Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-02-02

Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 2

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Jan 26Feb 2Feb 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

162 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 160▼ 215 vs year ago 377 · −57.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 138▼ 126 vs year ago 181 · −69.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 69 vs last sale 75▼ 23 vs year ago 29 · −79.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady, steer, bull, and heifer calves steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.56/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −69.65 against this barn's trailing median of $200.22.

Average price

$130.56

57 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.66

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	131.24	723	41
Medium and Large 2	477	128.84	615	16thin

One grade step is worth $2.40/cwt here — about $109 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 sale57 hd

130.56

—

GA average15 barns · 981 hd

128.90

+1.66

This barn, trailing median8 sales

200.22

−69.65

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

8 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $211.56, low $152.28, median $200.22 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,608	85.50	1,374	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	63.51	799	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	49.92	525	5thin

Every lot

27 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 1	419	163.36/cwt	161.00–165.00	684	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	155.67/cwt	155.00–156.00	718	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	141.44/cwt	140.00–147.00	447	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	131.09/cwt	129.00–133.00	419	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	110.08/cwt	105.00–115.00	358	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	113.16/cwt	110.00–116.00	424	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	128.10/cwt	127.00–132.00	555	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	133.34/cwt	132.00–134.00	609	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	124.31/cwt	123.00–125.00	594	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	115.59/cwt	115.00–118.00	615	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	270	159.00/cwt	155.00–163.00	429	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	322	161.84/cwt	161.00–163.00	521	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	159.83/cwt	153.00–163.00	604	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	140.03/cwt	135.00–145.00	529	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	144.96/cwt	143.00–149.00	681	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	528	121.95/cwt	120.00–129.00	644	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	634	115.91/cwt	115.00–116.00	735	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	684	113.07/cwt	113.00–114.00	773	14
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,050	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	798	1
Bulls	—	—	2,165	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	2,057	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	41.74/cwt	38.00–45.00	369	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	55.38/cwt	54.00–58.00	644	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,239	59.71/cwt	54.00–61.00	740	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	64.97/cwt	62.00–67.00	823	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	70.40/cwt	68.00–73.00	901	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,000	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,000	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,158	63.53/cwt	57.00–69.00	736	2

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 Feb 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 160Year ago 377

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 138Year ago 181

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 75Year ago 29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	54.00–58.00	55.38
2	—	885	38.00–45.00	41.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,239	54.00–61.00	59.71
14	—	1,266	62.00–67.00	64.97
2	—	1,280	68.00–73.00	70.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,165	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,050	76.00	76.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	120.00–129.00	121.95
2	—	378	135.00–145.00	140.03
2	—	270	155.00–163.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	684	113.00–114.00	113.07
8	—	378	153.00–163.00	159.83
5	—	322	161.00–163.00	161.84
11	—	634	115.00–116.00	115.91
3	—	470	143.00–149.00	144.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	115.00–118.00	115.59
9	—	433	127.00–132.00	128.10
3	—	478	123.00–125.00	124.31
2	—	320	129.00–133.00	131.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	316	140.00–147.00	141.44
6	—	457	132.00–134.00	133.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	105.00–115.00	110.08
2	—	375	110.00–116.00	113.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	161.00–165.00	163.36
6	—	461	155.00–156.00	155.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	1,000	500.00	500.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,158	57.00–69.00	63.53

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.