Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-06-13

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 13
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,200 head
▲ 916 vs last sale 284▲ 928 vs year ago 272 · +341.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 147▲ 1 vs year ago 170 · +0.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 14▼ 24 vs year ago 48 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.77/cwt on 513 head.
Average price
$247.77
513 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$161
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$20.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.45
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3458256.981,178174
Medium and Large 1547247.361,354205
Medium and Large 2566236.441,339134
One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale513 hd
247.77
—
GA average16 barns · 2,315 hd
243.33
+4.45
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—Average1,656116.281,9267thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,488105.581,57116
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,196101.681,21651
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05490.4895412

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)1,550$1,7754thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329288.43/cwt287.00–295.0094923
Steers—Medium and Large 3342265.01/cwt260.00–267.0090639
Steers—Medium and Large 2380272.23/cwt270.00–277.001,0345
Steers—Medium and Large 2404262.55/cwt260.00–263.001,0617
Steers—Medium and Large 3486256.32/cwt250.00–260.001,246127
Steers—Medium and Large 1502256.00/cwt251.00–258.001,28587
Steers—Medium and Large 2520247.38/cwt242.00–250.001,28640
Steers—Medium and Large 1566239.90/cwt238.00–240.001,35821
Steers—Medium and Large 2577235.73/cwt235.00–238.001,36054
Steers—Medium and Large 3589228.40/cwt224.00–229.001,3458
Steers—Medium and Large 2624217.95/cwt215.00–222.501,3607
Steers—Medium and Large 1663226.56/cwt224.00–230.001,50274
Steers—Medium and Large 2707206.37/cwt204.00–209.001,45921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324262.96/cwt259.00–266.0085217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327249.31/cwt247.00–250.0081543
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337235.91/cwt235.00–240.0079511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385254.75/cwt252.00–258.0098113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2392241.39/cwt240.00–244.0094651
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426219.41/cwt212.00–220.0093533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427231.11/cwt225.00–232.009878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441240.22/cwt240.00–245.001,05965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467219.22/cwt216.00–222.001,02413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480236.06/cwt230.00–239.001,133125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535223.08/cwt221.00–225.001,19341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573210.96/cwt210.00–219.001,20954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608203.74/cwt200.00–205.001,2398
Heifers—Medium and Large 3627185.26/cwt181.00–190.001,1623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305273.52/cwt270.00–275.008347
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338285.79/cwt284.00–287.509662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365277.50/cwt275.00–280.001,0132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1402261.68/cwt260.00–265.001,0523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460240.65/cwt240.00–242.001,1073
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465238.30/cwt235.00–240.001,1083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2506226.97/cwt224.00–230.001,1482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2561212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,1922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575235.50/cwt235.00–237.001,3544
Bulls—Medium and Large 2761166.60/cwt165.00–167.001,2685
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,601113.51/cwt111.00–116.001,8175
Bulls——1,795123.21/cwt121.00–126.002,2122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99292.05/cwt89.00–96.009136
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05086.50/cwt85.00–88.009085
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11595.48/cwt93.00–99.001,06515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213102.96/cwt100.00–107.001,24930
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,311110.79/cwt109.00–116.001,4526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43798.34/cwt94.00–101.001,4136
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,445101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4591
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,514108.41/cwt106.00–110.001,6417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528113.48/cwt112.00–115.001,7343
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-279589.06/cwt86.00–93.007082
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-393073.00/cwt73.00–73.006791
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293497.86/cwt95.00–100.009145
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-398793.51/cwt86.00–96.009235
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000106.30/cwt100.00–112.001,0632
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5501,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7754

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.