Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-08-09

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
▲ 290 vs last sale 170▲ 460 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 56▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 27▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.29/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$166.29
123 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.01
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527168.68888103
Medium and Large 2490159.2978011thin
Medium and Large 3498147.597369thin
One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $153 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 sale123 hd
166.29
—
GA average15 barns · 1,123 hd
166.31
−0.01
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—Average1,52899.751,5244thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47785.461,26225
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08579.3186111
CowsLean 85-90%Average94765.6462212

Every lot

35 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1388180.61/cwt180.00–190.0070116
Steers—Medium and Large 2429161.41/cwt160.00–165.006925
Steers—Medium and Large 3458150.03/cwt145.00–155.006872
Steers—Medium and Large 1476176.05/cwt175.00–178.0083821
Steers—Medium and Large 3510146.89/cwt140.00–150.007497
Steers—Medium and Large 1539168.26/cwt163.00–169.0090723
Steers—Medium and Large 2540157.52/cwt154.00–160.008516
Steers—Medium and Large 1563163.92/cwt160.00–166.0092313
Steers—Medium and Large 1611159.53/cwt156.00–161.0097530
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426155.73/cwt150.00–160.006634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3482143.39/cwt140.00–145.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485154.91/cwt148.00–157.0075113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530136.53/cwt135.00–138.007242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535147.30/cwt140.00–150.0078826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539158.89/cwt150.00–160.0085622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2556137.12/cwt132.00–141.007628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578146.04/cwt144.00–148.008442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608128.18/cwt125.00–135.007795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622145.36/cwt139.00–149.0090427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670133.58/cwt130.00–135.008959
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3610128.97/cwt125.00–133.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615137.74/cwt135.00–142.008477
Bulls—Medium and Large 2674133.01/cwt128.00–138.008962
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,502101.66/cwt99.00–103.001,5273
Bulls——1,60594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87558.85/cwt55.00–61.005154
Cows—Lean 85-90%89078.00/cwt78.00–78.006941
Cows—Lean 85-90%99667.76/cwt65.00–70.006757
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02874.99/cwt73.00–76.007716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13482.61/cwt80.00–85.009374
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46985.70/cwt82.00–89.001,25910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47990.97/cwt90.00–94.001,3459
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48876.81/cwt75.00–79.001,1436
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293386.20/cwt84.00–89.008042

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.