Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-03-07

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 342 vs last sale 517▼ 21 vs year ago 196 · −10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 81▲ 50 vs year ago 55 · +90.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 42▼ 16 vs year ago 24 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves 2.00 higher, 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 $188.21/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$188.21
57 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$912
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.71/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 1470190.5589652
Medium and Large 2632163.841,0355thin
One grade step is worth $26.71/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale57 hd
188.21
—
GA average14 barns · 1,443 hd
182.84
+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—Low1,421107.501,5284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10895.371,05628
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54790.981,40746
CowsLean 85-90%High96090.5186910

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)1,145$9724thin

Every lot

37 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 1323241.02/cwt240.00–242.007782
Steers—Medium and Large 1379221.53/cwt221.00–228.0084013
Steers—Medium and Large 1430209.04/cwt208.00–210.008992
Steers—Medium and Large 3465191.00/cwt190.00–192.008882
Steers—Medium and Large 1517194.37/cwt190.00–195.001,0058
Steers—Medium and Large 1566186.63/cwt185.00–187.001,0568
Steers—Medium and Large 1619174.93/cwt170.00–179.001,08311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280219.75/cwt219.00–222.006154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380205.39/cwt200.00–210.0078010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412195.67/cwt192.00–198.0080614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508181.75/cwt181.00–185.0092311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629172.08/cwt170.00–177.001,08213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2632163.84/cwt160.00–167.001,0355
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320239.34/cwt235.00–240.007668
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423207.63/cwt205.00–210.008786
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433224.38/cwt220.00–227.009729
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460193.73/cwt192.00–199.008914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467215.34/cwt211.00–219.001,0068
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535201.60/cwt200.00–205.001,0793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1647184.75/cwt184.00–187.001,1954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672176.39/cwt175.00–179.001,1853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2728153.05/cwt150.00–156.001,1142
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,130105.99/cwt103.00–109.001,1982
Bulls——1,61099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5941
Bulls——1,815119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,1601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94380.80/cwt78.00–85.007624
Cows—Lean 85-90%97099.96/cwt98.00–103.009703
Cows—Lean 85-90%97393.99/cwt92.00–95.009153
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08888.89/cwt86.00–92.009679
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10697.08/cwt93.00–100.001,07416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175105.73/cwt103.00–108.001,2423
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43499.72/cwt98.00–105.001,43011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57393.41/cwt90.00–97.001,46913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58885.17/cwt82.00–89.001,35222
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,22594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1521
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,50594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4151
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,145972.43/head800.00–1,125.009724

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.