Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-07-18

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
▼ 253 vs last sale 506▲ 39 vs year ago 214 · +18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 180▲ 65 vs year ago 41 · +158.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 21▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers and feeder heifers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $216.16/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$216.16
95 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$69
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.03
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2379224.3885021
Medium and Large 1510221.351,12946
Medium and Large 3456201.4791828
One grade step is worth $22.91/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale95 hd
216.16
—
GA average16 barns · 2,010 hd
218.19
−2.03
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—Average1,648121.692,0054thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49599.401,48610
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23499.291,22544
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01981.7183317

Every lot

41 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2422254.86/cwt250.00–257.501,0763
Steers—Medium and Large 3476242.06/cwt235.00–245.001,15210
Steers—Medium and Large 2504240.03/cwt237.50–247.501,2108
Steers—Medium and Large 1513251.26/cwt247.00–254.001,2894
Steers—Medium and Large 3531225.90/cwt220.00–230.001,2005
Steers—Medium and Large 1570233.05/cwt230.00–235.001,3286
Steers—Medium and Large 2629222.26/cwt221.00–226.001,3985
Steers—Medium and Large 3660201.03/cwt200.00–205.001,3275
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3332218.64/cwt212.50–220.007265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333233.20/cwt230.00–235.007778
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369223.78/cwt220.00–228.008267
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373216.41/cwt215.00–218.008072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420203.19/cwt200.00–210.0085312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451213.33/cwt210.00–215.009626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462224.91/cwt220.00–227.501,03929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561217.77/cwt215.00–219.001,2229
Heifers—Medium and Large 3569189.19/cwt185.00–195.001,0767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628212.49/cwt210.00–213.001,3348
Heifers—Medium and Large 3668176.27/cwt175.00–177.501,1772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2316278.69/cwt277.50–280.008812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330289.03/cwt288.00–290.009542
Bulls—Medium and Large 3335263.52/cwt262.00–265.008832
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373251.88/cwt250.00–252.509408
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411238.83/cwt237.00–245.0098211
Bulls—Medium and Large 3456217.85/cwt215.00–222.0099314
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520210.90/cwt207.50–212.501,0973
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528224.61/cwt220.00–227.501,1868
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623207.45/cwt205.00–210.001,2922
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623187.53/cwt185.00–190.001,1682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,6951
Bulls——1,697124.59/cwt123.00–126.002,1143
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97473.88/cwt71.00–78.007208
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03992.38/cwt90.00–96.009605
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08484.03/cwt83.00–85.009114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179107.73/cwt106.00–110.001,2705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233101.02/cwt98.00–105.001,24625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25693.19/cwt89.00–96.001,17014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49295.19/cwt92.00–98.001,4206
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555103.63/cwt102.00–105.001,6113
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,320101.14/cwt92.00–109.001,3352

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.