Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-10-22

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 22
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
444 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 280▲ 444 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 77▲ 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 30▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer, bull, and heifer calves unevenly steady,replacement cows steady to 4.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.24/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$116.24
118 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$492
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.45
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431118.9351383
Medium and Large 2398111.2144233
Medium and Large 352387.424572thin
One grade step is worth $31.51/cwt here — about $55 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 sale118 hd
116.24
—
GA average16 barns · 1,140 hd
105.79
+10.45
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—Average1,60070.201,1238thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13445.5151628
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06439.3541929

Every lot

49 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1338156.98/cwt154.00–158.005314
Steers—Medium and Large 3375125.70/cwt123.00–127.004713
Steers—Medium and Large 2376133.01/cwt131.00–135.005004
Steers—Medium and Large 1412142.12/cwt142.00–144.0058617
Steers—Medium and Large 2419123.71/cwt121.00–124.0051810
Steers—Medium and Large 2465125.53/cwt123.00–127.0058412
Steers—Medium and Large 1514133.18/cwt133.00–135.0068511
Steers—Medium and Large 1572129.51/cwt124.00–134.0074119
Steers—Medium and Large 2623111.00/cwt110.00–112.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 1655127.35/cwt127.00–128.0083417
Steers—Medium and Large 2665112.05/cwt109.00–115.007452
Steers—Medium and Large 1719123.12/cwt116.00–125.008855
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215129.16/cwt125.00–134.002785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274123.25/cwt121.00–126.0033813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315123.16/cwt121.00–125.003885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319112.45/cwt110.00–116.003599
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375116.58/cwt110.00–119.0043710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431122.06/cwt116.00–126.0052630
Heifers—Medium and Large 2441109.00/cwt106.00–112.004818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478110.64/cwt110.00–111.005298
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478101.34/cwt101.00–102.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512105.34/cwt105.00–106.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522113.66/cwt109.00–118.005936
Heifers—Medium and Large 352387.42/cwt85.00–90.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587111.16/cwt108.00–113.0065311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645111.19/cwt110.00–113.007175
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2262146.95/cwt145.00–151.003853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1299158.64/cwt157.00–159.0047411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313138.86/cwt135.00–145.004355
Bulls—Medium and Large 1384144.21/cwt136.00–146.005549
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424127.89/cwt124.00–134.0054210
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428112.54/cwt110.00–115.004824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466113.26/cwt110.00–118.005286
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485106.47/cwt105.00–108.005164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515111.30/cwt105.00–114.005737
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570102.29/cwt101.00–105.005833
Bulls—Medium and Large 264097.37/cwt97.00–101.0062311
Bulls—Medium and Large 272893.34/cwt93.00–94.006803
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30067.00/cwt67.00–67.008712
Bulls——1,70071.26/cwt68.00–75.001,2116
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02147.47/cwt45.00–50.004857
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06339.29/cwt37.00–44.0041811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07836.77/cwt35.00–42.0039622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16648.68/cwt45.00–52.0056815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29055.97/cwt55.00–57.007222
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290556.00/cwt56.00–56.005071
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03866.63/cwt61.00–71.006926
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13061.88/cwt58.00–68.006999
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,180763.77/cwt750.00–775.009,0124

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.