Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-09-10

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
496 head
▲ 372 vs last sale 124▲ 496 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 89▲ 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 12▲ 98 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 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher,feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 5.00 lower, steer calves steady, bull and heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, 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 $102.49/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$102.49
130 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.64
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2531103.63550101
Medium and Large 339698.5439029
One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about $160 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 sale130 hd
102.49
—
GA average15 barns · 1,253 hd
109.13
−6.64
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—Average1,33574.029889thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14155.1062976
CowsLean 85-90%Average99546.6146432

Every lot

38 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2339134.90/cwt134.00–135.0045710
Steers—Medium and Large 2423124.12/cwt122.00–127.005255
Steers—Medium and Large 3437111.67/cwt111.00–119.0048812
Steers—Medium and Large 2473114.36/cwt114.00–115.005418
Steers—Medium and Large 2516112.69/cwt111.00–114.0058123
Steers—Medium and Large 3542105.84/cwt105.00–106.005746
Steers—Medium and Large 2565113.65/cwt111.00–115.0064213
Steers—Medium and Large 2606111.84/cwt109.00–112.0067819
Steers—Medium and Large 2718110.11/cwt108.00–111.0079115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323104.12/cwt101.00–111.0033610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357114.38/cwt111.00–115.004087
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424101.31/cwt100.00–102.0043010
Heifers—Medium and Large 342996.25/cwt92.00–97.0041317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476101.40/cwt98.00–105.0048319
Heifers—Medium and Large 347890.08/cwt85.00–95.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540106.86/cwt105.00–110.0057740
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572102.34/cwt101.00–104.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 266197.48/cwt95.00–100.0064422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2366126.94/cwt120.00–130.004654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406128.49/cwt128.00–129.005222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481102.94/cwt100.00–110.004957
Bulls—Medium and Large 352290.62/cwt85.00–95.004735
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526105.11/cwt100.00–110.005539
Bulls—Medium and Large 256699.60/cwt97.00–101.005645
Bulls—Medium and Large 262096.02/cwt95.00–98.005953
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27873.15/cwt71.00–76.009358
Bulls——1,79081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,4501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98743.52/cwt39.00–46.0043017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00550.11/cwt47.00–54.0050415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12451.54/cwt47.00–53.0057926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15056.95/cwt54.00–61.0065550
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,025725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,4312
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,254917.80/cwt800.00–1,050.0011,50914
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296974.53/cwt70.00–89.007229
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02757.40/cwt51.00–68.005897
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,09260.77/cwt53.00–69.0066421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12878.56/cwt71.00–90.008865
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,13658.78/cwt55.00–63.006685

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.