Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-06-11

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 11
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 186▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 86▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 10▲ 34 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 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.98/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$123.98
63 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.36
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445129.6457713thin
Medium and Large 2400122.5149050
One grade step is worth $7.14/cwt here — about $87 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 sale63 hd
123.98
—
GA average15 barns · 1,262 hd
116.62
+7.36
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—Low1,54983.561,2944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06458.1161827
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62956.989287thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86753.6546519

Every lot

33 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423146.50/cwt146.00–147.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 1463145.55/cwt139.00–149.006743
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233125.01/cwt124.00–126.002912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285126.54/cwt124.00–129.003612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2312128.66/cwt126.00–133.0040113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374122.61/cwt120.00–128.0045912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430121.37/cwt116.00–125.005226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442131.43/cwt128.00–132.0058110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455123.68/cwt122.00–125.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475116.50/cwt115.00–118.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516118.10/cwt118.00–119.0060910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578112.02/cwt110.00–114.006473
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325136.58/cwt134.00–138.004443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2326148.34/cwt145.00–155.004844
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370131.92/cwt129.00–135.004882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376154.53/cwt151.00–158.005818
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388142.54/cwt137.00–146.005535
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411134.91/cwt131.00–139.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434142.97/cwt142.00–146.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464123.71/cwt123.00–125.005747
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,14575.00/cwt75.00–75.008591
Bulls——1,68386.41/cwt85.00–88.001,4543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83752.13/cwt48.00–55.004368
Cows—Lean 85-90%84142.79/cwt40.00–45.003604
Cows—Lean 85-90%91761.60/cwt60.00–65.005657
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03756.43/cwt52.00–59.0058521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15963.97/cwt60.00–67.007416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62956.98/cwt52.00–59.009287
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3950850.88/cwt700.00–1,050.008,0836
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1581,003.24/cwt875.00–1,075.0011,6186
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,201956.69/cwt875.00–1,075.0011,4908
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299167.80/cwt63.00–77.006726
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,21764.27/cwt62.00–67.007823

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.