Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-11-16

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 16
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 266▲ 30 vs year ago 248 · +12.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 101▼ 113 vs year ago 161 · −70.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 17▼ 4 vs year ago 41 · −9.8%
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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 and heifer calves steady, 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 $126.98/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$126.98
95 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.01/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 1494130.1764429
Medium and Large 2433127.5455242
Medium and Large 3389122.1647624
One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $168 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 sale95 hd
126.98
—
GA average16 barns · 2,180 hd
127.04
−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—Average2,01081.001,6281thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48162.399245thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26757.487289thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02245.4446515

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3427152.18/cwt150.00–157.006506
Steers—Medium and Large 3491146.80/cwt140.00–149.007214
Steers—Medium and Large 1504154.64/cwt150.00–157.007796
Steers—Medium and Large 1570144.58/cwt138.00–148.008246
Steers—Medium and Large 3623122.04/cwt120.00–124.007604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3307124.78/cwt122.00–130.003833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2334134.06/cwt130.00–136.004488
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365134.70/cwt130.00–136.0049211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368125.15/cwt120.00–127.0046113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3403119.71/cwt117.00–125.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417133.99/cwt130.00–137.0055914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422126.11/cwt120.00–130.005326
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472123.89/cwt120.00–127.005855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482134.78/cwt130.00–136.006505
Heifers—Medium and Large 3486114.27/cwt110.00–118.005555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508122.34/cwt118.00–125.006215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523132.73/cwt130.00–134.006943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579116.41/cwt112.00–119.006747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626120.75/cwt118.00–124.007564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673114.65/cwt110.00–120.007723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3281156.04/cwt150.00–158.004384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2316162.47/cwt160.00–165.005135
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373143.71/cwt140.00–147.005364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382154.34/cwt150.00–157.0059013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414146.02/cwt145.00–147.006054
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430133.39/cwt130.00–135.005746
Bulls—Medium and Large 3487127.39/cwt120.00–130.006205
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,01081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,6281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01143.23/cwt41.00–48.0043711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05351.53/cwt49.00–54.005434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20454.01/cwt50.00–57.006505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34561.81/cwt58.00–65.008314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46961.49/cwt58.00–64.009034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0101
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,073876.57/cwt850.00–900.009,4064
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,038.38/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0011,7344

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.