Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-03-03

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 3
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
977 head
▲ 596 vs last sale 381▲ 977 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 187▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 22▲ 66 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 steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower,feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower, steer and bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, 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 $143.33/cwt on 367 head.
Average price
$143.33
367 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.99
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467144.76676299
Medium and Large 2414137.0556868
One grade step is worth $7.71/cwt here — about $108 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 sale367 hd
143.33
—
GA average13 barns · 1,665 hd
131.34
+11.99
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—Average1,56282.741,29217
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29576.369893thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12562.4470366
CowsLean 85-90%Average96556.3254316

Every lot

48 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1309203.83/cwt201.00–210.0063012
Steers—Medium and Large 2330184.90/cwt181.00–190.0061015
Steers—Medium and Large 1358183.63/cwt177.00–187.0065723
Steers—Medium and Large 2385172.30/cwt171.00–175.006633
Steers—Medium and Large 2420155.51/cwt155.00–157.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 1442165.82/cwt158.00–168.0073348
Steers—Medium and Large 2454155.71/cwt150.00–158.0070715
Steers—Medium and Large 3457141.68/cwt140.00–145.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 1466165.36/cwt165.00–169.0077127
Steers—Medium and Large 2511146.20/cwt145.00–150.0074715
Steers—Medium and Large 1519153.91/cwt152.00–158.0079970
Steers—Medium and Large 1556151.59/cwt150.00–152.0084310
Steers—Medium and Large 1612144.64/cwt139.00–145.0088517
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1261171.48/cwt171.00–173.004489
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275155.57/cwt155.00–160.004289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338165.09/cwt161.00–169.0055829
Heifers—Medium and Large 2341151.81/cwt151.00–158.0051817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364159.29/cwt158.00–163.0058046
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387151.64/cwt150.00–155.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421148.90/cwt145.00–151.0062737
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426135.55/cwt133.00–143.0057711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470129.32/cwt125.00–135.0060810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475148.21/cwt140.00–149.0070464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512132.59/cwt128.00–137.0067932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519116.64/cwt115.00–125.0060518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575127.38/cwt123.00–128.0073259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625124.87/cwt120.00–126.0078023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270209.00/cwt208.00–210.005642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365187.67/cwt187.00–189.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3374156.24/cwt152.00–162.005845
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427152.59/cwt150.00–156.006528
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525128.27/cwt125.00–135.006733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575128.48/cwt126.00–136.007395
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41576.25/cwt72.00–79.001,0796
Bulls——1,55184.53/cwt83.00–87.001,3117
Bulls——1,80189.33/cwt88.00–91.001,6094
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91650.51/cwt47.00–53.004634
Cows—Lean 85-90%97656.20/cwt54.00–58.005497
Cows—Lean 85-90%98861.13/cwt59.00–64.006045
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01954.48/cwt50.00–57.0055520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13561.68/cwt58.00–65.0070019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19768.86/cwt66.00–73.0082427
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29576.36/cwt74.00–80.009893
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02768.11/cwt62.00–79.006997
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09167.47/cwt60.00–79.007368
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11758.72/cwt52.00–65.006563
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,095632.88/cwt550.00–700.006,93010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,197971.66/cwt800.00–1,075.0011,63112

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.