Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-01-14

Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 14

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

333 head

▲ 189 vs last sale 144▲ 333 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

124 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 147▲ 124 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

61 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 28▲ 61 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 bulls steady,Feeder steers,bulls,and heifers steady, steer calves steady to 6.00 higher,bull calves steady to 8.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 7.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

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 $137.86/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$137.86

113 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$0.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.97

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	138.00	674	91
Medium and Large 2	381	137.30	523	22

One grade step is worth $0.70/cwt here — about $151 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 sale113 hd

137.86

—

GA average16 barns · 1,745 hd

125.89

+11.97

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	1,672	80.72	1,350	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	56.26	637	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,521	52.65	801	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	45.53	446	15

Every lot

46 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	182.64/cwt	181.00–183.00	694	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	153.14/cwt	150.00–156.00	654	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	162.82/cwt	160.00–164.00	754	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	154.20/cwt	154.00–155.00	873	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	131.52/cwt	128.00–135.00	754	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	139.60/cwt	138.00–140.00	861	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	137.91/cwt	137.00–138.00	953	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	273	160.28/cwt	155.00–163.00	438	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	278	148.97/cwt	148.00–150.00	414	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	154.77/cwt	150.00–157.00	483	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	344	140.45/cwt	135.00–145.00	483	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	145.13/cwt	140.00–150.00	538	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	146.48/cwt	142.00–152.00	618	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	132.59/cwt	127.00–137.00	577	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	459	126.97/cwt	125.00–128.00	583	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	632	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	133.13/cwt	133.00–135.00	720	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	127.97/cwt	120.00–130.00	733	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	126.10/cwt	125.00–127.00	782	27
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	256	170.09/cwt	165.00–175.00	435	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	271	187.84/cwt	185.00–193.00	509	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	162.16/cwt	158.00–165.00	527	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	335	181.39/cwt	179.00–184.00	608	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	147.53/cwt	145.00–150.00	531	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	364	173.44/cwt	170.00–175.00	631	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	164.08/cwt	158.00–168.00	620	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	153.00/cwt	150.00–155.00	643	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	461	154.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	714	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	517	132.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	684	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	129.66/cwt	125.00–133.00	746	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	621	128.66/cwt	127.00–130.00	799	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	624	122.05/cwt	120.00–124.00	762	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,538	74.95/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,153	6
Bulls	—	—	1,681	85.65/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,440	10
Bulls	—	—	1,727	79.60/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,375	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	42.02/cwt	38.00–45.00	402	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	49.55/cwt	47.00–52.00	498	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,055	51.38/cwt	49.00–53.00	542	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	65.60/cwt	63.00–68.00	760	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	58.01/cwt	55.00–61.00	693	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,521	52.65/cwt	52.00–55.00	801	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	785.14/cwt	700.00–850.00	7,263	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	939.30/cwt	850.00–1,225.00	10,990	26
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	497	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	749	78.78/cwt	69.00–88.00	590	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,093	72.53/cwt	64.00–91.00	793	5

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 Jan 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 333Last week 144Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 147Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 28Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	179.00–184.00	181.39
2	—	461	150.00–160.00	154.90
3	—	621	127.00–130.00	128.66
5	—	364	170.00–175.00	173.44
8	—	271	185.00–193.00	187.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	256	165.00–175.00	170.09
5	—	378	158.00–168.00	164.08
5	—	420	150.00–155.00	153.00
3	—	325	158.00–165.00	162.16
3	—	517	130.00–135.00	132.33
3	—	575	125.00–133.00	129.66
3	—	624	120.00–124.00	122.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	145.00–150.00	147.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	138.00–140.00	139.60
6	—	463	160.00–164.00	162.82
11	—	380	181.00–183.00	182.64
11	—	691	137.00–138.00	137.91
15	—	566	154.00–155.00	154.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	128.00–135.00	131.52
5	—	427	150.00–156.00	153.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	127.00–137.00	132.59
4	—	278	148.00–150.00	148.97
7	—	344	135.00–145.00	140.45
3	—	459	125.00–128.00	126.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	130.00–134.00	132.01
7	—	371	140.00–150.00	145.13
10	—	312	150.00–157.00	154.77
27	—	620	125.00–127.00	126.10
16	—	541	133.00–135.00	133.13
17	—	422	142.00–152.00	146.48
5	—	273	155.00–163.00	160.28
5	—	573	120.00–130.00	127.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	925	700.00–850.00	785.14

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,170	850.00–1,225.00	939.30

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	70.00	70.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,093	64.00–91.00	72.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	749	69.00–88.00	78.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,195	55.00–61.00	58.01
6	—	1,159	63.00–68.00	65.60
19	—	1,055	49.00–53.00	51.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,521	52.00–55.00	52.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,005	47.00–52.00	49.55
8	—	956	38.00–45.00	42.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,538	71.00–77.00	74.95
10	—	1,681	83.00–90.00	85.65
13	—	1,727	78.00–83.00	79.60

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.