Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-10-19

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 584 vs last sale 715▼ 37 vs year ago 168 · −22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 176▲ 27 vs year ago 81 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 10 vs year ago 10 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady to 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves steady, Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.89/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$122.89
33 head · 387 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.05
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2423125.0452919thin
Medium and Large 3338119.9840514thin
One grade step is worth $5.06/cwt here — about $124 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 sale33 hd
122.89
—
GA average17 barns · 1,992 hd
122.94
−0.05
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—Low1,69580.501,3642thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42460.798667thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24060.747538thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06349.4652637

Every lot

33 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3312147.81/cwt142.00–155.004615
Steers—Medium and Large 3383143.86/cwt140.00–150.005515
Steers—Medium and Large 1430157.17/cwt152.00–162.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 3443143.35/cwt140.00–145.006353
Steers—Medium and Large 1463151.65/cwt150.00–155.007023
Steers—Medium and Large 1583134.08/cwt130.00–136.007823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3264124.88/cwt120.00–130.003304
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316120.68/cwt117.00–125.003814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335128.43/cwt125.00–135.004303
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372119.31/cwt115.00–123.004443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373126.08/cwt122.00–130.004704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429122.33/cwt120.00–128.005255
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430113.18/cwt110.00–120.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485124.93/cwt122.00–126.006067
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335157.54/cwt155.00–160.005284
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363132.22/cwt125.00–135.004804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372151.91/cwt150.00–156.005653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430146.14/cwt142.00–150.006284
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513116.00/cwt113.00–120.005953
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2331
Bulls——1,90578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99552.66/cwt50.00–56.0052412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06945.92/cwt42.00–49.0049121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22962.27/cwt60.00–64.007654
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23158.49/cwt57.00–60.007204
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23568.00/cwt68.00–68.008401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25756.27/cwt53.00–59.007073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39963.61/cwt60.00–65.008904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45757.03/cwt54.00–59.008313
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,358987.89/cwt975.00–1,000.0013,4164
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04863.05/cwt61.00–64.006613
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,18054.00/cwt54.00–54.006372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,38561.00/cwt61.00–61.008451

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.