Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-05-23

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 23
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
▲ 218 vs last sale 198▲ 286 vs year ago 130 · +220.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 105▼ 39 vs year ago 77 · −50.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 20▼ 15 vs year ago 23 · −65.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers steady, feeder heifer 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 $210.25/cwt on 213 head.
Average price
$210.25
213 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,000
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.55
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2362216.5678313thin
Medium and Large 1481213.261,026173
Medium and Large 3495187.9392927
One grade step is worth $28.63/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale213 hd
210.25
—
GA average16 barns · 1,643 hd
203.71
+6.55
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—High1,557118.131,8397thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,449108.381,5707thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,156101.351,17211
CowsLean 85-90%Low90083.817544thin

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)1,250$1,0752thin

Every lot

48 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 3318242.46/cwt240.00–247.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 2333254.71/cwt252.00–257.008483
Steers—Medium and Large 1337271.38/cwt270.00–274.009156
Steers—Medium and Large 1370262.40/cwt260.00–269.0097115
Steers—Medium and Large 1426251.85/cwt250.00–257.001,07320
Steers—Medium and Large 2462233.65/cwt230.00–240.001,07911
Steers—Medium and Large 1466247.53/cwt245.00–249.001,15339
Steers—Medium and Large 3478222.30/cwt220.00–225.001,0633
Steers—Medium and Large 1533234.71/cwt232.00–236.001,2513
Steers—Medium and Large 1640216.00/cwt215.00–217.001,38219
Steers—Medium and Large 1690208.80/cwt207.00–209.001,44110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1261249.59/cwt247.00–252.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330220.52/cwt219.00–221.0072810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3331214.37/cwt212.00–217.007106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348235.62/cwt230.00–238.008205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365223.61/cwt222.00–229.0081634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421218.61/cwt216.00–220.0092016
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435201.59/cwt200.00–205.008773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467203.34/cwt200.00–205.009503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491213.64/cwt212.00–215.001,04933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505209.91/cwt208.00–210.001,06048
Heifers—Medium and Large 3521184.70/cwt180.00–190.009627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571204.75/cwt200.00–207.001,16912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3572173.91/cwt170.00–175.009959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633197.13/cwt191.00–199.001,24823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3633162.45/cwt160.00–165.001,0282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1303265.51/cwt257.00–267.008047
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317251.04/cwt250.00–252.007962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413229.66/cwt225.00–235.009486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463224.92/cwt220.00–230.001,0412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476199.34/cwt198.00–200.009493
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560181.67/cwt180.00–185.001,0173
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570195.98/cwt195.00–197.001,1172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572211.12/cwt207.00–215.001,2082
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623174.22/cwt172.00–177.001,0855
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,339114.86/cwt111.00–118.001,5384
Bulls——1,847122.49/cwt119.00–126.002,2623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85080.00/cwt80.00–80.006801
Cows—Lean 85-90%88071.00/cwt71.00–71.006251
Cows—Lean 85-90%93592.12/cwt90.00–94.008612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13388.56/cwt85.00–92.001,0033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143113.66/cwt112.00–117.001,2994
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18698.63/cwt94.00–101.001,1704
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,311113.24/cwt112.00–114.001,4854
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,632101.90/cwt100.00–105.001,6633
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-258085.00/cwt85.00–85.004931
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0752

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.