Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-09-17

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 196 vs last sale 496▲ 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
228 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 149▲ 228 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 98▲ 39 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 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady, steer calves lightly tested, bull and heifer calves steady to 3.00 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 $109.90/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$109.90
59 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$545
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.80
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547112.1561426
Medium and Large 2501110.8355523
Medium and Large 3353101.9436010thin
One grade step is worth $10.22/cwt here — about $254 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 sale59 hd
109.90
—
GA average16 barns · 1,401 hd
106.10
+3.80
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—Low1,67674.321,24610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,65849.1081413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31547.47624101
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08242.6646253

Every lot

33 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2480126.79/cwt121.00–131.0060917
Steers—Medium and Large 1542120.05/cwt120.00–121.0065120
Steers—Medium and Large 2628113.52/cwt110.00–115.0071314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333105.10/cwt102.00–112.003503
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362100.58/cwt100.00–102.003647
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381112.26/cwt110.00–115.004284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2409116.69/cwt116.00–118.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418123.67/cwt123.00–124.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461114.02/cwt112.00–115.005266
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510110.67/cwt110.00–112.005643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564110.65/cwt109.00–111.0062423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2638104.82/cwt101.00–107.006697
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325119.03/cwt115.00–125.003874
Bulls—Medium and Large 3358117.51/cwt117.00–118.004212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2366129.48/cwt127.00–131.004744
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426105.75/cwt105.00–107.004508
Bulls—Medium and Large 2497113.39/cwt111.00–117.005645
Bulls—Medium and Large 3512105.13/cwt100.00–108.005385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560105.98/cwt105.00–108.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 264690.33/cwt88.00–95.005843
Bulls—Medium and Large 267790.48/cwt90.00–91.006132
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67674.32/cwt71.00–78.001,24610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05446.75/cwt44.00–51.0049319
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09840.38/cwt36.00–43.0044334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28845.44/cwt41.00–48.0058562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35950.69/cwt49.00–56.0068939
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63850.77/cwt49.00–53.008328
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68946.44/cwt45.00–48.007845
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3920800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,3602
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3451,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,7952
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294252.38/cwt47.00–58.004933
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08765.10/cwt55.00–75.0070817
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,27561.04/cwt56.00–66.007782

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.