Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-07-19

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 19
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
▼ 112 vs last sale 326▼ 446 vs year ago 660 · −67.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 98▲ 2 vs year ago 39 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, 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 $146.57/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$146.57
96 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.62
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2439149.0165425
Medium and Large 1578146.0484568
Medium and Large 3367138.275073thin
One grade step is worth $10.74/cwt here — about $147 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 sale96 hd
146.57
—
GA average16 barns · 2,207 hd
140.96
+5.62
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—Low1,74383.041,4474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18773.518733thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49570.071,0484thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91467.366153thin

Every lot

23 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 1486170.80/cwt169.00–177.008307
Steers—Medium and Large 3518143.54/cwt141.00–151.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 2616144.60/cwt142.00–146.008913
Steers—Medium and Large 1617153.89/cwt151.00–155.009509
Steers—Medium and Large 1688148.11/cwt147.00–154.001,0196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367138.27/cwt135.00–140.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1404163.14/cwt162.00–164.006597
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410154.42/cwt153.00–157.0063311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462144.76/cwt140.00–149.0066914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531154.83/cwt150.00–158.0082224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642137.11/cwt136.00–138.0088037
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440158.70/cwt158.00–161.006984
Bulls—Medium and Large 2462153.01/cwt150.00–154.007077
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533134.66/cwt130.00–139.007186
Bulls—Medium and Large 2554143.00/cwt142.00–144.007924
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56076.71/cwt73.00–80.001,1972
Bulls——1,92589.37/cwt86.00–92.001,7202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89372.54/cwt71.00–74.006482
Cows—Lean 85-90%95557.00/cwt57.00–57.005441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14369.77/cwt68.00–72.007972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0331
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55067.43/cwt65.00–70.001,0453

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.