Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-05-26

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 26
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
▼ 377 vs last sale 743▲ 299 vs year ago 67 · +446.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 126▲ 96 vs year ago 38 · +252.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 25▲ 28 vs year ago 8 · +350.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 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 $126.31/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$126.31
123 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.62
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2431130.595637thin
Medium and Large 1523126.30661113
Medium and Large 3418116.694883thin
One grade step is worth $13.90/cwt here — about $75 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 sale123 hd
126.31
—
GA average16 barns · 1,299 hd
119.69
+6.62
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—Low1,60288.371,4163thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52868.801,05112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25165.0781469
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00053.0253017

Every lot

36 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329162.25/cwt161.00–164.005349
Steers—Medium and Large 2435141.40/cwt141.00–143.006155
Steers—Medium and Large 2478144.34/cwt143.00–145.006903
Steers—Medium and Large 1481152.07/cwt150.00–154.007316
Steers—Medium and Large 2534132.15/cwt125.00–135.0070621
Steers—Medium and Large 1537140.52/cwt135.00–145.0075516
Steers—Medium and Large 1581137.67/cwt137.00–138.0080015
Steers—Medium and Large 1627133.34/cwt129.00–135.0083624
Steers—Medium and Large 1728124.83/cwt124.00–127.0090919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341140.99/cwt140.00–142.004816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393140.68/cwt137.00–144.0055310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418116.69/cwt115.00–120.004883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427137.66/cwt133.00–143.0058811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431130.59/cwt130.00–131.005637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472128.61/cwt127.00–130.0060718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510125.00/cwt121.00–126.0063815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568124.01/cwt123.00–125.0070426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609118.22/cwt118.00–120.007209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669112.57/cwt109.00–115.0075318
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428135.05/cwt131.00–140.005788
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480139.43/cwt138.00–144.006695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645132.62/cwt128.00–133.0085513
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1561
Bulls——1,69891.56/cwt88.00–95.001,5552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93247.67/cwt45.00–52.004447
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03554.98/cwt51.00–58.005698
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09563.92/cwt63.00–65.007002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19673.94/cwt73.00–76.008844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21561.68/cwt57.00–64.0074931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29067.11/cwt65.00–72.0086634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51372.81/cwt71.00–75.001,1025
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53965.94/cwt63.00–70.001,0157
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,100625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,8752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,066.49/cwt1,000.00–1,125.0012,5314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02057.86/cwt53.00–61.005902
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24063.51/cwt60.00–70.0078811

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.