Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-02-07

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 7
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 220▼ 318 vs year ago 470 · −67.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 198▲ 49 vs year ago 64 · +76.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 24▼ 3 vs year ago 19 · −15.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.42/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$158.42
46 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.84
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413163.5667628
Medium and Large 2362153.9355814thin
Medium and Large 3446138.236164thin
One grade step is worth $25.33/cwt here — about $60 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 sale46 hd
158.42
—
GA average14 barns · 1,663 hd
161.26
−2.84
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—Low1,53889.011,3692thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19096.001,14327
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42187.681,24639
CowsLean 85-90%Average91578.7272111

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373195.29/cwt190.00–200.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 3473173.37/cwt170.00–177.008202
Steers—Medium and Large 2507173.32/cwt170.00–175.008793
Steers—Medium and Large 1514184.21/cwt182.00–185.009474
Steers—Medium and Large 2565164.00/cwt162.00–166.009275
Steers—Medium and Large 3570147.43/cwt145.00–150.008402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313152.48/cwt150.00–155.004772
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328160.70/cwt160.00–162.005276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336175.00/cwt170.00–180.0058812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368165.33/cwt160.00–169.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375150.79/cwt150.00–155.005656
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428143.01/cwt141.00–145.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435153.98/cwt152.00–156.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558147.65/cwt146.00–149.008243
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578123.97/cwt123.00–125.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682135.35/cwt134.00–138.009233
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275227.22/cwt224.00–230.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313216.88/cwt212.00–222.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328193.37/cwt190.00–197.006344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374198.12/cwt196.00–200.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378182.77/cwt180.00–187.006916
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460168.52/cwt167.00–170.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475181.73/cwt178.00–187.008634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2616147.98/cwt145.00–150.009123
Bulls—Medium and Large 3682126.65/cwt120.00–130.008643
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,53889.01/cwt88.00–90.001,3692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81390.90/cwt89.00–93.007394
Cows—Lean 85-90%94878.71/cwt77.00–80.007463
Cows—Lean 85-90%99366.56/cwt62.00–69.006614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14485.94/cwt83.00–88.009835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15594.99/cwt91.00–98.001,09710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239101.04/cwt99.00–106.001,25212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33699.58/cwt97.00–103.001,33010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33893.20/cwt91.00–95.001,2476
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47981.07/cwt78.00–85.001,19923
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00879.01/cwt78.00–80.007962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08389.64/cwt80.00–101.009718
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,22090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0981

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.