Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-11-10

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 180▼ 144 vs year ago 331 · −43.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 128▲ 16 vs year ago 117 · +13.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 65▲ 40 vs year ago 29 · +137.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 6.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer, bull, and heifer calves sharply higher, Replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.23/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$123.23
54 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.69
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507125.1663535
Medium and Large 2446119.6753319thin
One grade step is worth $5.50/cwt here — about $101 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 sale54 hd
123.23
—
GA average16 barns · 1,422 hd
113.54
+9.69
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—High1,39587.681,22310
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11960.9868261
CowsLean 85-90%High97348.9547618

Every lot

38 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1422165.34/cwt165.00–166.006983
Steers—Medium and Large 2444146.99/cwt145.00–149.006534
Steers—Medium and Large 1470145.13/cwt140.00–150.006825
Steers—Medium and Large 1530140.90/cwt135.00–143.0074715
Steers—Medium and Large 1564134.71/cwt128.00–137.007604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308122.64/cwt120.00–128.003783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332141.81/cwt138.00–148.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378127.85/cwt125.00–133.004835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433120.31/cwt115.00–125.005216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436128.81/cwt128.00–129.005625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487122.70/cwt122.00–125.005987
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512108.32/cwt105.00–110.005553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526122.98/cwt121.00–125.006477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566122.28/cwt122.00–124.006927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630119.39/cwt115.00–120.007528
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2263164.97/cwt160.00–170.004344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318167.05/cwt165.00–169.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325159.48/cwt159.00–160.005182
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368136.86/cwt133.00–141.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430155.48/cwt150.00–160.006696
Bulls—Medium and Large 1444163.70/cwt162.00–168.007277
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478138.68/cwt138.00–140.006633
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525130.10/cwt127.00–135.006835
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569128.05/cwt126.00–132.007295
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621114.03/cwt113.00–115.007082
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36193.14/cwt89.00–96.001,2684
Bulls——1,41784.04/cwt82.00–86.001,1916
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93656.82/cwt55.00–61.005325
Cows—Lean 85-90%95241.80/cwt38.00–45.003987
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02950.74/cwt47.00–54.005226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04955.95/cwt52.00–59.0058726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14763.46/cwt60.00–67.0072829
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28870.79/cwt68.00–75.009126
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-278085.45/cwt79.00–97.006674
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295486.80/cwt63.00–106.008289
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16972.41/cwt59.00–89.008467
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,063879.43/cwt725.00–975.009,34832
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,200975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,7002

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.