Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-06-25

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 25
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
217 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 252▲ 217 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 93▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 34▲ 18 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 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher,feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifers calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.19/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$128.19
58 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.55
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577135.4078110thin
Medium and Large 2636126.6980648
One grade step is worth $8.71/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale58 hd
128.19
—
GA average14 barns · 489 hd
128.74
−0.55
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—Average1,76183.751,4754thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09957.6263341
CowsLean 85-90%Average99842.7042611

Every lot

32 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 2447137.25/cwt136.00–143.006148
Steers—Medium and Large 1577135.40/cwt135.00–137.0078110
Steers—Medium and Large 2644121.84/cwt120.00–123.0078513
Steers—Medium and Large 2688125.89/cwt124.00–127.0086627
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265109.81/cwt105.00–115.002912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322111.16/cwt105.00–115.003584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329123.17/cwt122.00–126.004054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376121.78/cwt119.00–125.004584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423119.84/cwt115.00–125.005079
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480119.03/cwt118.00–121.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507116.85/cwt116.00–118.005927
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534112.24/cwt111.00–116.005994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620106.54/cwt105.00–113.0066114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315144.19/cwt140.00–150.004543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368143.97/cwt143.00–145.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373135.85/cwt131.00–141.005074
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432114.68/cwt110.00–119.004953
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472115.70/cwt111.00–119.0054611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578115.74/cwt110.00–120.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 3678100.00/cwt99.00–101.006782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76183.75/cwt81.00–88.001,4754
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93847.73/cwt45.00–51.004484
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03339.83/cwt36.00–42.004117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07751.98/cwt49.00–54.0056010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08664.70/cwt63.00–70.0070310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11656.94/cwt55.00–62.0063521
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3950700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3980850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,3302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,123763.41/cwt740.00–790.008,5736
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02060.74/cwt57.00–67.006203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11059.87/cwt56.00–64.006653
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20057.00/cwt57.00–57.006841

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.