Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-05-17

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 17
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 182▼ 141 vs year ago 461 · −30.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 149 vs last sale 250▲ 51 vs year ago 50 · +102.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 16▼ 29 vs year ago 37 · −78.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves 2.00 lower, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves mostly steady, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.84/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$144.84
87 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.97
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443150.7366832
Medium and Large 2472143.3167738
Medium and Large 3372137.1651017thin
One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $158 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 sale87 hd
144.84
—
GA average16 barns · 2,177 hd
141.86
+2.97
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—High1,57493.951,47917
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43178.371,12126
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18278.1792414
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02964.5566414

Every lot

39 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 3359158.88/cwt155.00–165.005708
Steers—Medium and Large 2424166.75/cwt165.00–170.007075
Steers—Medium and Large 3428152.54/cwt150.00–155.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1472165.90/cwt160.00–168.0078311
Steers—Medium and Large 2480160.05/cwt155.00–165.007683
Steers—Medium and Large 1575152.74/cwt149.00–155.008785
Steers—Medium and Large 3580135.04/cwt130.00–140.007832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3321147.45/cwt142.00–149.004736
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358135.22/cwt130.00–138.004849
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363153.93/cwt146.00–156.0055915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373155.42/cwt148.00–158.005805
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428140.40/cwt135.00–145.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429152.49/cwt146.00–156.0065421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484149.99/cwt145.00–155.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531143.97/cwt139.00–149.0076411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585127.50/cwt125.00–130.007466
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585115.04/cwt110.00–120.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620122.31/cwt119.00–129.007583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683122.02/cwt120.00–124.008332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318160.22/cwt155.00–163.005094
Bulls—Medium and Large 3371148.40/cwt143.00–153.005517
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374161.30/cwt158.00–163.0060317
Bulls—Medium and Large 3442138.74/cwt135.00–140.0061315
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469128.97/cwt125.00–135.0060510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470142.63/cwt140.00–145.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475149.55/cwt147.00–152.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515121.04/cwt119.00–125.006233
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13183.44/cwt82.00–84.009445
Bulls——1,68195.37/cwt93.00–97.001,6038
Bulls——1,913104.25/cwt101.00–107.001,9944
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97860.82/cwt58.00–65.005957
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08068.29/cwt66.00–70.007387
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15875.13/cwt71.00–78.0087010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26283.05/cwt81.00–85.001,0483
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38984.29/cwt81.00–88.001,1717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44676.19/cwt73.00–79.001,10219
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-399361.00/cwt61.00–61.006062
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06875.00/cwt75.00–75.008012

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.