Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-08-30

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 30
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
498 head
▲ 293 vs last sale 205▲ 178 vs year ago 320 · +55.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 104▲ 18 vs year ago 59 · +30.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 13▲ 7 vs year ago 44 · +15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves mostly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 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 $155.33/cwt on 162 head.
Average price
$155.33
162 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.62
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462159.06735128
Medium and Large 2418148.2361917thin
Medium and Large 3502134.3667517thin
One grade step is worth $24.70/cwt here — about $61 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 sale162 hd
155.33
—
GA average15 barns · 1,954 hd
146.71
+8.62
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—Average1,692100.031,6927thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40779.781,12220
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10178.3186228
CowsLean 85-90%Average97067.5265511

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)1,043$1,1009

Every lot

38 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 3389176.15/cwt172.00–177.006856
Steers—Medium and Large 1409194.60/cwt190.00–197.007965
Steers—Medium and Large 2473170.02/cwt165.00–175.008043
Steers—Medium and Large 1526175.25/cwt169.00–179.0092210
Steers—Medium and Large 3536152.28/cwt149.00–159.008169
Steers—Medium and Large 1573165.93/cwt163.00–168.0095121
Steers—Medium and Large 1639157.00/cwt155.00–160.001,00320
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317156.11/cwt152.00–158.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353163.49/cwt160.00–165.0057710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372151.92/cwt150.00–155.005653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409160.95/cwt157.00–162.0065848
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413147.02/cwt145.00–150.006074
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425139.22/cwt135.00–140.005926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483143.96/cwt140.00–148.006957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495159.45/cwt155.00–160.0078940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524155.65/cwt150.00–158.0081621
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533132.82/cwt130.00–134.007086
Heifers—Medium and Large 3558130.37/cwt128.00–132.007275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579150.25/cwt144.00–153.008709
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372177.14/cwt170.00–179.0065915
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418155.21/cwt150.00–160.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527147.17/cwt142.00–150.007767
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585136.03/cwt133.00–140.007963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1693128.49/cwt127.00–130.008902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,69094.66/cwt92.00–96.001,6003
Bulls——1,693104.06/cwt100.00–107.001,7624
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88573.59/cwt72.00–75.006515
Cows—Lean 85-90%92553.00/cwt53.00–53.004902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08681.19/cwt79.00–86.0088217
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09967.19/cwt63.00–69.007384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12473.86/cwt70.00–77.0083011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36482.74/cwt80.00–86.001,1297
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42076.04/cwt72.00–79.001,08011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48589.98/cwt89.00–91.001,3362
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3912709.23/head625.00–800.007093
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1081,295.23/head1,050.00–1,400.001,2956
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19880.39/cwt79.00–83.009635
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,23080.00/cwt80.00–80.009842

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.