Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-12-01

Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 1

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Nov 17Dec 1Dec 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

161 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 248▼ 133 vs year ago 294 · −45.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▼ 105 vs last sale 161▼ 53 vs year ago 109 · −48.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 41▼ 29 vs year ago 44 · −65.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend available due to market being closed the previous week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.17/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$124.17

55 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$19.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	366	136.09	498	11thin
Medium and Large 2	457	122.41	560	35
Medium and Large 3	383	116.46	446	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $52 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 sale55 hd

124.17

—

GA average9 barns · 779 hd

117.88

+6.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,628	80.06	1,303	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	55.74	818	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	52.85	661	24

Every lot

25 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 2	309	167.03/cwt	166.00–169.00	516	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	155.99/cwt	155.00–158.00	652	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	285	111.73/cwt	110.00–115.00	318	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	135.58/cwt	135.00–137.00	458	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	136.09/cwt	129.00–139.00	498	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	129.10/cwt	129.00–130.00	529	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	432	118.82/cwt	113.00–120.00	513	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	119.75/cwt	119.00–120.00	557	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	115.68/cwt	111.00–117.00	600	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	723	88.54/cwt	87.00–90.00	640	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	278	167.14/cwt	162.00–172.00	465	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	322	164.33/cwt	163.00–165.00	529	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	393	163.50/cwt	163.00–164.00	643	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	155.27/cwt	152.00–161.00	660	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	493	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	634	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	116.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	676	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,570	86.92/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,365	3
Bulls	—	—	1,582	74.34/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,176	3
Bulls	—	—	1,690	79.37/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,341	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,201	49.81/cwt	45.00–52.00	598	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,292	55.43/cwt	53.00–59.00	716	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	55.74/cwt	54.00–58.00	818	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,233	60.41/cwt	57.00–63.00	745	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,186.96/cwt	1,100.00–1,300.00	13,650	4

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 Dec 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 248Year ago 294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 161Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 41Year ago 44

No Trend available due to market being closed the previous week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	366	129.00–139.00	136.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	113.00–120.00	118.82
3	—	285	110.00–115.00	111.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	87.00–90.00	88.54
4	—	465	119.00–120.00	119.75
7	—	338	135.00–137.00	135.58
12	—	519	111.00–117.00	115.68
10	—	410	129.00–130.00	129.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	163.00–164.00	163.50
3	—	425	152.00–161.00	155.27
3	—	322	163.00–165.00	164.33
2	—	278	162.00–172.00	167.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	128.00–129.00	128.50
4	—	580	115.00–118.00	116.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	309	166.00–169.00	167.03
3	—	418	155.00–158.00	155.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	4	—	1,233	57.00–63.00	60.41

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	—	1,150	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,186.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,201	45.00–52.00	49.81
13	—	1,292	53.00–59.00	55.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	54.00–58.00	55.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,582	72.00–76.00	74.34
3	—	1,570	86.00–89.00	86.92
5	—	1,690	78.00–81.00	79.37

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.