Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-07-09

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 204 vs last sale 0▲ 204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 0▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to market being closed for previous week 4th of July Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.14/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$133.14
80 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2394140.465536thin
Medium and Large 1574132.5676172
Medium and Large 3280132.113702thin
One grade step is worth $8.35/cwt here — about $184 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 sale80 hd
133.14
—
GA average8 barns · 277 hd
132.01
+1.14
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—Low1,71282.321,4093thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18757.0967853
CowsLean 85-90%Low97648.364722thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3280132.11/cwt130.00–134.003702
Steers—Medium and Large 2358146.47/cwt142.00–148.005244
Steers—Medium and Large 1463137.58/cwt137.00–140.006375
Steers—Medium and Large 2466128.45/cwt127.00–130.005992
Steers—Medium and Large 1534135.20/cwt131.00–138.0072228
Steers—Medium and Large 1575133.78/cwt131.00–135.0076921
Steers—Medium and Large 1667125.64/cwt123.00–129.0083818
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337108.67/cwt108.00–110.003663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2356112.93/cwt110.00–120.004028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458109.99/cwt109.00–111.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480117.09/cwt116.00–120.0056214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568116.18/cwt114.00–119.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664115.89/cwt115.00–118.0077010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3313126.70/cwt120.00–130.003973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322146.01/cwt145.00–150.004705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2387121.64/cwt120.00–125.004713
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438115.53/cwt111.00–120.005062
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463111.49/cwt110.00–113.005162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465116.94/cwt115.00–118.005446
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518114.88/cwt110.00–120.005952
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582111.34/cwt110.00–112.006483
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0241
Bulls——1,90384.98/cwt83.00–87.001,6172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97648.36/cwt46.00–50.004722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14052.63/cwt50.00–54.0060017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20158.91/cwt55.00–62.0070834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34564.07/cwt63.00–65.008622
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,000900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,129879.40/cwt750.00–985.009,9288
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289068.00/cwt68.00–68.006051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16057.00/cwt57.00–57.006611

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.