Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-08-23

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 23
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
205 head
▼ 131 vs last sale 336▼ 565 vs year ago 770 · −73.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 108▲ 13 vs year ago 91 · +14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 24▼ 12 vs year ago 25 · −48.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves unevenly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady to 2.00 lower, 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 $142.84/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$142.84
58 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.32
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2493143.6170818thin
Medium and Large 1569143.3081521
Medium and Large 3387141.6254819thin
One grade step is worth $1.99/cwt here — about $161 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 sale58 hd
142.84
—
GA average15 barns · 1,747 hd
147.16
−4.32
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—Average1,330101.001,3431thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38781.621,13233
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12377.4587031
CowsLean 85-90%Average94559.5156212

Every lot

31 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 3330179.64/cwt175.00–184.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 2385179.34/cwt177.00–184.006908
Steers—Medium and Large 2503162.32/cwt157.00–165.008166
Steers—Medium and Large 3516149.27/cwt145.00–153.007708
Steers—Medium and Large 2589155.13/cwt151.00–157.0091415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318147.65/cwt145.00–155.004706
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372145.41/cwt140.00–150.005416
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414139.44/cwt135.00–144.005775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477146.81/cwt143.00–153.0070011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519138.57/cwt135.00–140.007197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520151.46/cwt145.00–155.007889
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570117.59/cwt115.00–120.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575141.00/cwt138.00–148.008117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628133.64/cwt131.00–137.008393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680129.09/cwt125.00–133.008782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2362176.51/cwt175.00–180.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409174.42/cwt173.00–180.007135
Bulls—Medium and Large 3466144.68/cwt140.00–150.0067410
Bulls—Medium and Large 3524140.04/cwt135.00–143.0073411
Bulls—Medium and Large 3633114.83/cwt110.00–119.007274
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,330101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91664.42/cwt60.00–68.005905
Cows—Lean 85-90%94853.84/cwt50.00–56.005106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02093.00/cwt93.00–93.009491
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07069.00/cwt69.00–69.007381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10773.58/cwt70.00–77.0081516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14980.77/cwt78.00–85.0092814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38182.89/cwt79.00–85.001,14516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39175.84/cwt71.00–78.001,05511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39388.83/cwt87.00–92.001,2376
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,14072.55/cwt70.00–77.008274

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.