Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-09-20

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
562 head
▲ 562 vs last sale 0▼ 16 vs year ago 578 · −2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 0▼ 209 vs year ago 369 · −56.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 0▼ 7 vs year ago 26 · −26.9%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend available this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.15/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$148.15
168 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.36
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524149.75785116
Medium and Large 2445146.5965322
Medium and Large 3387143.0755430
One grade step is worth $6.68/cwt here — about $231 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 sale168 hd
148.15
—
GA average15 barns · 1,915 hd
142.79
+5.36
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—High1,40298.761,38510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03175.1577525
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38473.381,01532
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00263.7163847

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)1,013$9252thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365182.84/cwt182.00–189.006679
Steers—Medium and Large 2411168.27/cwt166.00–175.006924
Steers—Medium and Large 3438158.48/cwt155.00–165.006948
Steers—Medium and Large 2463165.26/cwt160.00–169.007655
Steers—Medium and Large 1477175.54/cwt170.00–180.0083750
Steers—Medium and Large 1513163.49/cwt160.00–168.0083925
Steers—Medium and Large 3570148.00/cwt145.00–150.008444
Steers—Medium and Large 2591156.42/cwt150.00–158.0092420
Steers—Medium and Large 1615158.64/cwt155.00–160.009769
Steers—Medium and Large 1673146.56/cwt142.00–150.009869
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371145.43/cwt140.00–148.0054024
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414136.74/cwt132.00–140.005664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433147.75/cwt142.00–150.0064020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479153.80/cwt148.00–158.0073771
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525127.48/cwt125.00–130.006692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527147.56/cwt140.00–150.0077822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570134.96/cwt130.00–140.007692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633141.34/cwt139.00–148.0089512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689137.20/cwt130.00–138.0094511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1342189.86/cwt189.00–196.006498
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360173.89/cwt170.00–178.006262
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362166.68/cwt165.00–170.006033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411167.61/cwt160.00–170.006895
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483145.95/cwt141.00–150.0070525
Bulls—Medium and Large 3517141.65/cwt135.00–145.007323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1619145.87/cwt140.00–147.009036
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20599.97/cwt99.00–101.001,2052
Bulls——1,233114.53/cwt111.00–117.001,4122
Bulls——1,52493.10/cwt90.00–97.001,4196
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85555.94/cwt52.00–59.0047810
Cows—Boner 80-85%89482.54/cwt81.00–85.007384
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03363.81/cwt60.00–67.0065924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03576.51/cwt73.00–80.0079210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05869.50/cwt68.00–74.0073513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07771.23/cwt70.00–72.0076711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37871.42/cwt70.00–74.0098421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38776.34/cwt75.00–77.001,05910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2451
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-280591.00/cwt91.00–91.007331
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-387962.95/cwt60.00–69.005534
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-398068.54/cwt63.00–73.006722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07091.00/cwt91.00–91.009741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,09366.21/cwt62.00–70.007242
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,27375.63/cwt72.00–79.009632
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2825600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501

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.