Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-09-22

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 378▲ 94 vs year ago 317 · +29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 128▼ 19 vs year ago 143 · −13.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 45▲ 49 vs year ago 31 · +158.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $114.20/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$114.20
116 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.28
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563126.857147thin
Medium and Large 2472114.10539101
Medium and Large 3473104.274938thin
One grade step is worth $22.58/cwt here — about $221 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 sale116 hd
114.20
—
GA average16 barns · 1,445 hd
112.91
+1.28
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—Average1,63588.011,4399thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38466.439194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15262.6972250
CowsLean 85-90%Average92450.5646710

Every lot

37 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280162.35/cwt162.00–163.004553
Steers—Medium and Large 2483139.99/cwt139.00–142.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 1678129.67/cwt128.00–130.0087912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268129.89/cwt128.00–134.003486
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325123.24/cwt122.00–125.0040124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373123.65/cwt123.00–124.004619
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408107.54/cwt105.00–110.004394
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440117.68/cwt116.00–119.0051810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460113.06/cwt111.00–118.0052012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511111.77/cwt110.00–114.0057110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538100.99/cwt100.00–104.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563126.85/cwt124.00–128.007147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2584110.66/cwt110.00–112.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 262697.05/cwt95.00–102.0060810
Heifers—Medium and Large 272599.21/cwt95.00–104.0071914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218158.07/cwt155.00–160.003453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315157.67/cwt156.00–161.004973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369152.76/cwt150.00–155.005647
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423135.78/cwt134.00–138.0057410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2461130.37/cwt125.00–135.006018
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513125.74/cwt121.00–129.0064512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574117.56/cwt115.00–124.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643111.67/cwt111.00–115.007186
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38878.59/cwt75.00–82.001,0913
Bulls——1,73691.67/cwt88.00–95.001,5915
Bulls——1,87098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,8331
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90056.01/cwt53.00–59.005045
Cows—Lean 85-90%94745.11/cwt42.00–49.004275
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12057.57/cwt54.00–61.0064520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15564.75/cwt62.00–69.0074824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25071.55/cwt70.00–74.008946
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38466.43/cwt63.00–68.009194
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-277964.30/cwt59.00–71.005016
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05162.97/cwt58.00–80.006628
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17370.22/cwt59.00–94.0082410
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,158795.50/cwt725.00–900.009,21212
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,051.31/cwt950.00–1,300.0013,03620

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.