Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-06-04

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 4
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 67▲ 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 38▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 8▲ 10 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 steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and heifer calves steady, bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.72/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −69.50 against this barn's trailing median of $200.22.
Average price
$130.72
43 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.10
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2436133.1858018thin
Medium and Large 3384128.9449525
One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about $85 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 sale43 hd
130.72
—
GA average15 barns · 1,262 hd
127.62
+3.10
This barn, trailing median8 sales
200.22
−69.50
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 0–100 lb

8 sales
226196167138median 200.2203/1003/2406/1608/2510/27
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $211.56, low $152.28, median $200.22 across 8 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—Average1,53973.541,13213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14055.5863443
CowsLean 85-90%Low97443.644255thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2472142.85/cwt137.00–147.006745
Steers—Medium and Large 1473149.40/cwt148.00–153.0070710
Steers—Medium and Large 1514137.02/cwt136.00–139.007049
Steers—Medium and Large 2560133.33/cwt132.00–136.007473
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340127.51/cwt127.00–128.004342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442132.34/cwt131.00–135.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2489124.44/cwt122.00–125.006097
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516113.99/cwt110.00–116.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528118.74/cwt117.00–124.0062714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559118.97/cwt115.00–120.006655
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2211144.18/cwt140.00–148.003042
Bulls—Medium and Large 3289137.95/cwt137.00–140.0039910
Bulls—Medium and Large 3313136.49/cwt136.00–137.004272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327142.60/cwt140.00–145.004663
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378130.81/cwt127.00–135.004942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418135.51/cwt135.00–136.005662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2453135.34/cwt135.00–137.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485119.04/cwt115.00–120.0057711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577119.60/cwt119.00–122.006905
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36571.94/cwt70.00–74.009827
Bulls——1,74275.40/cwt74.00–78.001,3136
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95536.89/cwt36.00–38.003522
Cows—Lean 85-90%98748.14/cwt44.00–51.004753
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06148.67/cwt45.00–50.005169
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15155.15/cwt51.00–58.0063520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17560.64/cwt59.00–66.0071314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02567.68/cwt62.00–74.006942

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.