Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2026-09-29

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 29
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 378▼ 57 vs year ago 297 · −19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 81▲ 22 vs year ago 30 · +73.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 36▼ 11 vs year ago 28 · −39.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle 5.00 to 6.00 higher, steers 8.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers unevenly steady, bull calves 10.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cattle 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 $337.90/cwt on 32 head, up $11.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 33 comparable sales and sits −34.78 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$337.90
▲ 11.54 vs prior sale
32 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.50
vs GA average
−14.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542349.631,89613thin
Medium and Large 2522335.641,75212thin
Medium and Large 3517320.001,6547thin
One grade step is worth $29.63/cwt here — about $242 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 sale32 hd
337.90
—
GA average15 barns · 626 hd
326.40
+11.50
National average184 barns · 12,638 hd
352.66
−14.76
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−34.78
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—Low1,591182.502,9034thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,177142.611,67813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,556141.922,2094thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,102126.931,39911

Every lot

55 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2397445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7675
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8029
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3448395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7704
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453437.54/cwt430.00–445.001,9822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457413.43/cwt410.00–420.001,8893
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519395.98/cwt390.00–397.502,05510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,19012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2607340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0649
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3650327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2651332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,1654
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2737325.97/cwt325.00–330.002,4025
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5461
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270480.37/cwt475.00–485.001,2972
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,5231
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329482.06/cwt480.00–485.001,5867
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363442.59/cwt440.00–445.001,6072
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363414.83/cwt410.00–420.001,5062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369379.05/cwt377.50–385.001,3995
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415415.00/cwt410.00–420.001,7222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428387.66/cwt380.00–395.001,65915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486346.59/cwt340.00–350.001,68416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8561
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505338.08/cwt337.50–342.501,7079
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3517320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6547
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538351.77/cwt350.00–352.501,89310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9083
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573328.31/cwt325.00–330.001,8813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9833
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628302.45/cwt300.00–310.001,8994
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2284503.67/cwt500.00–525.001,4306
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323483.09/cwt480.00–490.001,5603
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7591
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380459.87/cwt450.00–470.001,7482
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436444.20/cwt440.00–450.001,9376
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3549335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8393
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570364.39/cwt362.50–370.002,0774
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2593334.98/cwt330.00–340.001,9862
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9851
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2737287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1193
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778280.11/cwt275.00–285.002,1792
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,573187.49/cwt187.00–188.002,9492
Bulls——1,608177.50/cwt176.00–179.002,8542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053138.04/cwt137.00–139.001,4543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,7541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121122.76/cwt120.00–125.001,3768
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165144.29/cwt140.00–148.001,6817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206137.18/cwt136.00–139.001,6545
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545144.23/cwt143.00–146.002,2283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,1471
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3890192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7131

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.