Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-07-12

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
▲ 326 vs last sale 0▼ 435 vs year ago 761 · −57.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 0▼ 38 vs year ago 136 · −27.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▼ 30 vs year ago 55 · −54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.58/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$138.58
47 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.74
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536139.1774629
Medium and Large 2517137.6271118thin
One grade step is worth $1.55/cwt here — about $34 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 sale47 hd
138.58
—
GA average9 barns · 807 hd
137.84
+0.74
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—Average1,83596.351,7684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16475.1287518
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50773.201,10321
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00561.2661623

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,338$1,2395
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,333$1,1832thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3438161.02/cwt157.00–165.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 1465173.05/cwt168.00–178.0080526
Steers—Medium and Large 2527159.74/cwt159.00–162.008428
Steers—Medium and Large 3583140.53/cwt137.00–142.008196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437150.78/cwt142.00–152.006598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478146.70/cwt142.00–152.0070111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485135.74/cwt130.00–140.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532133.53/cwt132.00–140.007105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586134.97/cwt131.00–139.0079113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622123.39/cwt120.00–128.007677
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363153.96/cwt150.00–158.005593
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475145.20/cwt140.00–150.0069010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2537138.41/cwt135.00–140.007437
Bulls—Medium and Large 3583134.94/cwt130.00–140.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 3612129.13/cwt123.00–130.007908
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,83596.35/cwt93.00–98.001,7684
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88763.92/cwt60.00–66.0056710
Cows—Lean 85-90%99473.14/cwt70.00–77.007274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11780.49/cwt78.00–85.008998
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14153.03/cwt50.00–57.006059
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20270.82/cwt68.00–75.0085110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39680.11/cwt79.00–82.001,1185
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54271.04/cwt69.00–76.001,09516
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3331,182.74/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1832
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3381,239.16/head1,100.00–1,300.001,2395
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291089.00/cwt89.00–89.008101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12085.16/cwt82.00–88.009542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,38568.87/cwt65.00–72.009542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,41378.03/cwt76.00–80.001,1032

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.