Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-10-05

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
344 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 373▼ 33 vs year ago 377 · −8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 71▲ 19 vs year ago 92 · +20.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 52▲ 2 vs year ago 31 · +6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly 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 $122.27/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$122.27
99 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$271
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.50
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445123.8155155
Medium and Large 3364120.9244041
Medium and Large 1732112.348223thin
One grade step is worth $11.47/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale99 hd
122.27
—
GA average15 barns · 1,634 hd
117.76
+4.50
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—Average1,70883.431,4252thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46258.088498thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22057.5470242
CowsLean 85-90%Average98751.4450829

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3461132.69/cwt129.00–139.006129
Steers—Medium and Large 2481144.13/cwt140.00–146.006936
Steers—Medium and Large 2525139.62/cwt132.00–142.007338
Steers—Medium and Large 3568124.12/cwt120.00–128.007054
Steers—Medium and Large 3625114.60/cwt110.00–119.007164
Steers—Medium and Large 2633123.39/cwt120.00–125.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1670128.40/cwt125.00–132.008604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2269133.98/cwt130.00–137.003605
Heifers—Medium and Large 3274127.45/cwt125.00–130.0034911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328122.61/cwt117.00–127.0040212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372127.05/cwt125.00–130.004739
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417115.71/cwt112.00–122.0048312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422124.99/cwt120.00–130.0052716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488123.76/cwt120.00–127.0060410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3492116.01/cwt115.00–118.005716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524119.47/cwt115.00–122.006269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572113.92/cwt110.00–117.006526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732112.34/cwt110.00–114.008223
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428124.85/cwt120.00–130.005344
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477120.40/cwt115.00–125.005746
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535113.96/cwt110.00–118.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 3586113.05/cwt110.00–115.006625
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70883.43/cwt82.00–85.001,4252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93560.00/cwt60.00–60.005613
Cows—Lean 85-90%98246.89/cwt43.00–49.0046015
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00755.32/cwt52.00–59.0055711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16462.99/cwt60.00–66.0073313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24555.09/cwt52.00–59.0068629
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44865.40/cwt62.00–69.009472
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46755.64/cwt54.00–57.008166
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,115689.46/cwt600.00–775.007,6874
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-284775.81/cwt70.00–83.006423
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-398358.31/cwt55.00–61.005732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,00555.00/cwt55.00–55.005531

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.