Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-03-21

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 21
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
375 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 456▲ 211 vs year ago 164 · +128.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 111▼ 15 vs year ago 152 · −9.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 5▼ 21 vs year ago 30 · −70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers lightly tested, 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 $186.07/cwt on 222 head.
Average price
$186.07
222 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.85
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485197.11956104
Medium and Large 2534183.0197759
Medium and Large 3540169.6991659
One grade step is worth $27.42/cwt here — about $40 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 sale222 hd
186.07
—
GA average15 barns · 1,893 hd
184.23
+1.85
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—Average1,386110.851,53613
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11192.991,03371
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40792.261,29829
CowsLean 85-90%Low91987.9680817

Every lot

47 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1307265.18/cwt260.00–267.008144
Steers—Medium and Large 1366257.63/cwt255.00–265.009434
Steers—Medium and Large 2380242.28/cwt240.00–245.009213
Steers—Medium and Large 2431234.40/cwt230.00–236.001,0108
Steers—Medium and Large 3443222.16/cwt220.00–227.0098418
Steers—Medium and Large 2510219.63/cwt217.00–220.001,1208
Steers—Medium and Large 3526213.05/cwt210.00–215.001,12114
Steers—Medium and Large 3588204.21/cwt200.00–205.001,2016
Steers—Medium and Large 2628193.27/cwt192.00–197.001,21411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308212.83/cwt210.00–218.0065639
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330205.08/cwt200.00–210.006772
Heifers—Medium and Large 3411191.82/cwt190.00–197.0078813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475196.20/cwt190.00–198.0093226
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485184.94/cwt180.00–187.0089712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495201.20/cwt200.00–202.009965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516183.60/cwt180.00–187.009474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570192.71/cwt190.00–197.001,09834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581173.68/cwt171.00–175.001,00912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3588166.35/cwt165.00–169.009783
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610154.83/cwt150.00–158.0094431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629164.52/cwt160.00–168.001,03515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637178.48/cwt176.00–183.001,13726
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334245.26/cwt240.00–247.008196
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360232.93/cwt230.00–235.008394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365253.80/cwt252.00–255.009265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2403223.32/cwt220.00–225.009003
Bulls—Medium and Large 3441211.20/cwt210.00–212.009315
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468212.30/cwt211.00–215.009943
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495204.00/cwt200.00–208.001,0102
Bulls—Medium and Large 3519193.98/cwt192.00–195.001,0073
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571183.44/cwt180.00–187.001,0472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580194.03/cwt190.00–195.001,1255
Bulls—Medium and Large 3630171.29/cwt169.00–172.001,07910
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,268105.27/cwt102.00–108.001,3357
Bulls——1,460116.03/cwt114.00–119.001,6945
Bulls——1,840124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,2821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89177.89/cwt75.00–82.006944
Cows—Lean 85-90%91687.32/cwt84.00–90.008008
Cows—Lean 85-90%94597.03/cwt94.00–100.009175
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10785.10/cwt82.00–88.0094216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11199.55/cwt98.00–102.001,10612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11294.10/cwt90.00–97.001,04643
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40498.70/cwt98.00–100.001,3867
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40492.25/cwt90.00–97.001,29514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41586.64/cwt84.00–89.001,2268
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-288784.61/cwt74.00–91.007503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-292384.15/cwt77.00–96.007773

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.