Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-08-15

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 15
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 348▲ 65 vs year ago 336 · +19.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 75▲ 34 vs year ago 108 · +31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 20▼ 11 vs year ago 24 · −45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.67/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$258.67
113 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,166
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.17
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2391272.161,06537
Medium and Large 1509252.811,28649
Medium and Large 3427250.821,07127
One grade step is worth $21.34/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale113 hd
258.67
—
GA average15 barns · 1,423 hd
248.50
+10.17
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—Average1,553122.701,9057thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,417103.591,4678thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,092102.471,11978
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02091.1893023

Every lot

49 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 2320285.71/cwt282.50–290.0091414
Steers—Medium and Large 3343274.09/cwt270.00–277.509408
Steers—Medium and Large 1366284.52/cwt283.00–285.001,0414
Steers—Medium and Large 2389273.44/cwt270.00–279.001,06412
Steers—Medium and Large 1415268.24/cwt266.00–270.001,11316
Steers—Medium and Large 3426252.80/cwt250.00–255.001,0779
Steers—Medium and Large 3461236.76/cwt235.00–237.501,0916
Steers—Medium and Large 2485253.52/cwt250.00–259.001,23011
Steers—Medium and Large 3530228.03/cwt225.00–231.001,2092
Steers—Medium and Large 1539246.99/cwt245.00–250.001,33111
Steers—Medium and Large 3564213.80/cwt210.00–217.501,2062
Steers—Medium and Large 1589239.12/cwt230.00–240.001,40814
Steers—Medium and Large 1663223.25/cwt222.00–224.001,4804
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3238235.16/cwt230.00–240.005602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1293249.34/cwt248.00–250.007313
Heifers—Medium and Large 3314213.89/cwt210.00–217.506727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320244.18/cwt242.50–245.007816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2346226.41/cwt225.00–227.0078310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387234.59/cwt230.00–240.0090825
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465202.37/cwt200.00–205.009415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467227.56/cwt224.00–230.001,06323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475215.81/cwt214.00–217.501,0252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566217.26/cwt216.00–219.001,2304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611202.46/cwt200.00–205.001,2372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733191.01/cwt190.00–192.001,4004
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1283293.46/cwt292.00–295.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313284.96/cwt280.00–290.008922
Bulls—Medium and Large 3372243.58/cwt240.00–247.509062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413265.70/cwt265.00–267.001,0973
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425235.84/cwt235.00–237.001,0029
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455245.25/cwt242.50–248.001,1162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477237.07/cwt235.00–240.001,1316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533232.80/cwt230.00–238.001,2415
Bulls—Medium and Large 3567207.91/cwt205.00–215.001,1795
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573222.14/cwt221.00–223.001,2734
Bulls—Medium and Large 3684189.24/cwt187.00–190.001,2944
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,260114.56/cwt113.00–116.001,4432
Bulls——1,458123.17/cwt120.00–125.001,7963
Bulls——1,988130.14/cwt129.00–131.002,5872
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01290.41/cwt88.00–95.009157
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022101.19/cwt98.00–105.001,0348
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02581.85/cwt78.00–85.008398
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06297.41/cwt93.00–100.001,03436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117105.68/cwt102.00–109.001,18036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,122113.59/cwt111.00–118.001,2746
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5301
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417104.28/cwt102.00–108.001,4786
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3201
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-275074.00/cwt74.00–74.005551

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.