428.52 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	—	Average	1,600	192.43	3,078	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	174.67	2,026	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,619	172.10	2,786	13

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,264	$3,007	4thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	636.67/cwt	635.00–637.00	2,216	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	549.67/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,419	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	481.46/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,571	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	466.62/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,594	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	419.72/cwt	417.00–425.00	2,690	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	434.93/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,857	68
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	590.88/cwt	590.00–605.00	1,808	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	550.89/cwt	540.00–555.00	1,994	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	474.49/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,746	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	514.02/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,994	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	455.00/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,843	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	455.65/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,224	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	425.27/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,275	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,194	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	398.90/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,441	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	284	659.36/cwt	650.00–670.00	1,873	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	552.64/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,785	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	487.50/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,979	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	508.94/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,188	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	485.84/cwt	482.00–490.00	2,303	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	486	434.39/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,111	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,347	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	452.50/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,281	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	387.44/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,201	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,515	185.17/cwt	182.00–188.00	2,805	3
Bulls	—	—	1,602	192.99/cwt	190.00–195.00	3,092	3
Bulls	—	—	1,723	202.48/cwt	201.00–204.00	3,489	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,038	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,870	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,159	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	182.50/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,728	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,623	173.91/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,823	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,663	165.77/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,757	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,340	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,320	170.37/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,249	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,160	2,458.62/head	2,200.00–2,700.00	2,459	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,368	3,556.03/head	3,450.00–3,650.00	3,556	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 Apr 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 452Last week 337Year ago 417

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 78Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 77Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	284	650.00–670.00	659.36
18	400–450	430	505.00–510.00	508.94
2	450–500	474	482.00–490.00	485.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	550.00–555.00	552.64
8	450–500	486	430.00–440.00	434.39
2	550–600	568	385.00–390.00	387.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	406	485.00–490.00	487.50
2	450–500	494	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	504	450.00–455.00	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	368	470.00–480.00	474.49
2	400–450	405	450.00–460.00	455.00
2	500–550	535	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	306	590.00–605.00	590.88
12	350–400	362	540.00–555.00	550.89
14	450–500	488	450.00–460.00	455.65
9	600–650	612	390.00–405.00	398.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	510.00–515.00	514.02
4	500–550	535	420.00–427.00	425.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	440	545.00–550.00	549.67
4	600–650	641	417.00–425.00	419.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	635.00–637.00	636.67
39	500–550	534	480.00–495.00	481.46
12	550–600	556	460.00–470.00	466.62
68	650–700	657	430.00–435.00	434.93

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	180.00	180.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,320	168.00–175.00	170.37

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	2,200.00–2,700.00	2,458.62

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,368	3,450.00–3,650.00	3,556.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,602	190.00–195.00	192.99
2	—	1,723	201.00–204.00	202.48
3	—	1,515	182.00–188.00	185.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,663	161.00–169.00	165.77
6	—	1,623	171.00–178.00	173.91
2	—	1,495	180.00–185.00	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,090	187.00	187.00
1	—	1,120	167.00	167.00

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.