Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-03-30

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 30
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 293▲ 84 vs year ago 259 · +32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 38▲ 29 vs year ago 43 · +67.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 17▼ 1 vs year ago 8 · −12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer and heifer calves steady to 7.00 higher, bull calves steady, 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 $134.75/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$134.75
86 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.38
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490134.8566080
Medium and Large 2392133.485236thin
One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about $137 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 sale86 hd
134.75
—
GA average15 barns · 1,391 hd
127.37
+7.38
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—High1,56093.261,45512
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20365.3178536
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47361.869113thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low83342.493543thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1226169.35/cwt168.00–173.003834
Steers—Medium and Large 2355155.67/cwt155.00–157.005536
Steers—Medium and Large 1375165.58/cwt164.00–169.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 1419163.58/cwt163.00–165.006857
Steers—Medium and Large 3425131.59/cwt130.00–135.005593
Steers—Medium and Large 1463150.29/cwt149.00–155.006967
Steers—Medium and Large 3518106.49/cwt105.00–108.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 1519153.09/cwt148.00–157.007959
Steers—Medium and Large 2539142.51/cwt142.00–143.007688
Steers—Medium and Large 1573146.00/cwt144.00–148.0083710
Steers—Medium and Large 1621144.40/cwt142.00–145.008975
Steers—Medium and Large 1661137.42/cwt136.00–138.0090814
Steers—Medium and Large 1783128.58/cwt128.00–129.001,0077
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319137.33/cwt137.00–138.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370150.79/cwt148.00–155.0055820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428140.49/cwt139.00–147.0060112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465129.63/cwt128.00–133.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471136.21/cwt135.00–139.006428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520131.53/cwt129.00–135.006848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569124.60/cwt121.00–127.0070922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620120.30/cwt120.00–121.0074610
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335162.65/cwt162.00–164.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338151.67/cwt150.00–155.005133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390156.29/cwt150.00–159.0061017
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618124.87/cwt122.00–130.007726
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33096.50/cwt96.00–97.001,2832
Bulls——1,38682.48/cwt81.00–85.001,1434
Bulls——1,75399.36/cwt98.00–100.001,7426
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83342.49/cwt39.00–45.003543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08958.37/cwt55.00–62.0063611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23767.24/cwt64.00–71.0083221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33574.29/cwt73.00–76.009924
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47361.86/cwt58.00–65.009113
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-278575.61/cwt60.00–89.005942
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-285573.74/cwt64.00–81.006302
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0014,3502

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.