Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-07-30

Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 30

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Jul 23Jul 30Aug 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

533 head

▼ 246 vs last sale 779▲ 533 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 93▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 20▲ 15 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 and bulls steady, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 1.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.85/cwt on 179 head.

Average price

$120.85

179 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.37

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	496	130.26	646	43
Medium and Large 2	471	117.88	555	136

One grade step is worth $12.38/cwt here — about $91 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 sale179 hd

120.85

—

GA average16 barns · 1,648 hd

117.48

+3.37

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,407	84.19	1,184	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,098	58.01	637	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,061	50.09	531	18

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	144.14/cwt	142.00–150.00	533	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	134.38/cwt	131.00–140.00	575	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	139.93/cwt	138.00–142.00	653	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	138.06/cwt	137.00–140.00	736	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	140.55/cwt	138.00–141.00	781	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	129.85/cwt	126.00–134.00	809	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	236	133.51/cwt	133.00–135.00	315	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	334	123.95/cwt	122.00–126.00	414	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	125.50/cwt	120.00–129.00	468	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	116.37/cwt	115.00–117.00	500	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	131.30/cwt	131.00–134.00	579	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	116.34/cwt	114.00–119.00	539	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	115.22/cwt	115.00–116.00	605	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	129.35/cwt	125.00–130.00	704	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	114.12/cwt	112.00–115.00	648	41
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	228	164.73/cwt	160.00–170.00	376	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	423	134.87/cwt	134.00–136.00	571	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	459	125.58/cwt	125.00–126.00	576	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	542	122.34/cwt	121.00–125.00	663	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,341	79.11/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,061	7
Bulls	—	—	1,445	87.15/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,259	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,006	45.00/cwt	42.00–49.00	453	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,036	52.14/cwt	49.00–54.00	540	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,091	53.82/cwt	51.00–57.00	587	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,129	60.94/cwt	57.00–64.00	688	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,200	59.92/cwt	59.00–61.00	719	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,063	56.72/cwt	54.00–59.00	603	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Tue Jul 30, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 533Last week 779Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 93Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	228	160.00–170.00	164.73
7	—	459	125.00–126.00	125.58
9	—	423	134.00–136.00	134.87
9	—	542	121.00–125.00	122.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	441	131.00–134.00	131.30
23	—	544	125.00–130.00	129.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	236	133.00–135.00	133.51
10	—	334	122.00–126.00	123.95
10	—	430	115.00–117.00	116.37
17	—	525	115.00–116.00	115.22
19	—	373	120.00–129.00	125.50
35	—	463	114.00–119.00	116.34
41	—	568	112.00–115.00	114.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	533	137.00–140.00	138.06
20	—	556	138.00–141.00	140.55
21	—	467	138.00–142.00	139.93
62	—	623	126.00–134.00	129.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	370	142.00–150.00	144.14
15	—	428	131.00–140.00	134.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	54.00–59.00	56.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,341	77.00–81.00	79.11
12	—	1,445	82.00–89.00	87.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,036	49.00–54.00	52.14
16	—	1,129	57.00–64.00	60.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	59.00–61.00	59.92
7	—	1,091	51.00–57.00	53.82
9	—	1,006	42.00–49.00	45.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.