Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-01-25

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 25
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 311▲ 220 vs year ago 160 · +137.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 92▼ 76 vs year ago 138 · −55.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 57 vs year ago 75 · −76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows mostly steady, Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 higher, Steer calves and Feeder Steers mostly steady, Bull calves and Feeder Bulls mostly steady, Heifer calves and Feeder Heifers unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.37/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$141.37
145 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.54
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487147.1171670
Medium and Large 2404145.2558728
Medium and Large 3417130.5254447
One grade step is worth $16.59/cwt here — about $172 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 sale145 hd
141.37
—
GA average16 barns · 1,571 hd
141.91
−0.54
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—Low1,761100.951,77822
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30080.821,05113
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06473.7978512
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06356.546019thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3315159.92/cwt155.00–165.005042
Steers—Medium and Large 2326178.94/cwt175.00–180.005835
Steers—Medium and Large 1345189.92/cwt185.00–193.0065513
Steers—Medium and Large 2376176.81/cwt170.00–179.0066512
Steers—Medium and Large 3423153.39/cwt150.00–158.006498
Steers—Medium and Large 2445171.19/cwt168.00–174.0076211
Steers—Medium and Large 1462171.74/cwt165.00–175.0079324
Steers—Medium and Large 2493157.49/cwt155.00–160.007762
Steers—Medium and Large 2538153.67/cwt150.00–158.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 3558147.94/cwt142.00–150.008264
Steers—Medium and Large 3629135.81/cwt130.00–140.008544
Steers—Medium and Large 2673138.65/cwt131.00–140.0093311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3254147.03/cwt140.00–150.003734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267164.10/cwt160.00–167.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 3309135.32/cwt133.00–140.0041810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323155.29/cwt150.00–157.005024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383148.43/cwt145.00–150.005683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386156.35/cwt151.00–161.0060415
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415131.16/cwt125.00–135.0054421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419141.47/cwt138.00–143.005939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467146.90/cwt143.00–153.0068633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479137.21/cwt130.00–140.006579
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526126.77/cwt120.00–130.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560116.30/cwt110.00–120.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585141.12/cwt135.00–143.0082622
Heifers—Medium and Large 3685106.53/cwt105.00–108.007302
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318151.75/cwt150.00–155.004833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430172.15/cwt167.00–174.007406
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535126.60/cwt125.00–130.006773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573143.01/cwt140.00–146.008193
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51891.21/cwt90.00–92.001,3853
Bulls——1,63596.35/cwt95.00–101.001,5759
Bulls——1,947108.01/cwt103.00–110.002,10310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00363.41/cwt60.00–65.006363
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05571.95/cwt70.00–74.007593
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05752.32/cwt47.00–55.005535
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07161.82/cwt59.00–65.006624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09979.90/cwt78.00–81.008786
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25875.05/cwt72.00–79.009446
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33685.76/cwt81.00–88.001,1467
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290991.48/cwt87.00–95.008325
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294877.12/cwt75.00–80.007312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,08565.99/cwt63.00–70.007163
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,11877.06/cwt76.00–78.008622

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.