Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-05-09

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 286▲ 121 vs year ago 182 · +66.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 81▼ 211 vs year ago 250 · −84.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 7▲ 2 vs year ago 16 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls 2.00 higher, 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 $198.22/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$198.22
128 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,016
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.35
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507213.351,08131
Medium and Large 2475205.7897764
Medium and Large 3592169.351,00333
One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $78 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 sale128 hd
198.22
—
GA average15 barns · 1,450 hd
196.87
+1.35
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—Low1,624115.011,86714
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,419101.651,4423thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08394.071,0198thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91577.5070911

Every lot

45 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 2379241.98/cwt240.00–243.009176
Steers—Medium and Large 3434235.76/cwt232.00–238.001,0239
Steers—Medium and Large 3466222.01/cwt220.00–227.001,03512
Steers—Medium and Large 2467237.35/cwt235.00–238.001,1086
Steers—Medium and Large 1472243.80/cwt240.00–245.001,1514
Steers—Medium and Large 3535214.65/cwt210.00–217.001,1485
Steers—Medium and Large 2561223.43/cwt221.00–226.001,25313
Steers—Medium and Large 3626194.89/cwt190.00–199.001,2206
Steers—Medium and Large 2667196.35/cwt195.00–197.001,3103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2391223.99/cwt223.00–225.008762
Heifers—Medium and Large 3409202.98/cwt200.00–205.008304
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429217.88/cwt212.00–220.0093533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451207.50/cwt205.00–210.009366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478192.05/cwt190.00–195.009185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480217.30/cwt215.00–219.001,04316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519192.87/cwt190.00–197.001,00112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3521182.94/cwt180.00–185.009534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535209.13/cwt207.00–210.001,11915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581182.07/cwt180.00–186.001,0588
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620171.99/cwt170.00–175.001,0663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620164.28/cwt160.00–169.001,0196
Heifers—Medium and Large 3680154.50/cwt150.00–157.001,05110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3730138.47/cwt137.00–140.001,0114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376235.27/cwt230.00–238.008856
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440220.70/cwt217.00–225.009713
Bulls—Medium and Large 3458211.01/cwt210.00–212.009662
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521201.37/cwt200.00–207.001,04912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3562192.54/cwt190.00–197.001,0829
Bulls—Medium and Large 3627183.14/cwt180.00–187.001,1486
Bulls—Medium and Large 2674171.42/cwt170.00–175.001,1557
Bulls—Medium and Large 2740161.22/cwt160.00–165.001,1934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2764155.81/cwt155.00–157.001,1905
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,511111.65/cwt111.00–113.001,6876
Bulls——1,670105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7542
Bulls——1,721121.71/cwt119.00–126.002,0956
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88776.32/cwt73.00–79.006775
Cows—Lean 85-90%92987.73/cwt86.00–89.008154
Cows—Lean 85-90%95560.00/cwt60.00–60.005732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05785.00/cwt83.00–88.008983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,093104.09/cwt101.00–107.001,1382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10396.47/cwt94.00–99.001,0643
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,2331
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458106.47/cwt106.00–107.001,5522
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289083.45/cwt76.00–89.007432
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0251

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.