Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-04-04

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 226▲ 21 vs year ago 224 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 135▼ 36 vs year ago 88 · −40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 5 vs year ago 5 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.84/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$186.84
91 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$924
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.35
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500191.2895660
Medium and Large 2527179.4094617thin
Medium and Large 3432176.8576414thin
One grade step is worth $14.43/cwt here — about $192 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 sale91 hd
186.84
—
GA average13 barns · 1,402 hd
186.49
+0.35
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—Low1,638112.201,8385thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47490.341,33220
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13688.961,01114
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00673.097356thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3323230.98/cwt230.00–232.007462
Steers—Medium and Large 2330242.54/cwt240.00–245.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 3376222.33/cwt220.00–227.008364
Steers—Medium and Large 3412215.00/cwt212.00–217.008865
Steers—Medium and Large 2459227.97/cwt224.00–230.001,04613
Steers—Medium and Large 3553205.98/cwt200.00–208.001,1394
Steers—Medium and Large 3607193.99/cwt190.00–195.001,1785
Steers—Medium and Large 3676173.98/cwt172.00–175.001,1763
Steers—Medium and Large 2682186.53/cwt183.00–190.001,27213
Steers—Medium and Large 3725167.94/cwt166.00–170.001,2182
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319213.22/cwt210.00–215.006804
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364184.54/cwt180.00–187.006728
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413192.52/cwt190.00–195.007952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420203.44/cwt200.00–205.0085426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462198.82/cwt195.00–201.0091911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523166.59/cwt160.00–170.008716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536183.06/cwt180.00–185.009815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2624164.71/cwt160.00–166.001,02811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628171.39/cwt167.00–177.001,07618
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324233.78/cwt230.00–235.007574
Bulls—Medium and Large 2391226.58/cwt223.00–227.008869
Bulls—Medium and Large 3434203.65/cwt200.00–210.0088413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440218.00/cwt217.00–220.009595
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462210.48/cwt207.00–215.009728
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470192.55/cwt190.00–195.009052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2614183.83/cwt180.00–187.001,1296
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615172.46/cwt170.00–175.001,0612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330107.00/cwt104.00–108.001,4233
Bulls——2,040117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,3871
Bulls——2,160123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,6571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90089.00/cwt89.00–89.008011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02769.91/cwt69.00–72.007185
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12082.15/cwt79.00–85.009206
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14894.07/cwt92.00–96.001,0808
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46386.45/cwt82.00–89.001,2659
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49393.08/cwt90.00–96.001,39010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-298081.36/cwt79.00–84.007972

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.