Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-03-17

Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 17

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

76 head

▼ 157 vs last sale 233▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

76 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 94▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 40▲ 14 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 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers,bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves and heifer calves sharply lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.31/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −69.91 against this barn's trailing median of $200.22.

Average price

$130.31

19 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$4.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.79

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	468	134.05	627	4thin
Medium and Large 2	385	129.31	498	15thin

One grade step is worth $4.74/cwt here — about $129 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 sale19 hd

130.31

—

GA average16 barns · 854 hd

122.52

+7.79

This barn, trailing median8 sales

200.22

−69.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

8 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $211.56, low $152.28, median $200.22 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,201	84.83	1,018	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,121	66.76	748	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,036	57.78	599	17

Every lot

23 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	133.28/cwt	130.00–137.00	433	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	131.33/cwt	130.00–133.00	556	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	240	122.96/cwt	121.00–125.00	295	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	125.53/cwt	124.00–127.00	345	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	554	102.01/cwt	99.00–103.00	565	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	233	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	324	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	263	135.93/cwt	134.00–140.00	357	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	368	137.95/cwt	137.00–139.00	508	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	134.05/cwt	130.00–139.00	627	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	538	117.75/cwt	117.00–120.00	633	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	115.98/cwt	115.00–117.00	661	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,105	75.91/cwt	75.00–77.00	839	2
Bulls	—	—	1,190	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,190	1
Bulls	—	—	1,268	85.71/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,087	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	901	50.34/cwt	46.00–53.00	454	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,005	61.53/cwt	58.00–65.00	618	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,006	56.85/cwt	55.00–59.00	572	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	63.76/cwt	62.00–69.00	736	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	69.42/cwt	67.00–74.00	843	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	77.03/cwt	75.00–82.00	947	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	736.63/cwt	725.00–750.00	7,919	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,108	55.93/cwt	55.00–57.00	620	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,358	62.55/cwt	56.00–68.00	849	3

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 Mar 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 233Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 94Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	130.00–139.00	134.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	137.00–139.00	137.95
2	—	570	115.00–117.00	115.98
3	—	233	138.00–140.00	139.01
4	—	263	134.00–140.00	135.93
4	—	538	117.00–120.00	117.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	130.00–133.00	131.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	130.00–137.00	133.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	240	121.00–125.00	122.96
2	—	275	124.00–127.00	125.53
4	—	554	99.00–103.00	102.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	4	—	1,075	725.00–750.00	736.63

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,358	56.00–68.00	62.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,108	55.00–57.00	55.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	901	46.00–53.00	50.34
5	—	1,006	55.00–59.00	56.85
7	—	1,154	62.00–69.00	63.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,230	75.00–82.00	77.03
14	—	1,214	67.00–74.00	69.42
15	—	1,005	58.00–65.00	61.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	75.00–77.00	75.91
3	—	1,268	82.00–89.00	85.71
1	—	1,190	100.00	100.00

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.