Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-05-16

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 16
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 105 vs last sale 303▼ 122 vs year ago 320 · −38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 39▲ 4 vs year ago 101 · +4.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 18▲ 12 vs year ago 8 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, 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 $205.16/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$205.16
61 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$64.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.77
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2417210.1787737
Medium and Large 1450204.8392221
Medium and Large 3613145.698933thin
One grade step is worth $64.48/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale61 hd
205.16
—
GA average16 barns · 1,911 hd
195.40
+9.77
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—Average1,824112.792,05714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15895.051,10143
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40194.681,32638
CowsLean 85-90%Low97783.718187thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325249.31/cwt248.00–250.008103
Steers—Medium and Large 1337259.59/cwt258.00–260.008755
Steers—Medium and Large 2372243.03/cwt241.00–245.009044
Steers—Medium and Large 1388251.61/cwt250.00–255.009763
Steers—Medium and Large 3388233.49/cwt232.00–235.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 1406245.40/cwt245.00–247.009965
Steers—Medium and Large 1515228.25/cwt220.00–230.001,17516
Steers—Medium and Large 3526202.53/cwt200.00–205.001,0652
Steers—Medium and Large 1608211.61/cwt210.00–217.001,2878
Steers—Medium and Large 3658171.66/cwt170.00–175.001,1303
Steers—Medium and Large 2680186.97/cwt185.00–189.001,2712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1230239.67/cwt235.00–245.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342225.67/cwt225.00–227.007726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386219.42/cwt215.00–222.0084730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460200.53/cwt200.00–202.009224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465192.28/cwt190.00–197.008943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538194.79/cwt192.00–197.001,0485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574183.47/cwt182.00–185.001,0532
Heifers—Medium and Large 3613145.69/cwt145.00–147.008933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616154.24/cwt150.00–157.009504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630162.56/cwt160.00–165.001,0242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315228.63/cwt225.00–230.007204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327244.96/cwt240.00–250.0080113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328259.47/cwt258.00–260.008514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355229.48/cwt228.00–230.008154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415223.43/cwt220.00–225.009275
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420211.90/cwt205.00–215.008907
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515203.69/cwt200.00–205.001,0494
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515184.84/cwt180.00–187.009525
Bulls—Medium and Large 2738157.47/cwt155.00–160.001,1624
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,275103.56/cwt100.00–107.001,3203
Bulls——1,963119.34/cwt119.00–120.002,3433
Bulls——1,978113.79/cwt110.00–117.002,2518
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97079.47/cwt79.00–80.007712
Cows—Lean 85-90%97070.00/cwt70.00–70.006791
Cows—Lean 85-90%98389.25/cwt88.00–90.008774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12587.75/cwt85.00–90.0098713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169103.93/cwt100.00–107.001,21510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17495.35/cwt92.00–99.001,11920
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37796.53/cwt94.00–99.001,32923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390103.56/cwt101.00–106.001,4394
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45587.57/cwt84.00–90.001,27411
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06087.00/cwt87.00–87.009221
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17099.01/cwt93.00–107.001,1583
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,23898.84/cwt92.00–106.001,2242

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.