Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-07-16

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 16
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 204▲ 230 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 64▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 18▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bulls calves 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 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 $120.65/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$120.65
75 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.58
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461122.8356647
Medium and Large 2432118.5151225
Medium and Large 3577104.246013thin
One grade step is worth $18.59/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale75 hd
120.65
—
GA average15 barns · 1,414 hd
117.07
+3.58
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—Low1,73280.571,39610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09852.8658125
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36852.1871411
CowsLean 85-90%Low98843.9443410

Every lot

41 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2312141.97/cwt136.00–145.004433
Steers—Medium and Large 3340132.52/cwt131.00–134.004512
Steers—Medium and Large 1382140.96/cwt140.00–142.005386
Steers—Medium and Large 2447130.00/cwt130.00–130.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 1448136.00/cwt136.00–136.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 2471127.59/cwt125.00–130.0060110
Steers—Medium and Large 1474139.85/cwt136.00–142.006638
Steers—Medium and Large 1527135.53/cwt131.00–137.0071416
Steers—Medium and Large 1574129.74/cwt129.00–130.007458
Steers—Medium and Large 1623126.68/cwt124.00–127.007899
Steers—Medium and Large 1670126.00/cwt126.00–126.008442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329131.72/cwt125.00–133.004336
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367121.98/cwt119.00–125.0044812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427125.02/cwt121.00–131.0053426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437117.66/cwt115.00–119.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475117.02/cwt115.00–119.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531113.00/cwt111.00–114.006006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558116.35/cwt116.00–118.0064912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3577104.24/cwt100.00–108.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626112.00/cwt112.00–112.007013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305158.00/cwt158.00–158.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2341136.80/cwt130.00–140.004664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374128.49/cwt124.00–134.004814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378138.72/cwt136.00–146.005245
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430128.16/cwt123.00–133.005518
Bulls—Medium and Large 3443118.77/cwt115.00–120.005264
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474122.55/cwt119.00–124.005819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2511120.77/cwt117.00–122.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570122.58/cwt119.00–129.006994
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41376.26/cwt75.00–77.001,0782
Bulls——1,81281.65/cwt78.00–85.001,4798
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93848.50/cwt48.00–50.004556
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06350.42/cwt46.00–53.0053614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06337.09/cwt35.00–40.003944
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14355.97/cwt54.00–60.0064011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36148.39/cwt46.00–50.006595
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37355.33/cwt52.00–59.007606
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,140655.99/cwt630.00–680.007,4784
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02156.98/cwt54.00–60.005824
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19654.53/cwt51.00–60.0065218
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,21059.96/cwt57.00–63.007262

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.