Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-09-28

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
373 head
▼ 205 vs last sale 578▼ 28 vs year ago 401 · −7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 298 vs last sale 369▼ 141 vs year ago 212 · −66.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 26▲ 35 vs year ago 17 · +205.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, Steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.41/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$131.41
299 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.01
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1616140.0386320
Medium and Large 3451135.8361338
Medium and Large 2614130.00799241
One grade step is worth $10.03/cwt here — about $64 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 sale299 hd
131.41
—
GA average15 barns · 1,029 hd
136.43
−5.01
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—Low1,71078.001,3341thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29659.807759thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18457.8168426
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03053.5355120

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3372147.62/cwt142.00–150.0054914
Steers—Medium and Large 3459133.72/cwt130.00–137.0061411
Steers—Medium and Large 3509127.37/cwt122.00–130.006489
Steers—Medium and Large 2564134.48/cwt130.00–137.007589
Steers—Medium and Large 3579119.44/cwt115.00–125.006924
Steers—Medium and Large 2615129.93/cwt122.00–132.00799228
Steers—Medium and Large 1616140.03/cwt131.00–141.0086320
Steers—Medium and Large 2685123.97/cwt120.00–128.008494
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318127.79/cwt122.00–132.0040615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383125.35/cwt120.00–129.0048023
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413120.69/cwt119.00–125.0049812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462131.55/cwt127.00–135.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477115.58/cwt110.00–120.0055110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505124.68/cwt120.00–129.006306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528131.98/cwt123.00–133.0069725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3536109.56/cwt106.00–115.005875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574128.05/cwt120.00–130.0073514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576121.54/cwt120.00–125.0070014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612121.46/cwt117.00–122.007439
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618115.05/cwt110.00–118.007116
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377143.32/cwt140.00–145.005403
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468121.02/cwt117.00–127.005666
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515117.98/cwt115.00–120.0060810
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570116.39/cwt115.00–118.006635
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,71078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,3341
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02859.27/cwt58.00–60.006094
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02853.26/cwt50.00–57.0054813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04047.03/cwt45.00–48.004893
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17864.26/cwt61.00–68.007578
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18654.95/cwt51.00–58.0065218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22863.10/cwt60.00–66.007756
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43353.19/cwt52.00–56.007623
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04287.14/cwt78.00–92.009083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04475.20/cwt70.00–84.007854
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,11860.97/cwt56.00–68.006825
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,25859.18/cwt57.00–62.007443
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,45359.93/cwt58.00–62.008712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3901,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,6804

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.