Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-05-21

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 21
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 202▲ 257 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 56▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 9▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady, bulls calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.65/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$142.65
69 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.33
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2444143.9663946
Medium and Large 3422140.0259123
One grade step is worth $3.95/cwt here — about $48 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale69 hd
142.65
—
GA average15 barns · 591 hd
143.97
−1.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,55078.711,2203thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,65458.029598thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93152.0048425
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10951.0956615

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3319143.59/cwt142.00–146.004585
Steers—Medium and Large 2390146.50/cwt144.00–150.0057118
Steers—Medium and Large 3427138.79/cwt135.00–140.005938
Steers—Medium and Large 2436142.13/cwt141.00–143.006209
Steers—Medium and Large 2461145.45/cwt141.00–150.0067111
Steers—Medium and Large 3469139.21/cwt139.00–141.0065310
Steers—Medium and Large 2520138.02/cwt137.00–140.007183
Steers—Medium and Large 2567138.41/cwt136.00–140.007855
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315119.87/cwt116.00–124.003782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335132.50/cwt130.00–135.004442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373141.70/cwt139.00–143.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377130.70/cwt128.00–135.004933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416136.72/cwt130.00–140.0056910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421129.30/cwt126.00–133.0054410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466129.22/cwt126.00–131.006027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485134.39/cwt134.00–135.006525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510128.18/cwt124.00–129.0065410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565119.49/cwt119.00–120.006752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2281150.16/cwt149.00–152.004227
Bulls—Medium and Large 3286134.21/cwt130.00–137.003845
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368137.20/cwt136.00–139.005056
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371143.58/cwt140.00–146.0053311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419143.13/cwt139.00–144.0060012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425130.82/cwt126.00–136.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2484131.58/cwt131.00–133.006377
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505135.63/cwt135.00–140.006858
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673116.49/cwt116.00–117.007842
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55078.71/cwt76.00–80.001,2203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92745.87/cwt41.00–48.004257
Cows—Lean 85-90%93254.38/cwt51.00–58.0050718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09049.65/cwt47.00–52.0054111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16055.06/cwt53.00–57.006394
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60161.52/cwt59.00–64.009854
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70654.52/cwt51.00–58.009304
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04564.83/cwt61.00–68.006772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11065.00/cwt65.00–65.007221
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11662.09/cwt58.00–68.0069311

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.