Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-11-17

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 187▼ 165 vs year ago 413 · −40.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 133▼ 14 vs year ago 175 · −8.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 69▼ 19 vs year ago 60 · −31.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago. slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 lower, 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 $121.64/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$121.64
78 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.60
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447125.5256154
Medium and Large 2460115.1052921
Medium and Large 343597.674253thin
One grade step is worth $27.85/cwt here — about $136 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 sale78 hd
121.64
—
GA average17 barns · 2,120 hd
117.05
+4.60
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—Average1,56183.761,30810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19659.28709100
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41659.1283712
CowsLean 85-90%Low95844.6142712

Every lot

34 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 2340163.50/cwt163.00–165.005564
Steers—Medium and Large 1362169.34/cwt169.00–170.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 2492146.33/cwt146.00–147.007203
Steers—Medium and Large 1504137.66/cwt135.00–139.006946
Steers—Medium and Large 1689131.49/cwt124.00–134.0090632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280125.80/cwt125.00–127.003525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1289132.43/cwt132.00–133.003837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332134.33/cwt133.00–135.004466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422126.86/cwt126.00–128.0053512
Heifers—Medium and Large 343597.67/cwt95.00–103.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482118.00/cwt117.00–119.005698
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489125.41/cwt121.00–128.0061324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520108.33/cwt105.00–115.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568103.84/cwt102.00–105.005905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665102.59/cwt101.00–105.006825
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1287167.34/cwt167.00–168.004806
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335165.97/cwt165.00–167.005566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417162.53/cwt160.00–164.006788
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433150.84/cwt150.00–153.006537
Bulls—Medium and Large 278291.49/cwt91.00–92.007152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43176.11/cwt72.00–79.001,0895
Bulls——1,56087.69/cwt85.00–89.001,3683
Bulls——1,88897.00/cwt97.00–97.001,8312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94643.32/cwt39.00–46.0041010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01551.07/cwt48.00–54.005182
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15253.90/cwt49.00–56.0062127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19366.27/cwt65.00–69.0079111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21560.39/cwt57.00–64.0073462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41659.12/cwt56.00–63.0083712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-285050.00/cwt50.00–50.004251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25772.88/cwt61.00–92.0091611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,26666.70/cwt58.00–76.008447
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,067542.19/cwt525.00–550.005,7856
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3201,018.56/cwt950.00–1,100.0013,4456

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.